Posca Rustica - Brasserie Dupont sprl

wisrarebeer

Wisconsin

4.15/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

To my taste this was definitely more of a saison than a gruit.

A: cloudy, off-white/amber color, dense creamy head
S: full nose, earthy, spicy, yeasty, traditional saison
T; saison style with strong malt backbone and noticeable EtOH, heavier, richer saison with touch of cloyingness in finish
M: good and highly drinkable, but not as balanced and thirst quenching as other Dupont Saisons

Serving type: bottle

05-05-2012 15:33:54 | More by wisrarebeer

DeutschesBier

Maryland

4/5  rDev -2%

05-19-2013 18:02:34 | More by DeutschesBier

LoveBeerNo7

Ontario (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +10.3%

05-17-2013 01:36:30 | More by LoveBeerNo7

JDavidRice

Connecticut

4/5  rDev -2%

05-15-2013 01:15:27 | More by JDavidRice

jmkoscie

Ontario (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +10.3%

05-14-2013 00:22:51 | More by jmkoscie

2GOOFY

California

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%

05-12-2013 14:45:00 | More by 2GOOFY

WeissBoy

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev -2%

05-07-2013 04:23:50 | More by WeissBoy

dipso123

California

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%

05-06-2013 23:55:37 | More by dipso123

Molson2000

Ontario (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +10.3%

05-05-2013 20:40:13 | More by Molson2000

liamt07

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -8.1%

05-05-2013 13:38:59 | More by liamt07

peensteen

Ontario (Canada)

4.14/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Hazy blonde-orange colour, 1.5 fingers of white head with som elace as well. Smell is yeasty with a lot of spices in there as well, fruity with lots of banana and apple, light alcohol present, mild funk with lemon and citrus notes also. Taste is yeasty up front with a bit of a tangy funk to it as well, fruity citrus, lemon, green apple, spicy and dry at first before a moderately sweet finish, floral and earthy mid palate to finish. Medium high carbonation, medium creamy body. I really enjoyed this, just a pleasure to drink and nicely aromatic as well as flavourful, prefered this to the saison.

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2013 13:52:55 | More by peensteen

3Pope7

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%

04-28-2013 02:18:15 | More by 3Pope7

Maxwell

Massachusetts

3.76/5  rDev -7.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

The beer pours a murky, muddy orange with copper highlights. The beer pours with a lovely uniform head of medium sized, slightly creamy, white bubbles. In body, this beer is swamp water murky and impenetrable to the eye. On the nose, the beer smells of grainy funk with minty, herbal scents that play into the aroma. This beer definitely has the Dupont yeast funk in it, smelling nearly skunked, but also of grainy cereal and a touch of lemon citrus. The funk brings some wonderful spice into the nose, moving from pepper to barnyard, and then to an unnamable spice. On the tongue, the beer tastes surprisingly sweet with an herbal bitter backing. In flavor the beer begins as very sweet caramel apple and pear, which blends with funky barnyard flavors to dry itself out a touch, but not enough. The flavor moves into grassy, herbal funky flavors in the middle of the taste that blends with sweet cider-like flavors and chamomile. The finish is very sweet grassy flavors mixing with the herbal chamomile and light pear notes. The aftertaste is slightly funky with a sweet lingering flavor. The sweet flavors in this beer are surprisingly high, especially for a Dupont beer, but they do manage to stay just below cloying, which is a nice achievement. In the mouth, the beer feels on the heavier side of medium in body with a creamy soft carbonation that coddles the tongue a little too much and allows for that sweetness to run through the mouth. The mouth is left tingly, but clean. Overall, this is a really sweet saison/gruit. It also has far more of the saison characteristics to it than the herbal gruit character that I was hoping for. Its sweetness is a tad too much for me, and makes the beer feel syrupy in my mouth, almost like a too sweet tea mixed with a saison. In the end it is a good beer, but I wish they had dried out the sweetness more and brought out more herbal flavors. Personally, I would choose any of the other offerings of Dupont before I came back for this beer again.

Serving type: bottle

04-28-2013 01:34:01 | More by Maxwell

ant880

New York

4/5  rDev -2%

04-27-2013 19:02:19 | More by ant880

CanuckRover

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev -2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours orange/amber. Nice fluffy white head, medium density. Spiderweb lacings.

