Cranky Reviews

On the Fence

Blended Foeder Saison

Beer Type

11 to 14

11 to 14

Honourable Mentions

Rating

On the Fence

White Picket Fence

Bellwoods Brewery

5.6% Alcohol

Dad was a proud union man although he complained as much about the union as he did about the company. I guess it’s true, there is no perfect union, but it doesn’t hurt to strive for a more perfect one.*  I remember the old man saying that anyone that crossed the picket line was a scab. I remember having a big scab on my knee from wiping out on my bike, and my Mother had told me “if you pick it, it won’t heal”. Childhood can be confusing at times. **

Roll Out the Foeder, and We’ll Have a Foeder of Fun

Other than a flimsy word association, what this has to do with Bellwoods White Picket Fence, their saisonal brew of the foeder persuasion, is nothing. This certainly isn’t our first saison, and not our first foeder either. We’re rolling out that great big oak barrel and hoping we will have a barrel of fun with this foeder blended wily wheat.***

A light golden pour with two fingers of froth to blow off. A wheat tang in the nose, almost a sour. The taste follows suit, and it’s there in spades. A sour tang wheat hint of banana, interesting, definitely and decidedly different. Now some lemon shows up as the tang tapers off a bit for a lemon banana wheat, with some spices in there to boot. To be honest, I liked the tang better. If Neocitran made a citrus banana flavour this would be it. Complex is a bit of an understatement.

I’m on the fence on this one, it was fairly easy drinking but not for everyone. For a seasoned saison sudser it maybe the cat’s pyjamas, but it’s not your dad’s beer, or my dad’s either.

*Editor’s Comment: The preamble to the US Constitution “"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

**Editor’s Comment: I see that confusion has carried into your “adulthood” and old age as well.

***Editor’s Comment: A foeder is a Dutch word for a large oak barrel or a vessel, traditionally used in wine making but being used more these days to age beer.

Final Rating: An On the Fence 12 out of 20

Blended Foeder Saison

Beer Type

11 to 14

11 to 14

Honourable Mentions

Rating

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