Zebulon Artisan Ales Weaverville, North Carolina
House Saizon
- Farmhouse Ale - Saison
- ABV 6.3%
- IBU 35
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House Saison (for Jeff Beck) 6.5% ABV. Saison is a misunderstood style, for a while it was a dumping ground for wacky ingredients then for a while it went into fouders and became just another sour blonde. It’s no surprise that customers are confused and wary of ordering them.
Our house saison is in the traditional farmhouse style: 100% local Pilsner and spelt malt, heavily hopped with French Strisselspalt hops and a fermentation with several yeast strains that gets up into the high 80s.
All this produced a beer that drinks like a hoppy Pilsner but is driven by the yeast character and minerality. The only other beer style that is defined by its yeast flavor is Hefeweizen but a proper Saison shouldn’t have the banana/bubblegum of a hefe instead it is white wine like, similar to a minerally chablis.
The real fun with this beer is how it evolves over time. When bottled, we add a small amount of our house Brettanomyces wild yeast. It takes a few months to start working so right now it drinks fresh and hoppy but in 3-12 months it will slowly get more funky. We recommend getting several bottles and drink one every 3 months.