Fruit and yeast in the aroma. Loads of pear, with a bit of cider. Peppy spice, almost lemongrass. Really nice.

It's spice up front, but mostly from dusty Belgian yeast. It's actually kind of tough to get past the yeast, which is a bit of a shame because there are some really nice malt flavours here. True to the aroma, pear and apple flavour poke through the spice here and there.

This is a really nice beer. Complex, with dominant spicing and a yeast that gives it a farmhouse cider profile. Great stuff.

Serving type: bottle

04-21-2013 17:38:42 | More by CanuckRover

Digimaika2

Ontario (Canada)

4.21/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Bottle stamped with a best before of 12/2014.

(4.0) A: Cloudy peachy-copper with a tall and creamy head. Decent retention with minimal legs.

(4.25) S: Tart and slightly sour citrus fruits (orange and lemon), whole grain crackers, cloves and other spices, and faint sweeter tropical fruits. Very good and inviting aroma that is quite funky.

(4.25) T: Floral qualities, pear/pineapple/banana/orange, spice (mainly cloves and pepper), cracker-like grain, and fresh grasses. Wide variety of mixed fruits. Farmhouse and saison-like tastes. Pleasantly bitter and incredibly dry. Full of flavour.

(4.0) M: Medium bodied with a moderate carbonation. A solidly oily character.

(4.25) D: The flavours work very well together with a nice balance between crackery grain and varied fruits. And 5/5 for the classic bottle art.

Serving type: bottle

04-21-2013 01:40:55 | More by Digimaika2

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

3.95/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

750ml Bottle from the Ottawa LCBO for $8.00

Appearance - hazy gold colour with a massive size foamy white coloured head. It's hard to make out the amount of carbonation showing and there is some fair lacing. The head lasted for 6-7 minutes.

Smell - Breads/grains, green grapes, pears, clove/yeast, banana

Taste & Mouth - There is a high amount of carbonation and I can taste breads/grains mixed with bananas and green grapes and pear. There is also some yeast and some floral notes. It ends with a
pear/banana fruity aftertaste with a light bitterness.

Overall - Not Gruit tasting really.. more of a saison or a belgian blonde. Regardless, a really good beer that I am happy to have available to me. I'll buy a few more to tuck away.

Serving type: bottle

04-18-2013 00:11:34 | More by spinrsx

MWMBeerguy

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -14.2%

04-15-2013 00:24:24 | More by MWMBeerguy

Kremlock

Ontario (Canada)

4.16/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

A: Golden straw colour. Hazy, nice thick which head that settles to spotty head.

S: Green fruits (apples, grapes, unripe bananas)

T: Same as nose, with some ginger and a hint of peppery spice.

M: Well carbonated, a bit of a tang, low sourness to it. Great with cheese.

O: A well balanced Belgian with great flavours that are well rounded.

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2013 23:34:08 | More by Kremlock

jrenihan

Ontario (Canada)

4.05/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Beer is golden and slightly cloudy. Moderately-sized white head.

Green grape and other light fruit in the nose. Lemon. Belgian yeast. Slightly herbal. Some spices. Quite a bright scent. Nice.

Yeast, light fruit and spices are all readily present on drinking the beer. Green grape. banana, lemon, white pepper and coriander. On the sweet side, with the sweetness particularly notable in the finish. Grassy and bready.

Medium bodied, moderately carbonated. Sweetness dries the mouth a bit, Smooth.

Overall, good. I don't have much experience with gruit, but this doesn't strike me as wildly different from the saisons Dupont makes.

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2013 22:15:12 | More by jrenihan

NightINgale

Quebec (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%

04-14-2013 19:05:14 | More by NightINgale

rolltide8425

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -2%

04-09-2013 18:55:37 | More by rolltide8425

MarkyMOD

Colorado

4/5  rDev -2%

04-04-2013 03:02:09 | More by MarkyMOD

yancot

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev -2%

03-31-2013 14:21:09 | More by yancot

drgonzo2k2

California

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%

03-25-2013 12:33:56 | More by drgonzo2k2