Wild Mind Gardner's Bounty Barrel-aged Honey Oat Saison. 7.2% ABV, 5 IBU. Wild Mind Artisan Ales, Minneapolis, MN.Lightly hazed, bright golden hue, slim, soon-gone head.
In the nose: Citrus and spice, tart and dry. Little bit o' honey.
In the mouth: Yeow! Terrifically sour! Yikes! But, oh, so pleasant. Medium-bodied, long tartness in the finish, sour sits long on the palate. Tasty and refreshing.
Gardner’s Bounty is a barrel-aged honey oat saison that was brewed with 62 pounds of organic raw honey from Ames Farm in Delano and a malt bill of 60 percent pils and 40 percent oats. Aged in oak barrels for more than a year, this lightly funky ale balances the sweetness of the honey with the chewy oats to create a mead-esque saison with notes of light citrus and an enticing nose of tropical flowers.
When I picked this one up a few weeks ago, one of the owners told me that the bottles lasted longer than he thought. perhaps because the word "sour" doesn't appear on the label. We need better beer education, people. Time after time, people peeped through the cooler door and thought to themselves, "barrel-aged? saison? honey oat? What are they trying to pull, this doesn't sound like a 'sour'?" It is sad to think of.
2 comments:
I have two in the fridge... I think the lack of fruit was the turn off, sadly.
That's it? Too bad. More for the rest of us.
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