Jester King Le Petit Prince Farmhouse Table Beer (Batch 1-10)
We’re pleased to announce the release of our latest beer – Le Petit Prince Farmhouse Table Beer. Le Petit Prince is a 2.9% ABV farmhouse table beer brewed with pilsner malt, two row malt, pale malt, pale malted wheat, a touch of Caramunich and acidulated malt, lots of Czech Saaz, East Kent Golding and/or other hops (depending on availability) and farmhouse yeast. This is a beer we’ve been excited about for quite some time now, as we believe that it’s a clear, simple expression of the delicate, delightful interplay between noble hops and farmhouse yeast.
3.4
297 reviews
Austin, United States
Community reviews
Bottle. Batch 9/10. Frothy White good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and heavy hoppy and light yeasty aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Pours unfiltered yellow with thick white head out of bottle. Aroma wheat, flowers, and bread. Light flavor of wheat with hint of citrus. Good beer.
"Delicate lemony floral and grassy aroma and flavor. There’s a little grainy malt and yeast in the flavor as well. Crisp and clean...pretty damn good for a low abv beer. Too bad it ain’t priced like one."
Belgian-style blonde table beer with wheat malt. Stable, cream white, sticky, moussy head and pale blonde colour with greenish hue, hazy like a witbier. Wheaty aroma with citrussy hops, sour cream, bread, cookies, green apple. Smooth and light palate with fresh citrus touch, light wheat sourness and mellow, bready barley malt, flowery and even peppery hop bitterness in the finish, much stronger than in normal Belgian table beers, long and a bit drying acidity; evidently a watery mouthfeel. Not sure what to think of this, it reminds me more of Dupont’s Biolégère and therefore a table beer version of saison rather than an actual triple table beer.
Bottle. Clear yellow with a huge white head. Apple juice aroma. Light malts blend well with the farmhouse yeast. Super clean and light. A little grass and hay. Overall, easy but very forgettable. -- Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
In short: A low abv and well hopped Belgian blonde ale that is not watery. Interesting alternative thirst quencher.
How: Bottle 750ml, a few times, always fresh.
The look: Cloudy yellow-blonde body topped by a small white head.
In long: This is a beer I’ve had a few times, never thought it was much of a Saison even if ratebeer says it is a Saison. Of course the beer is dry (d’oh, 2.9%) but I never thought it had that Saison character. What it had was extremely high drinkability, as easy to drink as a 2.9% beer should be without sacrificing the taste. You’ve got the typical Belgian blonde ale fruity esters and flavors (bananas and others) and a generous grassy hoppiness. Doughy round chewy cereals. Never watery despite its size. Quite an aromatic little beer. I wish someone would make beers like that in cheap 6-pack, but in semi-pricey 750ml I’ll go back to cheaper low abv pale ales to quench my thirst. Named after a famous book, that thing that is like a very long rating that doesn’t talk about beer.
75cl bottle, Gråsälstasting #4. Thx Jookos! Pours hazy golden, frothy white head. Nice citrusy, fruity, sour notes, apricots in aroma. Flavor has apricots, wheat, citrus and kiwi. Nice fruity finish. Awesome. And only 2,9.
-- rated with beerbasher/winphone
Bottle 75 CL. Ty to Jookos. Hazy yellow color with frothy lacing head. Nice fruity hops, apricot, citrus. Great taste for such a low alcohol level.
- beerbasher
Bottle (pre batch 11, I guess). Pale yellow, hazy. Dry stone fruity, some hay wheat. Some ginger. Light body. Wheaty malts, soft fruityness. Dry, citrus. Fruitier than the princess, softer too. Bit more flavour. Excellent low abv. Refreshing, nice.
-- bb
Bottle from some shithole liquor store. Hazy lemon pour with a big white head and sticky lacing. Citrusy, straw, biscuit, lactic, light vanilla, light herbs, and basil in the aroma. Taste is biscuit, crackery malt, grassy, somewhat earthy, and lactic with some sour lemon notes on the backend. Light body with high carbonation. Really nice quaffer and perfect for what it’s designed to accomplish.
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours hazy gold, thin white head. Nice white pepper saison nose, light lemon sourness. Taste has more sour and yeast notes. Refreshing and good for the strength.
Very pale, watery golden with floss thin ringed head. Neat dusty light sherbert. Steely bitter, gritty enough hop. Terse dryness towards the finish, soft enough carbonation bolsters the lack of ABV more than I though.
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Bottle at Craig’s. Pours clear golden yellow, yeasty, light spice nose, taste is dry toffee, yeasty, refreshing.
Bottle from Euston Tap, London. Poured a cloudy ochre colour, with no head. Aroma was funky, with notes of wet dog, yeast esters and unripe fruit. Flavours were more appealing; some dry hops, straw and earth. Finish was light, crisp hops, grain and some dried fruit. Different.
