Barrel Aged Saison VII

Saison’s history is shrouded in mystery; some say it evolved from the farms of Hainaut in Belgium, prized for their use of farm-grown ingredients, brewed during colder months, aged, and given to hired farmhands during the warm months of the laboring season. Others maintain that much of Saison’s production took place in the industrialized city of Liége, where breweries imported much of their ingredients from as far as the Netherlands.

Regardless of the true origins, we are passionate about barrel aged Saisons and will continue to reinvent and reimagine the storied style year over year. For our seventh release, we’re building on a traditional saison base, while looking forward to what the future of saison holds. We’ve learned a few new tricks from modern hoppy brewers regarding free thiols and their contribution to flavor and aroma. We brewed Barrel Aged Saison VII with phantasm powder, derived from the skins of NZ Marlborough Sauvingon Blanc grapes. We also hopped, barrel-aged and then dry hopped again with copious amounts of NZ grown Nelson Sauvin and Motueka hops. Combined with our house strains of Brettanomyces, these ingredients transform into ripe and juicy notes of tropical passionfruit, pineapple, and lychee. Bottle conditioned to a sparkling finish.