8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Nice saisoness. Easy going light bodied as expected.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

0.33 l bottle from 'Hopfenrausch', bottled in November 2017. Almost clear, golden yellow with a medium large, foamy, stable, white head. Sweetish, fairly funky, gently fruity, floral and slightly grassy aroma of citrus peel, carambola, rotten grass and some pineapple. Rather dry, slightly bitter, a little sourish, quite funky, fruity-floral and slightly grassy taste of citrus peel, pineapple, gooseberry, rotten grass and carambola, followed by a short, moderately bitter, a little tart, dry, very funky and slightly grassy finish. Thin to medium body, quite effervescent mouthfeel, lively carbonation. Nice funky but also fruity Saison, great thirst-quencher.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Etre Gourmet. Hazy yellow colour, lots of white foam. Fruity nose of peach, brett, yeast. Taste is grassy, dry along with some tart notes, brett. Very nice.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

33cl bottle. A almost clear pale golden beer with a huge most good lasting white head. Aroma of brett, tart fruits, citrus hops, wheat and spices. Taste of citrusy hops, brett, funky, yeasty fruits, medium carbonation, interersting and good!

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

New 'Bretted' spelt ale by Senne, with a label ironically referring to the beer rating hype that came along with the beer hype in general (with Untappd leading the pack)… Seems to illustrate the often ambivalent relationship many brewers, especially the more established ones, seem to have with the beer geek community. Bottle from Dranken De Moor. Gusher, but letting it rest with the crown cap slightly lifted proved effective against beer loss. Still a typical 'gusher head', though: very irregular, large-bubbled and frothy at the edge but collapsing and open in the middle, off-white in colour; pale straw blonde, misty robe with chlorophyl greenish tinge and a thin string of uprising bubbles in the middle. Aroma of soggy old (spelt) bread, spoiled leek soup, dried lemon peel, pumice, fermenting yellow grapefruit flesh, white button mushrooms past their freshness prime, white grape peel, blossoming meadowsweet, clear 'Brett urine' and valerian but in a non-repulsive way, overripe cucumber, brown soap, light band aid-like phenols lurking in the background and probably related to the Brettanomyces. Crisp, spritzy onset, 'crunchy' Conférence pear and green apple with a softer banana ester note at the sides, sweetish core with a more tart edge, very minerally, 'cristalline' and lively carbonation fit for the intended style, light and supple body, soggy white bready and cereally with a clear, 'dusty' spelt spiciness to it matching well with a firm, drying, resinous hop bitterness in the finish, very dried citrus peel-like, floral and hayish and competing with the urine- and valerian flower-like Brettanomyces aspect for retronasal dominance. The dryness already largely established by the Brett reinforces the hop bitterness and vice versa (see Orval of medium age for comparison), but juiciness does remain in the end, making this beer very pleasant and easy to drink. Effervescent, dry in nature, quenching and sturdily hopped with a long, quenching bitter finish: this fully qualifies as a saison for me, even if the Brett feels a bit 'artificial' and onedimensional, like in many present-day Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian farmhouse ales loosely inspired by saison (and sometimes calling themselves 'saison'). Typical Senne beer in many respects, this type of dry, bitter ales is still their forte and I love them for it. There, I rated your saison!

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle pour at De Lambikstoempers Bierweekend. Cloudy, pale yellow color with a tall, fine head. Lemony, herbal nose, spicy yeast, spelt. Dry, citrusy flavor, minerals, grapefruit rind. Wow, this is dry and minerally. Nice, lightly bretty and bitter in the finish but the overwhelming impression is dryness.

7

Megaprzyprawowe, pieprzowe, sporo kwaskowatej jasnej owocowosci, cytryna przewodzi, dzikusy ostre, nieco apteczne. Az przegiete to

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

33cl Bottle from De Bierkoning. Hazy golden colour, white head. Aroma of lots of Brett, funk, hint of cheese, poop, straw, malts. Flavour is light to medium sweet, malty, floral, funky, just very light tartness of both spelt and Brett, Bretty funk, lemon peel, firm bitter finish. Light to medium bodied. Tasty stuff, as expected.