I should point out in this review that I recently sampled my still fermenting Saison. This is something of that style made by Dupont, brewers of the famous Dupont Saison. However this beer is also organic.Pour with a nice thick white head. Something I can't get over that I have seen in all Dupont beers is a level of skunkiness. I attribute this to their use of green glass bottles, which do not block the same amount of light as brown glass. In this beer, the skunky aroma was all there.
Though in all of them I have found the aroma doesn't continue to the taste, which in this case is spicy, fruity (citrus), light yeast, and very complex. It is amazing that such a result can be obtained from only pilsner malt, yeast, and hops.
Unfortunately I found myself burping several hours after finishing this beer and each burp brought up that skunky aroma that I could now taste. Kind of gross.
If it were stored properly, this is a world class beer. Make sure you buy it at a place that has a high turnover. The place I bought it probably doesn't turn over beers like this all that much. I think I am going to brew this week and make something very similar to this. See how it tastes fresh.
My rating: world class if stored properly. The skunkiness really turned me off though. Brown bottles would be a good idea.
Abv: 7.5%.
Volume: 750 mL/ 25.4 fl oz.
Website: www.brasserie-dupont.com
Price: around 9 at Liquor Land.
Number of cans of Bud Light you could buy for the same price: 14.
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