Saison De Pipaix
Presentation: Green 750, sides are coated in ancient yeast, bottom of bottle is jet black from a decade or more time spent in a cellar. Mettle cap with a cork beneath. White label on the neck states, This ALE has been brewed in 07/95, bottled in Oct. 1995 and stored in our cellar. When you get it, put it back in a cellar for some days or better weeks (like an old wine). You should find a begin of wine porto taste. Enjoy it! Cork pulled with no sound (bad sign). Pours a thin, transparent golden brown apricot. Almost no head. Carbonation streams are nonexistent. This beer looks flat. Nose of kafir lime leaf, cider, white port, peach skins, brut champagne, must oil, sour grapes, lime soup. Notably sour and lambic like, almost gauze character is present. Sips without any carbonation, damn. Also notable is an almost complete lack of hopsand body for that matter. Damn, this stuff passed its prime some time ago. Im left longing for what it could have been. Despite the age, its taste is wonderfully dynamic and complex and drinks much more like a wine than a beer. Tastes salty, dry, rocky and fruity. Notes of cherries, pineapple, mellon, citrus fruits, and cilantro are all apparent. Mouthfeel is weak, but not without some pleasant tartness and sourness. Drinkability suffers from the lack of vitality. I cant wait to try a younger vintage. The 95, however, is spent.