{"id":1244,"date":"2010-09-09T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:25:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:25:57","slug":"review-boulevard-saison-brett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/review-boulevard-saison-brett\/","title":{"rendered":"From The Cellar: Boulevard Saison Brett"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boulevard says:<\/p>\n

“Our gold-medal winning Saison (Mondial de la Biere, Montreal, 2008) was the inspiration for this limited edition ale. We brewed a slightly stronger version that was then dry hopped, followed by bottle conditioning with various yeasts, including Brettanomyces, a wild strain that imparts an earthy quality. Though this farmhouse ale is given three months of bottle age prior to release, further cellaring will continue to enhance the “Brett” character if that\u2019s what you\u2019re after.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Boulevard Saison Brett
\n<\/em>Saison, 8.5% ABV
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Karl: <\/strong>Another bottle of Boulevard hopes and Smokestack dreams – as I\u2019ve mentioned, every time Ryan hauls out a bomber\/750 with one of these labels on it, my brain shoots off fireworks with memories of Rye-on-Rye and Bourbon Barrel Quad. \u00a0This is simultaneously good and bad – good because I know the potential for greatness is within, bad for the same reasons if\/when that greatness I expect isn\u2019t matched.<\/p>\n

The Boulevard Saison Brett packs a lot of beer into one description – a gold medal Saison, dryhopped, bottle conditioned, aged 3 months, sour profile, etcetera, etcetera. \u00a0With all that promise, could I get all that I want and all that\u2019s been described out of it? \u00a0In a word: no. \u00a0In a few more words: \u00a0But it was worth a shot.<\/p>\n

The Saison Brett pours with a nice thick climb-the-walls-of-the-glass head, with a dirty copper color. \u00a0It\u2019s definitely cloudy, with that bottle-conditioned haziness that comes with the territory. \u00a0Beyond that, the best way to describe the rest of the Saison Brett is: \u201cMedium body, light flavor.\u201d \u00a0There was a distinct moment after the first few tastes where my brain immediately asked, \u201cwhere is it?\u201d \u00a0Despite all the this-and-that characteristics in the description, there was a definite lack of anything standing out other than a sense of a cream soda presence.<\/p>\n

Dryhopping? \u00a0Didn\u2019t get it. \u00a0Any tartness or sour? \u00a0Not a bit, not for me. \u00a0Beyond that, this seems to be a \u201cwindow beer\u201d, and yes, I\u2019m coining a phrase. \u00a0A window beer is one where there is a window of time in which to drink it, and after which the window closes the taste dissipates and it loses a lot of the reason to drink it in the first place. \u00a0After the Boulevard Saison Brett has settled for a while, the sweetness dies off and you\u2019re left with not much to point to. \u00a0The window has closed on the Boulevard Saison Brett.<\/p>\n

I mean, the flavor is sessionable, I could power down a couple of these (despite the size) if not for the heavy body of the beer. \u00a0It almost seems like Boulevard just threw a bunch of stuff against the wall (or in the bottle) just to see what stuck. \u00a0Maybe we got a bad batch, but not much stuck at all.<\/p>\n

Ryan:<\/strong> The aftermath of drinking this reminded me of a great first date that was only great on one end.\u00a0 You know what I’m talking about; you go out, you have fun, good conversation, some chemistry.\u00a0 But after your phone call a few days later goes un-returned you wonder what went wrong.\u00a0 Or really what did you do wrong?\u00a0 That’s what this beer left me thinking; what did I do wrong?\u00a0 I cellared you under the proper conditions.\u00a0 I even let you warm a little before pouring you in the tulip glasses in hopes that would bring out more flavor.\u00a0 But somewhere along the way something went wrong because this did not meet my expectations.<\/p>\n

This beer poured a cloudy, murky orange in color with billowing, Belgiany white foam that tried to crawl its way out of the glass.\u00a0 The nose was filled with spices and a bit of tartness.\u00a0 Sadly, that tartness did not really materialize in my first sip, or my second…or my third.\u00a0 The flavor was somewhat light and rather creamy.\u00a0 I was able to catch a smidge of tartness on the back-end long after the beer was poured.\u00a0 Otherwise, this reminded me of a good Belgian Golden Ale.\u00a0 As Karl mentioned it was pretty sessionable despite packing an 8.5% ABV.<\/p>\n

Maybe reading of all the wonderful things that were in this beer I elevated my expectations.\u00a0 Or maybe I messed something up in the cellaring process.\u00a0 Or maybe it really is past its prime.\u00a0 Who knows what really happened but this beer just didn’t stack up.\u00a0 Maybe I’ll hunt down another bottle and re-adjust my expectations and see what happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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