Funkwerks Saison
Funkwerks, Inc.
Story by:
Bev Blackwood
Saison
Year-Round
Colorado
United States
Judges Ratings 94
Aroma: 23 / 24
Flavor: 38 / 40
Appearance: 6 / 6
Mouthfeel: 8 / 10
Overall Impression: 19 / 20
Description
Our flagship Saison was born from a series of test batches begun in Gordon Schuck’s backyard, the French Saison yeast strain used in test batch #6 was utilized to become the Great American Beer Festival gold medal-winning Saison that sits before you.
Notes of passion fruit, tangerine, lemon verbena, ginger and black pepper.
Pairs well with high fives.
Beverage Profile
ABV: 6.80%
IBUs: 20
Served at: (50º)
Hops:
Malts:
Judges Review
By Pat Mulloy
Judges Ratings 94
Aroma: 23 / 24 / 24
Flavor: 38 / 40 / 40
Appearance: 6 / 6 / 6
Mouthfeel: 8 / 10 / 10
Overall Impression: 19 / 20 / 20
Funkwerks Saison by Funkwerks, Inc. is being judged as a Saison BJCP Category 25b. Saison makes me nervous — too many glases of skunky, imported, green-bottled saisons or domestic saisons that don’t get the yeast right. The first sniff reveals this as a proper saison: ripe fruit, mild hops, white grapes, pepper, spice and alcohol. It drops hazy gold, permeated with streams of rapidly rising bubbles under a massive persistent rocky white cap that rises up over the glass’s rim. Orange lemony fruit, pepper, spices and a pleasant moderate citrus pith bitterness lead the flavors. It finishes bone dry, almost puckeringly so, with a light juicy tartness. This highly effervescent medium-light bodied saison hits all the right buttons.
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