Beer of the Month Club August 2024: Saison

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SAISON

This month we’ll be focusing on one of my favorite styles of beer. I love all styles of saison, from the earthy and spicy farmhouse style to the light and refreshing grisette. They all have a special place in my heart, especially as a lover of wine. These ales not only improve with age in the short to mid term, they share the same complexity and bright, high acid, textured, sometimes spicy, and herbaceous character of some of my favorite white wines in the natural realm.

Brasserie de la Senne was officially started in 2010 by Yvan Da Baets and Bernard Leboucq, though the 2 had been working together since 2003. Da Baets, a former social worker, started his professional beer career at De Ranke, though he had fallen in love with beer years before at Cantillon where he worked at the museum and volunteered at as many breweries as he could. Leboucq was originally a home brewer and owned a microbrewery in the suburbs of Brussels. At Brasserie de la Senne they focus on hoppy, balanced beers and traditional 19th and early 20th century Belgian styles.

Side Project Brewing was started by Corey and Karen King in 2013. They met working in fine dining and shared a mutual love of wine, beer, and traveling, and eventually brewing themselves in their apartment. Karen went into beer sales and Corey into wine after moving to St. Louis in 2007, and shortly after Corey became a professional brewer at Perennial Ales. They focus on Belgian inspired and barrel aged beers, including co-ferments with wine made from hybrid grapes like Vidal and Chambourcin.

Cheers!

Justin Malesheetz

Beer Buyer

Brasserie de la Senne Wadesda #9 Tripel Saison
Brussels, Belgium	A blend of Brasserie de la Senne Jambe-de-Bois Tripel and Cantillon Lambic refermented in bottle and unfiltered. Pouring a slightly hazy amber with a fluffy head that lasts forever and fast rising carbonation. The nose is mild, herbaceous, and earthy with notes of cooked stone fruits, apple skins, apricot, and nutmeg. The palate is soft and shows light carbonation. Pleasingly bitter and sour without feeling bracingly acidic with the herbal notes mixing with notes of grapefruit, unripe orange, apple and a long dry finish. 8% ABV
Head Brewer: Yvan Da Baets
$7.99 per 330ml bottle / $172.58 per case
Suggested Food Pairing: Blue cheese with fig and prosciutto, trout rillette, mussels with fries

Side Project Dry Hopped Oak Aged Saison
Maplewood, Missouri, USA	Brewed with European hops and malts, and aged in a Missouri Oak Foedre for 6 months with a blend of Missouri microflora. Pouring a hazy medium amber with thin foam. Savory on the nose, with the apricot and quince mixing with notes of thyme, oregano, and tomato leaf. Sour with a saline edge on the palate with soft carbonation and a note of Asian pear joining the quince and savory herbs on the long dry finish. 4% ABV
Head Brewer: Corey King
$26.99 per 750ml bottle / $291.49 per case
Suggested Food Pairing: Camembert, pork chop with apple compote, radicchio salad

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