Bottle: Poured a light dirt yellow color ale with a super huge slightly off-white foamy head with good retention and some excellent lacing. Aroma of funky yeast notes with light rustic notes and light peppery notes. Taste is a refreshing mix of rustic malt with a pinch of lemon and some light peppery yeast with a light dry funky finish. Body is quite full with good carbonation. This is exactly like the farmhouse ale must have tasted like in my imagination.
Reviewed from notes: pours a hazy light yellow color with white head. Citrus, wheat, and a bit of funk on the nose; follows onto the palate. Light bodied and easy on the palate. Finishes with a bit of funk and wheat.
750ml bottle from Proof. Light yellow pour with minimal white head. Aroma of straw, lemon, little funk. Tastes are light drinkable, yeast, grass, lemon, wheat, spices. Very nice - didn’t know it was low ABV until half way through. Nothing crazy, but truly session brew. A sixer of this on the beach would be perfect.
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein trübes goldgelbes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig fruchtig, Citrus, würzig. Geschmack würzig malzig, Citrus, minimal bitter, hefig.
Bottle from Beers of Europe at least a year ago. Cloudy yellow. Small head. Smooth feel. I still don’t ’get’ saisons - this one is much like the others I’ve had: fruity and inviting in the aroma but lacking any duration to the taste. Like a watered down Belgian wit.
750 ml. capped bottle. Batch #9/10 MAR 2013. Pours a medium, well retained white head, with some lacing, over a very slightly hazy yellow (SRM 2) body.....nose is cereal, with light toasted malts, minimal esters, light hops dusty tones.....taste is light dried malts, with cereal, bread, light spice tones, finishing lightly bitter....mouth fee, light body, moderate acid. This is an incredibly light beer, with hints of Saison intermixed with Kolsch, Pale Lager. There is little complexity in any sense. It would be grand as a re-hydration beverage but really isn’t a Saison. It is also a year old and who knows how much was lost in that time? . BJCP 6/2/10/3/5
750 mL bottle. Pale gold in color with a decent sized white head. Aroma is of hay, straw, heavy lemon, grain, and light florals. Taste is of grain, hay, and lemon. Crisp and refreshing.
Bottle from Proof. Hazy straw pour with a rocky white head. Bready, lemon citrus and yeasty aromas. Palate is super light and airy leaning on flavors of lemon, bready and cereal malts with touches of spice and yeast. Not bad. Very refreshing.
Hazy straw yellow. Low white head. Fresh acidulated malt aroma. Nice tones of pepper, mild spices citrus zest, and something mineralic. Light and easy on the palate. Supercrisp, dry restrained malt body. Nice citrus fruity acidity. Spicy, acidulous fruity hoppy ending.
Bottle. Pours a clear light yellow color with minimal head. Citrus, lemon, bread aromas. Light, crisp, citrus, cracker flavors. Kind of interesting, very light beer, but still a good amount of flavor.
Pours cloudy yellow with off white head. Smells predominately of yeast. Tastes of bitter, yeast, and hay. Has a light and fizzy mouth feel.
skum. lyst
Duft: duft af lyse malte, en kant af citrus
Smag: citrus, lime, en meget fin øl på tros af den lave alkohol, lav mængde co2
Dunkel gyllen farve med lyst skum. Lukt av malt og gjær. Smak av malt, sitrus og gjær. Haaland ølutsalg.
Fin duft av hvete, gress og sitron. Dunkel gul farge. Tynt lag skum. Smak av hvete med en liten sitron ettersmak.
Hazy, medium yellow body with a very small, white, frothy head that leaves some lacing. Strong, dry, crisp and acidic aroma with lemon and other citrus fruits. Also pleasant yeasty notes that I find more clean and Belgian than the bretty notes that I assumed would accompany a farmhouse yeast. In the flavours though I get some funky traces, but they’re definitely well hidden. Citrus, lemon, fruits, chalk. Very little sweetness, a quite light bitterness and some acidity. Of course very light bodied, but it works when served at 4ºC. Dry texture, moderate carbonation. A nice saison, and pretty impressive for a 2.9% ABV.
[75 cl bottle, shared with mfroseth, Tor and Rikke, courtesy of my wife, from Ølhandleriet, Mathallen, Oslo]
pours cloudy pale yellow-grey-ish with a nice white head, some retention and lacing. lemony and yeasty - saizohn, earthy, dill, olives, toasted wheat, pils, hint of sulfur and phenolic bananas - just a dash, some floral notes too. lively to average carbonation, light body - tad watery but eh, hint of tartness with a short yet assertive citrusy-herbal-grassy finish. balanced. quenching and nicely crafted.