Pour slowly hazy golden summery saison or billowy foam will coat glass of moderate-bodied compost-scented Belgian-styled farmhouse ale. Fulsome carbolic spritz indulges black-peppered grassy-hopped bittering, nearly overwhelming candi-sugared lemony grapefruit tang glistening above creamy mildness and dry earthen floral nuance. Tart lemondrop finish lingers over tertiary peach, apricot, and green grape illusions.
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THE BRUERY SAISON DE LENTE BELGIAN SAISON ALE

GREEN FLASH SAISON
DUPONT BIERE DE MIEL ALE WITH HONEY
Pour slowly or pesky carbonation will overwhelm impressively balanced blend of floral-hopped apple-grape tartness, creamy caramel malting, and protracted barnyard-dried herbal spicing. Cotton candy mouthfeel absorbs delicate adjuncts. Despite its reference on the label, ‘honey’ is relegated to minor backup role. Like a fine Chardonnay, sweet-buttered 8% alcohol treat goes down like silk and shows endless character.
SLY FOX SAISON VOS
Prickly-hopped highly carbonated bottle conditioned Belgian-styled farmhouse ale with cloudy coppery gold appearance settles into leathery clove-coriander tranquility. Acidic Chardonnay dryness, rising lemony sourness, and turbulent champagne fizz reinforce secondary White Ale illusions, intensifying tart apple-skinned banana-greened urging, citric-teased peppercorn zip, and dispensable musk-y acridity. Capricious juniper bittering recedes to ester-y grape finish, leaving barren lemongrass-cardamom hint.
DUPONT FORET SAISON ALE
SOUTHERN TIER IMPERIAL CHERRY SAISON
Complacent golden-bronzed candi-sugared Belgian-styled saison (aged with French oak staves) retains abstract spicy fruiting, dismal acidic souring, and cork-y residue. Submerged oak-aged cherry tartness puckers tenuous dry hop bittering to unstable cereal-grained base. Indirect lemony orange-peeled grapefruit modesty lacks aggression. Distant cranberry, banana, and clove illusions fall away as cotton-candied cherry jubilee illusion beckons.
LAGUNITAS #10 CRISPY SUMMER ALE
DUPONT SAISON FARMHOUSE ALE
Tersely alcoholic bottle-conditioned summer-fruited treasure with cork setup flaunts heavy carbonation, champagne head, cloudy pale body, aromatic floral hops, and rustic barley-oats base. Billowy fizz overtaken by soured tangerine-quince-peach rhapsody, deepening orange rind influx and leathery horsehide snip. Honeysuckle-tinged burgundy finish remains dry, silky, and elegant. Distinguished drinkers will find it nice for sipping after dinner.
THIRIEZ AMBER FARMHOUSE ALE
Highly carbolic fizz-crackling gossamer-like pearl-headed moderate body leaves ample lace along glass siding. Spritzy lemon zest, fuzzy apricot-nectarine tang, and spiced Granny Smith apple tartness fade into raw wheat-chaffed spine. Dank barnyard waft permeates mildewed yeast imprint, sopping up rising banana-butterscotch swirl, sparse raisin-fig dryness, and distant cardamom-coriander-cinnamon spicing.
FANTOME BRISE-BONBONS
Well balanced copper-hazed beige-headed barnyard-wafted artisan farmhouse saison (with vigorous 8% alcohol punch and viscous yeast sediment) places dry coriander spicing atop white peppered herbal hop must, sour apple tartness, and mineral-grained respite. Compromised lemony orange bittering recedes at buttery candi-sugared finish. Dank earthen fungi continuity will turn off less adventurous drinkers.
THIRIEZ BLONDE FARMHOUSE ALE
Fine straw-hazed yeast-viscous Saison-styled farmhouse ale may ‘waft’ between cereal grained pilsner and funky Dutch lager, but its kaffir lime piquancy, precocious wildflower-honeysuckle mirage, and remedial tropical fruiting tell the story. Dry-hopped earthen barnyard bottom gains footing atop herbal thyme-rosemary-geranium sequence until acetous grapefruit rind, yellow grape skin, and apple-pear confluence overcome effervescent lemon meringue fizz, picking up candi-sugared butterscotch sweetness along the way. Quite approachable and easygoing when given chance to breathe.