Saison (Dupont)

Visiting the Map Room after some delicious a Peruvian dinner of dark beer braised duck at Rio's, I wanted something light and flavorful. This saison did the trick. It looked familiar to me somehow, but I don't have notes for it.

General Thoughts
Look and Smell: This copper-colored beer had a really thick and creamy head. It smelled sour and light.

Taste: It was light but had a bit of creaminess from that head. It was a bit acidic. I got a bitter floral taste like holding flowers in your mouth or a light tea steeped long enough to bitter. It was quite good. Reading that back, I know,  it sounds strange, but it's quite tasty to me. It was light, but flavorful. It had a light sourness, but the floral hops added another dimension.

From the Brasserie Dupont site:
The Saison Dupont is a top fermentation beer with refermentation in the bottle.

Since 1844, this beer has been brewed in our farm-brewery, during the winter time.
Then this beer became a second refermentation in the barrel.

During the next summer, this very thirst-quenching beer was served to the “saisoniers” which were working on the fields.

Surely therefore, our Saison Dupont is considered as “the classic” among the Belgian season beers!

Coppery blond, the finest aromas and a strong bitterness transform this beer into a thirst-quenchener with no equal, just the way it was created.

Our selection of yeasts is the perfect base for these typical aromas and ditto taste.
A real refermentation in the bottle, which will continue for a long time in your cellar, result into this complex and particular aromatic beer.