I had a nice rainy afternoon visit to Bellwoods Brewing in Toronto back in the Spring, sampling a good amount of beers of all styles while people watching and reading my social media. Once I left I had to take a visit to their bottle shop next door to take home. I picked up a good sampling, including this beer, White Picket Fence, a Blended Foeder Saison. Anyone who has ever visited Bellwoods' Ossington taproom will recognize the white picket fence in front of the taproom, so this could be a great tribute to it! From the website: A symbol synonymous with Bellwoods Brewery; White Picket Fence is a Blended Foeder Saison made in the Solera style. Oak Aged beer is blended with a small percentage of fresh beer before being lightly dry-hopped and bottle-conditioned. The result is layers of balanced acidity, subtle brett, and citrus fruit flavour. 5.6% ABV
Appearance: Cloudy with a deep blonde appearance to it. It starts out with a thick amount of white head on top that fizzes away within a moment or two but there are still a few bubbles here and there on top of the beer. Lastly, there's a lot of carbonation in the body.
Aroma: The very first thing I'm getting is the funkiness from the Foeder - it's a funky Bretty aroma, heavily lemon-forward with a hint of pear, and lastly a hint of bubble gum at the end.
Taste: Fairly dry with a definite Bretty presence so it gives off a tart, mildly funky and very lemony taste to it. There's a tad bit of grassiness to it, and the aftertaste is a bit of a lingering apple peel flavour.
Overall Thoughts: This isn't the type of Saison I typically drink but it's decent. Not overly funky and actually pretty easy to drink, something I could drink again.
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