Score
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Draft @ La Source taproom.
Pâle/dorée, col blanc crémeux.
Arôme sur un bouquet fin léger pin et herbacé, barrique, pointes de fruits jaunes dont la pêche et abricot.
Palais est certainement le meilleur des trois bières de ce dernier volet de bières barriquées de La Source.
Léger funk, fruits blancs - raisin léger venant du Nelson Sauvin, pin, abricot et pêche avec une fine amertume en fin de bouche.
75cl bottle (bottled 04/05/2022, BB: 04/05/2024; 5,5%) from Rob the Gourmets’ Market in Brussels. F: thin, white, very quick gone. C: deep gold, light hazy. A: lemon, brett touch, gooseberries, kiwi, green apples, woody touch, spicy, bready. T: medium malty base, lemon water, gooseberries, rhubarb, apples, spicy, bit bready, woody, bit lactic, kiwi, bit brett, soft carbonation, refreshing and enjoyable.
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'Wild' saison by La Source, one of the most exciting newcomers on the Brussels beer scene of the past years; from a 37.5 cl bottle with crown cap, bought from Être Gourmet. Medium thick, egg-white, mousy, slowly breaking, thinning and opening but generally stable head on a cloutraw blonde beer with deeper ochre-ish tinge. Aroma of homemade lemon bread, lemon zest, raw rhubarb, green gooseberries, sour grapes, stale urine and some light 'horseblanket' (Brett), vague touch of manure but actually fitting in well, field flowers, oxidized green apple, freshly baked dry cookies, pizza dough, lemon thyme, fried green bell pepper, unripe banana, starfruit, cava gone flat, kiwi, damp earth. Crisp onset, lots of 'green' fruitiness, Granny Smith apple, lime juice, starfruit, unripe green bananas, spritzy carbonation but in a very 'refined' way with bubbles small enough not to distract from the flavour, supple body feeling 'fuller' than expected from a beer below 5% ABV. Smooth bread crumb-like, bit cereally pale maltiness, sweetish in its core but dried by this tartness, situated somewhere in between lime and green grapes, yet not becoming too harsh or puckering at all; quite 'lactic' too, adding further yellow-green fruitiness. Quenching finish, with the tartness behaving more vinous and still remaining relatively soft, lime juice-like with side notes of startfuit, green kiwi and sorrel, while a clear Brettanomyces effect appears as well, bringing hints of 'horseblanket' and damp hay. The wild Brett flavours remain remarkably well in balance with that spritzy bacterial sourness, both softened by this simple but efficient 'white-bready' malt bed; some urine-like Bretty notes do linger retronasally, though, while hops provide a very mild floral background bitterishness and the astringent green fruit (green apple, sour grape, gooseberry) aspects linger on the lips long after swallowing. Blonde sour ale labelled 'saison' - this brew reminds me of many of The Kernel's 'bières de saison', but with just a bit more body and depth to it. Very refreshing while still maintaining an earthy keynote: this would be my ideal spring beer. --- Beer merged from original tick of Mésange Wild Saison on 23 Jan 2021 at 02:49 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5. Original review text: 'Wild' saison by La Source, one of the most exciting newcomers on the Brussels beer scene of the past years; from a 37.5 cl bottle with crown cap, bought from Être Gourmet. Medium thick, egg-white, mousy, slowly breaking, thinning and opening but generally stable head on a cloutraw blonde beer with deeper ochre-ish tinge. Aroma of homemade lemon bread, lemon zest, raw rhubarb, green gooseberries, sour grapes, stale urine and some light 'horseblanket' (Brett), vague touch of manure but actually fitting in well, field flowers, oxidized green apple, freshly baked dry cookies, pizza dough, lemon thyme, fried green bell pepper, unripe banana, starfruit, cava gone flat, kiwi, damp earth. Crisp onset, lots of 'green' fruitiness, Granny Smith apple, lime juice, starfruit, unripe green bananas, spritzy carbonation but in a very 'refined' way with bubbles small enough not to distract from the flavour, supple body feeling 'fuller' than expected from a beer below 5% ABV. Smooth bread crumb-like, bit cereally pale maltiness, sweetish in its core but dried by this tartness, situated somewhere in between lime and green grapes, yet not becoming too harsh or puckering at all; quite 'lactic' too, adding further yellow-green fruitiness. Quenching finish, with the tartness behaving more vinous and still remaining relatively soft, lime juice-like with side notes of startfuit, green kiwi and sorrel, while a clear Brettanomyces effect appears as well, bringing hints of 'horseblanket' and damp hay. The wild Brett flavours remain remarkably well in balance with that spritzy bacterial sourness, both softened by this simple but efficient 'white-bready' malt bed; some urine-like Bretty notes do linger retronasally, though, while hops provide a very mild floral background bitterishness and the astringent green fruit (green apple, sour grape, gooseberry) aspects linger on the lips long after swallowing. Blonde sour ale labelled 'saison' - this brew reminds me of many of The Kernel's 'bières de saison', but with just a bit more body and depth to it. Very refreshing while still maintaining an earthy keynote: this would be my ideal spring beer.
Small rim over fully hazy orangey yellow beer. Brett-like nose, quite a bit spicy/herbal, lactic acid, farmyard odours. Quite sour, citrus, lemon and spiced. Again Brett/wild yeast notes very much in evidence. Fruity without having a real fruitflavour. Feels almost spritzy, light body, very refreshing as Saison ought to be. Surprising branching from La Source (including the 3/8 l bottle), but as usual with them, excellent from the onset. And even more I like the fact that, at last, somebody makes a saison within the right ABV parameters.
15/VIII/20 - 37.5cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ Belgian Beer Geek Gathering Summer 2020, BB: 22/VII/21 (2020-787) Thanks to Erwin for sharing the bottle!
Cloudy bright yellow beer, small creamy off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very funky, yeasty, bit herbal, spicy, yeast, peppery, good stuff! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty yeasty, peppery, soft bitterness, pretty acidic, spicy. Aftertaste: bit watery, herbal, acidic touch, orange peel, funky notes, soft acidity, bit funky, good stuff!
Bouteille 37.5cl, BB 03/03/2022.
Paille assez trouble tout au long, col fin blanc retombant rapidement.
Arôme est fin note citrique, barrique légère, funk, raisin blanc et pêche, fine note d'agrumes en retrait. Pointe de grains en retrait.
Palais est léger, plaisant avec un apport de levure sauvage avec une fine note de boisé en fin de bouche.
Petite touche fruitée - raisin blanc, impression de Chardonnay, pêche blanche avec un retour sécheresse tout au long.
L'ajout de seigle donne une fine note épicée et une effervescence moyenne.
Superbement fraîche et facile à boire