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We’re going to spend the next few weeks tasting saisons.
Last autumn, we played a bunch of porters off against one*other and learned a lot in the process. Now that spring is in the air, we’ve decided to turn our attention to a brighter, lighter, more refreshing*variety of beer which we still find somewhat mysterious.
The aim of this project, insofar as it has one, is to come up with a short-list of British saisons we can recommend wholeheartedly, but perhaps also to answer a nagging question: can any of them really compete with Saison Dupont, the Belgian original that arguably defines the style, on taste and value for money?
So far, we have bought bottles of:
- Brew by Numbers 01/08 Saison Wai-iti and Lemon
- By the Horns Vive La Brett
- Celt Hallstatt Deity
- Ilkley Siberia Rhubarb Saison
- Partizan Saison Lemon and Thyme
- Partizan Saison Lemongrass
- Siren Ratchet Blended Saison
- Wild Beer Epic Saison
- Wild Beer Wild Goose Chase
And (offered, not asked for…) we will also be including free samples of:
- BrewDog Electric India
- Burning Sky*Saison à la Provision
- Hop Kettle Ginlemlii (thanks, @landells!)
- Adnams/Magic Rock The Herbalist
If there are any beers you think we absolutely*must*include, let us know in the comments below, but*we only have budget to place ONE more*online order, so a lot will depend on which single retailer has the widest range available.
Of course that means that this will not be a comprehensive taste-off of every single UK-brewed saison — what are we, the British Board of Saison Classification? — but hopefully the pool will be large enough*to draw some useful conclusions.
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