Vieille Provision Saison Dupont Belgian Farmhouse Ale Cuvee Dry Hopping 2013. Brewed by Brasserie Dupont, Tourpes, Belgium. 6.5% ABV.
Beautiful beer, poured into a Moinette chalice. Hazed, golden appearance, lush, booming bone white head, slowly drifting down.
Aroma: Ah! Mmm. Spicy yeast, lively hops, with a side does of funk. Just a drop of sour to match a dry, citric nose.
Taste: Clean and lean and especially zesty. Very vibrant, and highly hoppy. (Enough with the alliteration, already!) I'm loving the dry-hop effect. Who could guess that the great Saison Dupont could get even better?
Hey, there's a story on the label! "Every year Dupont's Master Brewer, Olivier Dedeycker, makes a special dry-hopped versions of the brewery's world famous S.D. This enables him to take advantage of the new hop varieties appearing each season. This year's dry hop is TRISKEL, from Alsace, bred from the French Strisselspalt and English Yeoman hops. Olivier describes it as "combining the aromatic notes, mainly floral, of Strisselspalt, with the fruity character of Yeoman. Quite unusual and interesting." Also unusual is the name TRiskel, apparently inspired by triskelion, the symbol of the Gauls, and representing the three elements, Earth, Air, and Water."
It's as smooth and easy-drinking as the regular S.D., with the complex and delicious yeast character, and the dry-hopping only makes for total satisfaction.
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