Blue Moon Brewing Company Farmhouse Red Saison/Flanders-Style Ale Saison / Farmhouse Ale at 5.8% ABV (US$1.79 at Total Wines & More Henderson NV, 355 ml, best before 20-Apr-2015)
Pours clear medium amber with a short, short-lived light tan head, no lacing. (3/5) Nose is yeasty wheat, coriander, grassy/floral, slight pepper. (5/10) Taste is moderate sweet, mild bitter, very mild tart. (5/10) Medium body, lively to moderate carbonation, brief duration finish. (3/5)
Maybe we need to take up a collection and buy Blue Moon a dictionary? I’m getting essentially no saison character whatsoever, and only the weakest of tartness as the nominal “flanders-style” aspect. Coriander is more witbier than saison, and the yeasty tones just smell like bog standard Blue Moon. It’s not terrible, but it’s not what it says on the label, either. (10/20)
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