I’ve been looking forward to drinking this beer for awhile.  I bought it last month while I was on the wagon, but tonight while it is still 90 friggin’ degrees out at midnight I’m finally going to drink it. The Bruery’s Saison de Lent is their Spring seasonal beer, and better yet it is at least partially fermented with brettanomyces.  You all know what a sucker I am for the wild yeasts, hopefully it lives up to my expectations.

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I received this beer a couple days ago in a beer trade with a fella from Florida.  To me, this sounded like an intriguing beer, a farmhouse ale with a secondary fermentation on guava fruit. Especially since I’m a huge fan of saison/farmhouse style ales; in fact it may be one of my favorite styles, especially on hot nights like tonight.

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Aside from sours and barrel aged beers, Saison’s are one of my favorite styles of beer.  I love the crisp ale, big head, and lots of spice.  So when I heard about Boulevard’s Saison Brett, I was on the hunt.  I eventually received one in a beer trade from a great trader in CO.  Tonight I will be trying bottle 548 of a production run of 13400, just over 1100 cases.  Not sure what to expect from this beer, I don’t know anything about the brewery except for an interview from Thank Heaven for Beer, and I haven’t searched out any reviews yet.  What I’m expecting is a crisp, peppery, funky, maybe a bit tart beer.

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Typically we think of Saisons as a summer / late fall beer with its light, crisp, refreshing, and some times citrusy flavors.   However, KleinBrouwerij De Glazen Toren’s  ”eindejaar” (New Year) edition is special, with the strength ratcheted up from 6.9% to 9% ABV making it more of a winter warmer then a summer time refresher.

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Officially my first Lost Abbey beer.  The unfortunate reality of living on the east coast, we don’t get many breweries from the west coast.  I suppose the same could be said the other way round or I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to trade beer to get this Lost Abbey Carnevale Ale.  This, like last night’s New Glarus Imperial Saison, the Carnevale Ale is also Saison style beer.

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Thanks to Jason at Barleypopmaker I’m sampling my fifth New Glarus beer over the last couple of weeks.  I’ve had the Fat Squirrel, Stone Soup, Dancing Man Wheat, and a big Belgium Red.  The next selection will be the Unplugged Imperial Saison.  I love this style of beer, I can’t wait to taste what unique twist New Glarus has made to this style.

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