Hopfenstark Saison Station 55
Saison Amère. Saison Station 55 is a red beer with veiled aspect, the taste of malt, hops and spices reminiscent of citrus coupled with a bitter finish. The 55 wants to be a hybrid between a Belgian beer terroir and IPA American type. It is seen against the brewing revival in Belgium.
3.6
193 reviews
Lavaltrie, Canada
Community reviews
Robe orangé, et nez floral. En bouche les notes maltées laissent la place aux fruits puis à une amertume légère. Manque un peu de bulle toutefois.
Draught at Gollem in Antwerp. Thick, creamy, egg-white, lacing, stable head over a hazy peach blonde beer. Aroma of dried orange peel, mango, yoghurt, fermenting hay, peach, biscuit, cider, stale sweat, wet leather. Estery onset, gooseberry, peach and mango with a light umami accent, soft carbo, gentle lactic ’yoghurty’ and fermenting fruit tartness, fluffy bready and caramelly malt sweetishness underneath leading to a gently but aromatically hopped, floral finish in which the soft tartness also continues. Has sweet, sour and bitter in a consecutive order and all very gentle and well in balance with each other, but none of these flavours define it as either a saison or an IPA. Nevertheless a very pleasant beer.
Tap at Gollem. Pours unclear blonde, small white head. Smell is bit bitter, taste is sharp, intensely bitter with a nice hoparoma. The beer than switches over to a more sweet, honey-like taste, over a weak saison-profile. Not a traditional saison, and for me not so great. Drinkable though, and interesting to see how they wanted to fade the borders between IPA and saison.
Bottle from Beergium. Amber color, white head. Bitter taste with citrus, hops, earthy notes, fruits, grass and a bit of yeast. Bitter finish with citrus, hops, earthy notes, fruits and grass. Very nice saison.
Bottle. Golden, hazy, average to large and mostly lasting head. Moderate malty - lightly wheaty and lightly sweetish aroma, light chemical notes/rubber and and light citrus, light spiciness (coriander, faint pepper), light hoppyness. Body is medium, malty - lightly wheaty and dryish - lightly sweetish flavor, light spiciness and citrus, light - some hoppyness. Finish is average malty - faintly wheaty and dryish, light citrus and light - some sharp spiciness and hoppyness, light alcohol. Bit one-dimensional saison with sharp spiciness and chemical notes in aroma. Nice head though.
A bit sweet for a saison. Appearance is a smallish head and a dirty medium amber color. Aroma is honey yeast, apricots, malt. Flavor’s similar to nose, thankfully there’s some carbonation to cut the sweetness Some bittersweet in the finish.. Body is ok. Wish they would’ve put as much effort into the beer as they did the label. I’ll not get this again.
Bottle. Darker golden in color with a whitish head. Grainyness with some yeasty spicyness and hints of orange peel in aroma.
Some floral notes too. Sweetish fruits with some citrus and peppery spicyness in taste. Refreshing.
75cl bottle, shared with friends. Served in tulip. Golden/orange colour with huge white head. Aroma is fruits, yeast and hops. Taste is the same with some banana notes added. Well balanced. Bitter aftertaste with some lemony sourness. Medium body, good carbonation. Nice beer, but the american touch is almost absent.
Bottle at WTWBA 2015 in Minneapolis. Murky / hazy gold pour, white head. Mild fruit, yeast, with a drier finish. Pretty solid.
Bottle at home. Pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Very dry and quite sweet with lots of hoppy aromas of exotic fruits (passion fruit and pinapple) plus dust from the attic. Medium to full bodied. Medium to soft carbonation. Dry and hoppy finish.
Robe ambrée aux reflets dorés. Col de mousse blanc, léger et assez épais. Arômes de malt caramélisé, citron, oranges confites. Un côté herbacé et rustique se démarque. Un peu âcre. En bouche, aucune surprise, les arômes ressortent. Dominance du citron, suivis du malt et oranges confites. Le côté saison embarqe par la suite avec des saveurs de gazon, foin, cuir (bretts?). Le tout sur une trame amère qui ne nous quitte pas. Texture légère mais avec une certaine onctuosité, corps mince. Effervescence adéquate.
