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VI
Brasserie de Jandrain-Jandrenouille

VIVI
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From:
Brasserie de Jandrain-Jandrenouille
 
Belgium
Style:
Saison
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.9 | pDev: 14.1%
Reviews:
22
Ratings:
68
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 04, 2021
Added:
Aug 05, 2010
Wants:
  9
Gots:
  6
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Reviewed by trevorpost from Pennsylvania

3.29/5  rDev -15.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 2.25
Pours a headless hazy gold. Aroma is brett and a bit of sweet malt. Flavor is a bit of funk and stone fruit. Mouthfeel is horrible. Totally flat. Purchased in June 2021 but bottle may be extreme old. Flatness renders this nearly undrinkable, but would have been quite nice if it had even a little fizz.
Jul 04, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by Bf_89 from Canada (ON)

Dec 08, 2019
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Reviewed by MAB from Canada (AB)

4.33/5  rDev +11%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Day 2 of 2019 Calendar.

BTW, BeerAdvocate-- This ain't a saison...

Poured into a tulip shaped glass, it is golden-hued with a copious amount of large loose bubbles that soon coalesce into a lingering tight white lace.
The aroma is caramel and yeast, with a sugary perfume.
The taste is full–rounded, with a hint of bitterness on the tongue but finishing sweet but clean. Notes of bread and sugar cookies. It only gets better as it warms.
Dec 03, 2019
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Reviewed by aleigator from Germany

3.82/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a clouded yellow color with a froth, big head.

Smells of garden herbs, rich wheat and lighter citrus in an utmost intriguing way.

Has a light mouthfeel with a very vivid carbonation, creating a great refreshment.

Tastes of unripe bananas, wet grass and fresh cut wheat, with a lighter citraic note atop. Turns even more herbal then with a light yeast spiciness to it, adding a pleasant sweet- and softness. Finishes with a metallic and bitter interplay, among soothing wheat and yeast.

Light and almost crisp, with a great hop bitterness going all the way in this.
Sep 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4.3 by Heeenrik from Finland

Sep 20, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by steverx8 from England

Jul 09, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by chrisroarshack from Alaska

Apr 25, 2016
 
Rated: 4.09 by JakerLou from New Hampshire

Mar 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.77 by desint from Belgium

Jan 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.43 by Anatole from Belgium

Sep 01, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by MSandahl23 from Indiana

Jun 05, 2015
 
Rated: 4.08 by leitmotif from Romania

Jun 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Ciocanelu from Romania

Jun 02, 2015
 
Rated: 4.06 by mytu420 from Romania

Jun 02, 2015
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Reviewed by 4DAloveofSTOUT from Illinois

1.44/5  rDev -63.1%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
750ml bottle with J&J pressure cap.

poured into SP wine stem.

Appearance: This is a sad looking saison. Translucent pale yellow beer. A sparse and thin formed head that pours only to a thin cap of loosey packed bubbles. This is not what a non barrel aged saison should look like.

Smell: It smells like apple juice and a hint of grain. That is it.

Taste: The taste is the same except it is waterdown apple juice. Dare I say that I have drank an american adjunt lager with more flavor than this saison. Unfortunately it is the truth.

Mouthfeel: Super thin body and low level of carbonation. Undercarbed and almost lifeless mouthfeel. Drinkable yes, but nothing makes me really want to drink this.

Overall: What a let down... I had Saison IV by Jandrain-Jandrenouille last month and thought it was very solid. I picked up this bottle since I enjoyed the other saison made by this brewer. I think that the drain will like this beer much more than I will. I think that this must be infected or it has a severe carbonation issue. Either way, I can say this is easily the worst saison that I have ever drank.
Apr 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.84 by dcmchew from Romania

Apr 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.94 by saeh from France

Feb 02, 2015
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Reviewed by innominat from Ireland

2.98/5  rDev -23.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
I am a fan of saisons and wheat beers but was not sure what to make of this beer. It has a very thin mouth feel which I disliked. I am not sure really what style of beer they are trying to make here.
Jan 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Axnjxn from North Carolina

Jan 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by DerekMorgan from Massachusetts

Sep 11, 2014
VI from Brasserie de Jandrain-Jandrenouille
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 68 ratings