This is the first beer we’ve featured from La Brasserie à Vapeur – their very traditional Wallonian style Saison de Pipaix.
The brewery is situated in the little village of Pipaix, in Hainaut province, in the south of Belgium nearing the French border.
The unique feature of this brewery is that it is one of only a handful of working steam breweries. It is like going back in time to see how these beers are made.
They brew on the last Saturday of the month, and the brewery is open to visitors for this brew day. If you ever find yourself in Belgium at the right time, it is worth a diversion to see this brewery in action.
The beer is a saison, quite malty and dry which is traditional for the Wallonian region of Belgium. There isn’t a lot of funk to this beer, more a spicy character of ginger and black pepper. The malt body provides a little sweetness, matched against a solid hop 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
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 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 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.
The classic farmhouse ale, and benchmark that re-popularised the saison style of beer.
A very traditional style saison, with a recipe dating back to 1884
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)
