As a franglophone, and a lover of beers, I was excited for Half Pints to release a saison as I absolutely LOVE saisons. If you look at Untappd, you can tell I am likely the biggest fan of Unibroue's Blonde de Chambly saison on the planet. I love that the label of la saison de la ceinture fléchée is entirely en français.. but there is a grammatical error with "Beer Biére", it's Bière.
It's better late that I review this beer (nearly two months after release) than never at all!
Appearance: Pours medium golden orangish hazy in look. Looks like your standard saison to me. The head is white and creamy, almost as thick as whipped cream.
Aroma: A nice sweet citrus medley, with a bit of (what I think) pear, banana and a slight orange zest, as well as that typical yeasty zing you know in Unibroue beers.
Taste: Compared to Unibroue's Blonde de Chambly, this is a much more citrusy and sweeter beer. This actually tastes quite like something Unibroue would make, if they changed the recipe a bit. A nice amount of citrus is hitting my taste buds. Sweet, a bit of spice (cloves). I think the sweetness reminds me of a bit of peach, hint of banana and orange. This is one of the harder beers to guess what flavours I'm noticing as it's a bunch of everything.
Overall Thoughts: I absolutely love this beer. It's nice and citrusy, great beer to savour while barbecuing. I wish Half Pints did bigger batches of this, but this beer was so popular that it sold out at liquor marts quite quickly. I wanted to do a cross review between this, Blonde de Chambly and Urthel Saisonnière, but Blonde de Chambly is no longer sold in Manitoba.
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