Saison, 5.5 % ABV, 30 IBU.
Dr. M Nr. 22 – Lovely label!
After the huge head has settled it looks quite nice, save for the dirty body.
This brew is hopped with Tettnang and an unknown variety that grows in Dr. M’s garden. Let’s see if The Doctor knows how to brew and how to grow hops!
Ouch. This one is very aggressively carbonated, but I manage to fill my glass with foam (and some beer) before all the liquid escapes from the bottle. The gushing causes the beer to be absolutely opaque with a rather dirty-looking yellow to orange colour. The big, frothy, fluffy white head shrinks to a peculiar collection of islands of foam with the texture of whipped egg-white. What have you done with this beer?
The quite strong aroma doesn’t reveal any infections, so hopefully the only fault of this brew is a violent over-carbonation. I get lots of Belgian yeasty notes, and since the label tells me so, I guess it’s saison yeast. It’s very fruity, with non-tropical light fruits being the most obvious contributors. The aroma feels pretty yeast-driven to me, so I’m not sure how much impact the home-grown hops had on this brew.
In the mouth, however, it’s clear that something has gone wrong here. Sharp and stinging solvent efficiently drowns most other components. There are some Belgian yeast lurking around in the background, and the fruits are still present, but they’re all overpowered by the dreaded solvent. The taste is light sweet and light bitter, and the finish is very dry.
Conclusion: it has a nice aroma and it might have tasted nice once…
Aroma: 6/10 Appearance: 2/5 Taste: 3/10 Palate: 3/5 Overall: 5/20 Ratebeer score: 1.9/5.0
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