Saison

6 Reviews

Salt of the Earth?

Salt of the Earth?

I’ve seen a few salt docks in my days. Isles de la Madeliene for one. Then there was Windsor Salt and of course Goderich. But the Parry Sound salt docks?* What’s that all about? The things you learn while drinking beer. Then I got thinking about the expression “salt...

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Not in Saison

Not in Saison

Editor: Our indomitable craftsman RA takes one for the team on this saison reflux review. An expensive and exotic brew which is not typically in his wheelhouse, or beer fridge, so we are assuming it was a gift. Or even more likely a regift. I had to find a bottle...

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Second Degree Burns

Second Degree Burns

I find it interesting that a country like Scotland, renowned for bag pipes and haggis, which I consider two of the most unromantic things in the world, has their biggest celebration of the year to honor their romantic poet laureate Robbie Burns.*  I skipped the haggis...

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A Seasoned Saison for Another Season

A Seasoned Saison for Another Season

Right up front, I am not a man for all saisons,* but I do respect the genre. I give every brew a fair shake, which sometimes leads to a messy pour but so be it. I am a Gateway fan, and had sampled and enjoyed a previous GC saison, so who knows, maybe another saison of...

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An Eclectic Complex

An Eclectic Complex

Godspeed Brewery refers to their beers as “intentionally eclectic” and they ain't lyin'. In fact, I think that may be a bit of an understatement, like saying the Beatles were popular. After sampling their barley wine imperial coffee stout, now I am into a saison. But...

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The Tuesday Night Music Club*

The Tuesday Night Music Club*

The Stones had a gem of a Tuesday while the Moody Blues enjoyed the afternoon. Lynrd Skynrd woke up Wednesday morning and Tuesday was gone. Just like the Boomtown Rats, I don’t like Mondays, so I was drinking this Tuesday on a Sunday hoping to skip a day. But here I...

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