6.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Baptist saison

A bit hazy orangy color, full sized white to off-white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, a bit tart-ish, tart-bitter-ish. Okay. 7-6,5-6,5-7-7

5.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Golden colour with lasting head and strong carbonation. Aroma is yeasty and has a little citrus. Flavour has yeast, musty notes and some lemon. Aftertaste has some off notes. A bit sickly.

6.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Another one in this Baptist series, honouring the founder of the Van Steenberge brewery, Jean-Baptiste De Bruin. Steinie bottle from Latems Drankhuys. Thick and rocky, egg-white, very mousy, intricately cobweb-lacing, very stable head resting on an initially crystal clear, warm pale-orangey 'old gold' beer with fierce, 'champenoise' sparkling feeding the head continuously; misty with sediment. Aroma of freshly cut green apple, old white bread dough, dry crackers, raw potatoes, quite outspoken coriander powder, dried flowers, old dried lemon peel, white soap, minerals, touch damp earth, cooked parsnip, straw. Spritzy, cleanish onset, fruity hints of green apple, unripe banana and some vague peach, restrained in sweetness, lots of minerally (and stinging) carbonation, smooth and slick body; dull cereally and white-bready maltiness, streamlined, leading to a somewhat resinous and bit bubblegummy finish with a grassy and floral hop bitterness that remains altogether mild (too mild for a saison) and is paired with soft but emphatic coriander seed spiciness, adding its soapy effect in a rather misplaced way. Metallic touch lingering in the distance too. 'Saison' seems to be the new buzzword among Belgian brewers, but many of them confuse 'ordinary blonde' with actual saison - this is a very clear example of that: an excessively trivial run-of-the-mill corianderd and fizzy blonde falsely presented as a saison because 'saison' is a highly commercial term these days. Not that I expected anything better from this brewery, of course, and even if judged as the simple standard blonde that it is, it is a very common and understated one, with a glueish-soapy aspect to it that bothered me more than anything. Never trust Van Steenberge.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

33cl bottle from Beerwulf webshop. F: big, white, good retention. C: gold, light hazy. A: malty, mellow fruity, bit floral, saison yeasty funkiness, bit bready. T: medium malty base, light caramel, mellow fruity, bit toast, bready, metallic, pasteurized, aroma is almost promising yet taste very average and not for style, partially enjoyed.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

@ Boombalfestival Lovendegem. Clear golden colour, white foam. Sweet malty, very yeasty, typical Van Steenberge profile, rather unbalanced. Not very nice.

5

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Van Steenberge Baptist Saison (by Brouwerij Van Steenberge):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5

16/VII/18 - on tap @ Van Steenberge Tent (Veerleplein, Gentse Feesten) - BB: n/a (2018-840)

Clear blond to light copper orange beer, creamy solid white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: spicy yeast, little fruity, some grains, bit of banana. Not too shabby, kinda typical saison like. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty bitter, rather metallic, grains, some marzipan, ripe banana. Aftertaste: malty, sweetish, banana, grains, almond cookies, bit weird, metallic bitter finish. Rather unpleasant beer, I'll leave it undecided if this is a saison or not...