Thorpe
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This needs to be a thread. Now it is. Please discuss all things saison, Brett, and mixed farmhouse fermentation.*
I love saisons. My last two kegs were Classique and Bam Biere. Now I have on a homebrew "Wallonian Pale Ale," which is hopped like an IPA but fermented with saison yeast, Brett, lacto, and who knows which others bugs. New Belgium probably stole the idea for Hop Tart from this beer.**
I have a full-size fridge that is full of saison. I attempt to never run out of Saison Dupont, Apex Predator, Orval***, and Classique. I always need at least some Jolly Pumpkin.
I'm glad that there are now plenty of breweries out there focusing on saisons and similar beers. There's been an explosion in the past few years. I love seeing more places focusing on beers that I love so much, but I hope it doesn't get to the point where we see tons of crappy saisons because everyone *HAS TO* make one.
* I'm going to use "saison" as shorthand. I really didn't want to call this thread "The Thread for Lovers of Belgian/French and Belgian/French-Tradition-Inspired Beers that Are Yeast Forward, Dry, Sometimes Tart, Sometimes Funky, Sometimes Hoppy, Sometimes Spiced, Sometimes Fruited, BUT NEVER SWEET."
** Probably not.
*** Highly-attenuated, Brett-finished, and dry-hopped? I don't know if I can pick three better hyphenated adjective sets. Whether you call it Trappist, Belgian Pale, Farmhouse-style, my answer is the same: Yes, please.
I love saisons. My last two kegs were Classique and Bam Biere. Now I have on a homebrew "Wallonian Pale Ale," which is hopped like an IPA but fermented with saison yeast, Brett, lacto, and who knows which others bugs. New Belgium probably stole the idea for Hop Tart from this beer.**
I have a full-size fridge that is full of saison. I attempt to never run out of Saison Dupont, Apex Predator, Orval***, and Classique. I always need at least some Jolly Pumpkin.
I'm glad that there are now plenty of breweries out there focusing on saisons and similar beers. There's been an explosion in the past few years. I love seeing more places focusing on beers that I love so much, but I hope it doesn't get to the point where we see tons of crappy saisons because everyone *HAS TO* make one.
* I'm going to use "saison" as shorthand. I really didn't want to call this thread "The Thread for Lovers of Belgian/French and Belgian/French-Tradition-Inspired Beers that Are Yeast Forward, Dry, Sometimes Tart, Sometimes Funky, Sometimes Hoppy, Sometimes Spiced, Sometimes Fruited, BUT NEVER SWEET."
** Probably not.
*** Highly-attenuated, Brett-finished, and dry-hopped? I don't know if I can pick three better hyphenated adjective sets. Whether you call it Trappist, Belgian Pale, Farmhouse-style, my answer is the same: Yes, please.
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