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Sara Buckwheat Ale
Brasserie De Silenrieux S.A. (Chez L'Père Sarrasin)
- From:
- Brasserie De Silenrieux S.A. (Chez L'Père Sarrasin)
- Belgium
- Style:
- Witbier
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 15.82%
- Reviews:
- 44
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 10, 2019
- Added:
- Mar 25, 2002
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 3
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by FLima from Brazil
3.75/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Dark brown reddish color with a thick beige head.
Aroma with notes of licorice, mild chocolate and cherries.
Flavor with notes of red grape faint sourness, I guess the buckwheat twist, some chocolate, herbal hops, cola and vanilla. Dry aftertaste with a mild bitterness.
Light body with somewhat effervescent carbonation.
Interesting and original Belgian Dark Ale with refreshing vinous notes with chocolate and the buckwheat slightly twisting it.
Oct 10, 2019Aroma with notes of licorice, mild chocolate and cherries.
Flavor with notes of red grape faint sourness, I guess the buckwheat twist, some chocolate, herbal hops, cola and vanilla. Dry aftertaste with a mild bitterness.
Light body with somewhat effervescent carbonation.
Interesting and original Belgian Dark Ale with refreshing vinous notes with chocolate and the buckwheat slightly twisting it.
Reviewed by wisrarebeer from Wisconsin
2.53/5 rDev -28.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.53/5 rDev -28.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Had at the brewery in Silenrieux with lunch.
A: jet black, thin head that dissipated quickly
S: very mild nose, slight sweet and roasted malt
T: unusual, sweeter, slightly thin and earthy
M: clean, crisp light ale with unusual underlying mouthfeel
O: good, but thin and really
Jan 08, 2014A: jet black, thin head that dissipated quickly
S: very mild nose, slight sweet and roasted malt
T: unusual, sweeter, slightly thin and earthy
M: clean, crisp light ale with unusual underlying mouthfeel
O: good, but thin and really
Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington
3.65/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a Dogfish Head pint glass. Pours a medium mahogany amber with a massive off-white head with good retntion and lacing. Aroma of cherries, light fruit, malt with a hint of caramel, saison style yeast. Flavor is surprisingly subdued after the aroma, light fruit and cherries, a bit tart and slightly acidic, probably from the buckwheat. Light malt. Finishes light and bit dry. Light bodied, but decent mouth feel from carbonation. A quite unusual ale, the flavors are pleasant and interesting, but too attenuated. I'm really glad I tried this and would like to see the other ales from this brewery. This is very badly categorized here as a witbier. It is fairly dark colored, slightly hazy, but not cloudy, does not have much wheat presence (wheat could be a component, but it is taking a back seat to buckwheat), witbier spicing, if present is not detectable. I find no witbier characteristics to this ale. I'm listing it as Belgian dark ale in my records, which fits this more adequately. Except for the dark color, it is most similar in flavor, aroma and mouth feel to a saison.
Oct 15, 2012Reviewed by daledeee from Iowa
3.85/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.85/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A 750 ml bottle.
Pours a dark clear brown with very bubbly head that breaks up quickly and leaves a clear top with no lacing.
Nose is fruity maybe plums or cherries.
Taste is not what I would call a witbier(at least the ones i have had) This reminds me more of a dubbel. It is loaded with dark fruit tastes such as dark cherry and plums. Some earthiness is also mixed in. Carbonation is pretty strong.
Overall this is a very nice beer.
Jan 30, 2012Pours a dark clear brown with very bubbly head that breaks up quickly and leaves a clear top with no lacing.
Nose is fruity maybe plums or cherries.
Taste is not what I would call a witbier(at least the ones i have had) This reminds me more of a dubbel. It is loaded with dark fruit tastes such as dark cherry and plums. Some earthiness is also mixed in. Carbonation is pretty strong.
Overall this is a very nice beer.
Reviewed by atigerlife from Hawaii
3.91/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours auburn with a 2 finger fluffy head. Highly carbonated.
Aroma is quite strong, but hard to place. Definitely some wheat.
Taste is wheat, spices, malt, fruit. Some graininess.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied and dry.
Overall, a very good beer. Quite refreshing.
Apr 23, 2011Aroma is quite strong, but hard to place. Definitely some wheat.
Taste is wheat, spices, malt, fruit. Some graininess.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied and dry.
Overall, a very good beer. Quite refreshing.
Reviewed by jwinship83 from Illinois
4.02/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
750ml corked and caged bottle picked up because it seems to be the only buckwheat beer ive ever heard of. drank out of my samuel adams perfect pint glass. the brewed on date on the label's options is either 2008 or 2009. nothing is marked. thanks! glad they included that on there.
A- this one pours a darker than expected dark brown colored body with a large beige head. the head lasts for a while, and leaves behind large globs of lacing.
S- the smell is more complex than your average wit. there is a certain detectable level of the barnyard funk and green apple skin. there is also some rye malt and banana/clove spiciness in here. a little bit of sourness is perceived. earthy hops at the end.
T- the taste starts out with some of the barnyard funk that i picked up on in the nose. i had no idea that this was in here. infection? it seems to work pretty well. some banana, clove, black pepper, and coriander. slightly roasted malts. light milk chocolate. a little bit of green apple skin. definite rye tasting malt. slightly sour, bot nothing near puckering. light earthy and spicy hops at the end.
M- the body is thin and almost watery. the carbonation is very high with a pretty dry finish to it.
O- this was an interesting beer. either it was old, infected, intentionally wild, or the buckwheat added that extra wild aspect to it. regardless, it seemed to work well. very subtle. nothing was over the top. the flavors worked in harmony. this was an impulse buy that i will pick up again. maybe even let it linger in the cellar for a while.
Apr 05, 2011A- this one pours a darker than expected dark brown colored body with a large beige head. the head lasts for a while, and leaves behind large globs of lacing.
S- the smell is more complex than your average wit. there is a certain detectable level of the barnyard funk and green apple skin. there is also some rye malt and banana/clove spiciness in here. a little bit of sourness is perceived. earthy hops at the end.
T- the taste starts out with some of the barnyard funk that i picked up on in the nose. i had no idea that this was in here. infection? it seems to work pretty well. some banana, clove, black pepper, and coriander. slightly roasted malts. light milk chocolate. a little bit of green apple skin. definite rye tasting malt. slightly sour, bot nothing near puckering. light earthy and spicy hops at the end.
M- the body is thin and almost watery. the carbonation is very high with a pretty dry finish to it.
O- this was an interesting beer. either it was old, infected, intentionally wild, or the buckwheat added that extra wild aspect to it. regardless, it seemed to work well. very subtle. nothing was over the top. the flavors worked in harmony. this was an impulse buy that i will pick up again. maybe even let it linger in the cellar for a while.
Sara Buckwheat Ale from Brasserie De Silenrieux S.A. (Chez L'Père Sarrasin)
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
58 ratings
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