Is this my first grisette? I think so. What the heck is a grisette? The label calls it a farmhouse wheat ale. Aren't farmhouse ales often brewed with wheat? Other sources I've checked tell us that they were originally created to refresh the thirst of miners, rather than farmhands. Some say it gets it's name from it's color, others the hue of the pinafores worn by the ladies who handed them out to returning miners. Well, I'm going to crack open the can and put it past my lips to find out a little more.
Lightly clouded, bright golden hue, slim white head.
In the nose: Slightly spice, maybe even salty. Light stone fruit notes, touch of citrus. We can get the wheat malt character, too.
In the mouth: Crisp, refreshing, smooth, and fruity. Again, citrus and stone fruit, with a touch of spice and salt. Zesty and smooth. Light-bodied, easy drinking, and not shy on flavor. Quite tasty.
I like this. I'd drink another. And another.
At the start of the century, in Hainaut, every small brewery produced a top-fermenting beer which was drawn from wooden barrels.
This traditional beer was the pride of the local breweries and quenched the thirst of the most demanding customers!
At the Friart Brewery, this beer, of which the formula is a carefully kept secret, was called the Grisette.
A few years ago, the St-Feuillien Brewery decided to take up the tradition and now presents four new varieties of Grisette.
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