Side Project Saison du Blé

Saison du Blé is the harmony of a fluffy wheat Saison with Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus. The wheat balances a very dry body with a creamy, billowy mouthfeel and our house Saison yeast adds complexity and acidity. This farmhouse ale was aged in Missouri oak barrels for several months.

203 reviews

Maplewood, United States

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4.0 26-09-20 // Happy Zwanze Day 2020 at Mon Petit Café, Stuttgart. Bottle, shared. Thanks! Good funkiness. Saison yeasty. Mild lemon flowerness.

3.9 Hazy yellow gold with thick foamy white head Aroma is nice funky sligty tart Flava is tart grainy rich Feels light slight fizzy Finishes dry tangy tart

4.4 Flaska från Mikeller Webshop drucken med ölföreningen. Riktigt snygg funkig fatlagrad Saison. Druvor, subtila Chardonnayvibbar, stenfrukt, krispig och riktigt mycket karaktär. Så gott.

3.3 Keg at the Beavertown Extravaganza, day two, 09/09/2017. A pale yellow straw coloured pour with no head. Aroma is weird sweet cara,ac, saison yeast, lemon rind, tart. Flavour is composed of tart lemon rind, semi sweet, light caramel ,. No real asison character. Palate is semi sweet, tart, mild pucker. Disappointing.

3.8 Bottle 750ml, bottle share @ Pien Shop and Bar, Helsinki. Poured golden in color with a thin white head. Citusy aroma with horse blanket, some funk and dried apricots. Inviting. Dry, grassy and woody with funkyness. Tart long finish. Fairly complex, enjoyable.

4.7 KOMPLEX trifft es gut👌🏻 Auf der einen Seite rustikal farmyeasty, dann auch sanft floralfunky & immer wieder schön rubbeltarty AmericanOakWilder🚨...cremig, citrussour & mit einem außergewöhnlichen WhitePepperTwang beim Finish 🍾0,75l Buddel von den Liebhabern...27 gut angelegte Flöten⚜️

4.0 Bottle from a friend. Amber color, white head. Bitter taste with citrus, hops, earthy notes, grass, oak and spices. Bitter finish with citrus, hops, earthy notes, grass, oak and tart. Excellent saison.

3.9 Bottle: pours mostly clear gold with a white head. Aroma is light fruitiness, funkiness and wood. Taste is sour and fairly acidic. Woody, deep and complex.

4.4 750ml bottle. Pours beautiful golden yellow colour with medium size white head. Peach, nectarine and apricots, floral and notes of grapes in the aroma. Wheat base, floral notes, peach, slight notes of honey, vinous notes, notes of white grapes in the taste. Long, fruity, vinous aftertaste. Very delicate palate. Smooth but complex.

3.9 Bottle at Tilt Side Project Tasting; hazy golden orange pour with a fine bubbly head, aroma has citrus and pineapple, taste has light citrus, hint of wood.

3.7 (Blend #7) Wyraźnie dzikie, w wioskowy sposób, sporo cytryny, kwasność wysoka, drapiąca gardło, finisz lekko ziołowy, cierpki.

4.1 Rami Rami is drinking a Saison du Blé (Blend #7) by Side Project Brewing at Mikkeller Bar Warsaw Czuc slomiane brety, jakas owocowosc, wytrawne, przyprawowe, kwasnosc niewysoka, cierpkie troche... bardzo ciekawe, cos jakby yuzu w odbiorze? Ale calosciowo klasa. 4.15?

4.0 From: draft at sp Aroma: oaky and Citra Appearance: pours amber with a nice frothy head Taste: lemon tart, funky Citra, oaky brett Palate: medium bodied with med carb and a nice pucker and dryness Overall: very nice

3.9 Bottle share @ Mornin' Delight release 2018. Pour is hazy golden with a medium white head. Notes of light citrus, dank citrus, barnyard, yeast, light sweet syrup.

