We've had this beer in the packs once before, back in March 2021. But we timed it right to get another order in, and I reckon it is special enough to warrant making a reappearance.
It is a tricky beer to get as it is actually a Christmas beer, just something very different for the festive season.
Decades ago, Brasserie Dupont thought to brew a special beer in appreciation of their best customers. They presented this beer to them as a Christmas gift and named the beer Avec les Bons Voeux which translates as ‘with good wishes’ from Dupont.
Good wishes indeed as this is a cracking imperial saison. Brewed with a selection of Dupont’s best yeasts, the beer is given a longer maturation phase than their other saisons.
There is a little honey sweetness early on, lots of citrus and earthy spice, banana and clove, and of course some Dupont funk that lurks in the background waiting to surface as the beer develops. It finishes reasonably dry for such a big beer.
Drink this one slowly and notice the beer evolve as it warms, and accept the best wishes of Brasserie Dupont as you do so.
An Imperial Saison aged 6 months in Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrels
A Belgian stout, full of roasted malts, coffee and chocolate
The classic farmhouse ale, and benchmark that re-popularised the saison style of beer.
A special annual vintage version of Dupont's classic saison
