La Brasserie de Blaugies is a farmhouse brewery, located in the town of Dour which is directly south of Ghent right down on the French border. This family enterprise began in 1988, and now involves the two sons as well as their parents who together founded the brewery.
They mostly make saisons – and very good ones at that, though their range does extend to a tripel, an imperial stout and a winter beer.
But the farmhouse brews are what this brasserie is about, so we must start there.
La Vermontoise is a collaborative brew with Hill Farmstead from the US. The name shares this collaboration – Hill Farmstead is in Vermont, and the area around Blaugies (the nearest city is Mons) is known as Montoise.
Rather than do anything too drastic, the beer is based on one of Blaugies other beers (the Saison d’Epeautre which is made with spelt) and then US Amarillo hops added. The beer retains the rustic farmhouse character of all the Blaugies beers, earthy, flowery and slightly spicy with more than enough funk to be interesting. The Amarillo hops add some citrus notes and a little more bitterness.
Alvinne's saison is light, crisp, quite funky with a hint of sour thanks to blending a little of the Omega blond sour beer
This classic Belgian Saison was the first beer produced commercially by Brasserie Atrium
The new beer from the good 'Dochter' is a dry-hopped saison with bitter orange
A simple but funky and interesting saison, with two old style hops for a fruity, dry and spicy character
A collaborative Saison featuring rye, spelt and wheat malts, dry-hopped with a Ukranian hop called Zachrava
An attempt at recreating a traditional 19th-Century saison, heavily hopped and mixed with lambic then barrel aged
An historical style spelt saison, dry-hopped and refermented with Brettanomyces
A classic Belgian style saison, with a twist - dry-hopped with Cascade & Amarillo
A saison with winter-type spices added including timut and szechuan peppers, mustard seeds and juniper
by Brouwerij Emelisse/Slot-Oostende
A hazy golden saison - crisp, citrusy, earthy and dry
A traditional Belgian saison, dry and funky, grainy malt and a solid bitterness
by Brasserie de Jandrain-Jandrenouille
A traditionally styled saison brewed with just the four ingredients as such beers were in the past
'Tess' is a White White Saison - a farmhouse ale fermented on Pinot Grigio white wine barrels and hopped with Hallertau Blanc hops
A very tasty little saison - or Grisette - from London's Partizan Brewing
A refreshingly crisp and dry farmhouse ale with addition rhubarb and ginger
A collaboration between De Molen and Beavertown (UK) sees a beery take on the traditional Gin & Tonic
A classic Belgian saison from Brouwerij De Ranke - hoppy and floral with a dry finish.
An earthy Wallonian saison from one of Europe's last remaining steam breweries
So good it was recently included in USA Draft's '25 Best Beers of the Year'.
The classic farmhouse ale, and benchmark that re-popularised the saison style of beer.
A special annual vintage version of Dupont's classic saison
A very traditional style saison, with a recipe dating back to 1884
A black India saison isn't something you see everyday from a Belgian brewer
A tasty, fairly traditional saison with lots of loverly earthy character and a little funk
A unique combination of Saison and White Beer produces a refreshing blonde ale with a nice bite.
White Pony have created what they call a Pacific Saison Ale, featuring hops from Australia (Summer) and NZ (Wakatu)
The newest beer from farmhouse masters Blaugies is Blonde de Blaugies
A farmhouse ale brewed with wheat and fermented with fig juice