4.0 Bottle shared with a bunch of people at my house. Aroma is chardonnay, wood, funk, tart, nice. Appearance is darker golden, white head, clear. Taste is chardonnay, wood, tart, funk, dry, vinegar. Mouthfeel is light to medium body, light carbonation, funky woody vinegar aftertaste. Overall, this is just fine.

4.0 CBC2016S03, pours pale yellow with a small head, aroma of fruits, acidic, flavor is sour with lemon, refreshing, medium bodied, great

3.4 Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of lemons, fruits, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, vinegar, and fruits, leading to a tart finish.

3.7 Bottle, batch #2. Pours clear golden, large somewhat fizzy white head, dissipates fairly quickly, good lacing. Aroma is really dusty, oak, Brett, lemon, basement aromas. Flavor is dry, light plus tart, light plus funky, dusty, Brett, lemons and a hint of acetone. Light body. Decent.

3.5 Bottle at yespr. Hazy golden colored with a small white head. Fruity and light acidic aroma of barnyard. Fruity and light acidic flavor of barnyard. Tart finish.

3.6 75 cl. bottle. A hazy golden coloured beer with a white head. Aroma and flavour of yeast, spice, fruit, tartness, barnyard, brettanomyces and with sour finish.

3.7 75 cl bottle. Pours hazy yellow. Small white head. Ar9ma is fruity, wineous. Fruity. Sought citric. Dry and sourish. Smooth fruity. Mellow. Cris0 fruity. Slight citric. Mellow finish. Mellow and fruity finish.

4.2 On tap at at Beavertown Extravaganza 2017. Batch 7. Pours cloudy yellow with white head. Citrus, funk, some yeast, barnyard, nice tartness, some light sweetness. Smooth. Medium bodied.

3.8 September 2017 - Keg at Beavertown Extravaganza. As 'Side Project Saison du Blé'. Translucent golden yellow, very little head. Aroma is quite syrupy – mostly golden syrup on pancakes, pleasant golden syrup and maple syrup. Body is smooth with tingly carbonation. Taste is thinner than the aroma, sugary, little straw, raspy dryness. Good. (8-4-7-3-16=3.8)

4.0 Bottle. Aroma of coriander seeds, light malt, citrus, light funk. Hazy golden with white head. Taste is light+ sour, dry and more citrus funk. Light body, dry feel and citrus funk finish.

4.5 (En fût à la source - Batch #7): Belle texture de blé enrichi, assaut vineux gras et complexe, sulfure et bois épicé sur immensité de fruits à noyaux. Brillant.

4.0 On tap. Golden colour with white head. Grain aroma. Grain, sweet, fruit and wood taste. Medium body.

3.9 (Sample @ CBC 2016 Red Session, Copenhagen) Pours clear medium gold with a white head. Aroma of wheat cracker, white wine, edgy sulphurous funk, fairly balanced, a funky wet wood character floats around above everything. Flavours of white wine, wheat cracker, moderately funky, cheesy, fairly bright and zippy, but with a relatively expansive grain profile, lightly fruity, somewhat grassy. Medium bodied, a bit creamy feeling, soft carbonation. This is quite solid but it doesn't feel as involved or focused as the best SARA or HF saisons, perhaps a matter of personal preference.

3.6 Keg at Beavertown Extravaganza. It pours yellow – gold with a pretty small white head. The aroma is bready, cereal, must, funk, hay, stone fruits and oak. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, decent mouth – pucker, acidic bite, funk, must, white grape, lemon, gooseberry, vinous vibes and some sherbet through the finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty drinkable stuff, but it didn’t wow me. Perhaps lacking in a bit of depth.

4.2 Initial pour is clear but turns unclear as yeast is introduced to the mix. Let’s call it semi clear with a very small head. Aroma is loaded with wine barrel notes, tart white grape, bretty fruit, oak shavings. Taste is sharp, cutruc and with a good amount of saison yeast. Gets funky and a little peppery. Flavours are lasting on the palate, mouthwatering sour notes. Endlessly enjoyable.

4.7 Tart woody aroma, cucumber,caramel, perfume, citrus, some floral notes. Tart vinous taste,quite woody, hay, grapes, some floral notes. Very good..