Score
6.73
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12 August 2021. At Brouwbar. Cheers to Maarten! Hazy golden, thinning, white head. Aroma of banana, apple peel, plum, biscuit, honey, straw, Taste has sour plum, apple & lemon in a wheaty, bready malt profile, bit funky with spicy notes. Tart, fruity finish, notes of apple, hay & lemon. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Elegant & pleasant.
Sour saison (hence 'farmhouse ale', which is much more often associated with sourness than classic 'saison') by Brouwbar, tasted in avant-première at the pub - thanks Jolien! Moussy, snow white, small-bubbled, breaking and opening head on a misty apricot blonde beer with vaguely ochre-ish tinge. Aroma initially showing quite a lot of diacetyl (buttermilk), hovering over impressions of sour white yoghurt, sourdough, green apple, white bread, raw potato juice, peach, something sweaty. Softly but consistently tart in the mouth, peach, green apple and vague grape fruitiness, medium carbonated with minerally accents here and there; yoghurty tartness gently continues over a soft bready body, feeling a bit fluffy rather than severely dried by the sourness - the latter primarily accentuating the fruity character of the beer. Some floral hop notes appear (late) in the end, but bitterness remains mild and it is the diacetyl which comes up retronasally again. Too young, clearly, but I think this brew has the potential to improve with age when the diacetyl has faded as it tends to do; I wonder how this lactic sourness will evolve in the coming weeks, too, so I will probably do a re-rating of this one next time I am at Brouwbar.
28/VII/21 - on tap @ Brouwbar (Gent), BB: n/a (2021-682)
Cloudy orange blond beer, small creamy white head, unstable, falls down quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: spicy, peppery, bit funky, fruity, some malts, hint of lactic acidity. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: dry, soft acidity, little metallic, fruity, some citrus notes, lemon peel, little funky. Aftertaste: fruity, hint of green banana, bit sourish, malty notes, yeasty, soapy touch in the finish. Rather average farmhouse ale, but not bad.