Bue en bouteille de 75cl chez Emilie,
Couleur blonde, mousse moyenne grosse effervescence.
Nez typique de la saison sur la Levure et le citron.
Bouche attaque sur le brett et le malt assez bien équilibrée pouis amertume forte. Fin de bouche mirabelle.
Bue en bouteille de 75cl. Blonde à peine trouble. Très bel équilibre, amertume assez géniale, très belle impression.
Sample from 75 cl. bottle. Slightly hazy golden colour with a thin, white head. Fruity aroma with yeasty notes, herbal hops, pale malts and spicy hints. Taste is bitter. Medium body with an average carbonation and a soft carbonation. Finishes lasting bitter and yeasts and herbal hops. Nice!
Bottled. A dark golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, spices, and yeast. The flavor is malt, alcohol, spices, over ripe fruits, and yeast, leading to a dry finish.
Bottled. Amber coloured. Unclear. Dense off white head. Aroma. Sweetness, yeast, sterin. Flavour. Sweetness, yeast, sterin, citrus. Medium bodied. Ends sweet and light herbal.
75 cl. bottle. Clear golden colour with a white head. Aroma and flavour of fruit, spice, hops and brettanomyces.
clear yellow, small offwhite head.
aroma is yeasty, beigian yeast, dry, flavor is yeasty, belgian fruity, belgian yeasty spicy, very dry,
Bottle at yespr.
Clear golden colored with a medium sized white head.
Fruity aroma of hops, rubber and citrus.
Fruity flavor of spices, citrus and hops.
Hoppy finish.
Bottle@Yespr’s - fuzzy orange pour with white head. Aroma and taste is floral and grassy hoppy, with some citric fruity notes of lemon, satsuma, more floral notes, yeast, with a dry finish.
75 cL bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is light phenolic and mild fruity. Mild fruity. Phenolic and toasted malt. Bitter and light herbal. Mild fruity finish.
Thanks for sharing! 750 ml. bottle sampled @ Beer Temple during Carnivale Brettanomyces #4. Hazy orange, little white head. Nose is light wheat, orange, grain, malty & some sugar. Taste is a bit dull grainy orange, rye bread, orange, sugar, malt, pepper, citrus,… Grainy body,… Okay but a bit non-descript. Another highly rated Canadian beer that I just don’t get.
Bottle @ Beer Temple, small sample. Slight hazy golden color, short frothy head. Aroma of spicy and peppery yeast, bit grainy, slight mineral touch, bit citrus. Soft bitter in taste, spicy, bit dry. Ok saison.
Bottle shared at Beer Temple. Pours hazy orange with loads of floaters. Aroma of peppery saison yeast, citrus and weeds. Flavour is light moderate sweet and moderate bitter with a mineral palate. Medium bodied with light to moderate carbonation.
Draught @ Mondial de la bière Montréal 2015, Montréal, QC
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, peach and pepper. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long yeasty, pepper, grape and citrus finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Opaque light amber, medium white head. Hoppy aroma with notes of yeast and pepper. Medium bodied, noteable black pepper, some bitterness. Finishes bitter and a bit dry. Very good.
A slightly orange colour, a head is blond, big and dense. Aroma is great, sweet mandarin and papaiyas, also fruitness from yeast, europian hops. Taste is fruitful, oranges, medium and flower hoppyness, also nice sourness. Medium+ bodied, good carbonation, the body could be lighter. Aromatic and enjoyable beer. Very tasteful and remind me from the great Rulles’s beer, thus the brewer is the right way.
Bottle-tulip glass- pours a tan color. Frothy head, lots of lacing. Floral aroma with cinnamon and citrus notes. Medium body and lots of yeast and bread. Hearty, tasty Saison.
Draft at Vices & Versa. Hazy straw golden. Fruity peaches and slightly grassy. Flavour is yeasty and fruity, light pale malt, overall nice.
Bottle. Sweet, doughy, yeasty beer with notes of cinnamon and orange. Overall spicy and estery.