Four Winds Brewing Co. – Wildflower Saison

Rating

4 out of 5
Appearance
4.2 out of 5
Aroma
3.9 out of 5
Flavour
4.1 out of 5
mouthfeel

Total

4.1
4.1 out of 5

Overview

  • Brewery: Four Winds Brewing Co.
  • Beer Style: Saison
  • Pros:

    Great unique floral flavours.

  • Cons:

    Won't be around for long

  • Conclusion:

    Delicious and unique bottle conditioned BC beer

Four Winds Wildflower Saison Review

Four Winds Brewing Co. – Wildflower Saison Review

Four Winds is upping their game in a hurry with their first bottle release. Kicking off the bottle program Four Winds has produced a bottle conditioned, Wildflower Saison in a corked, 750ml bottle. This champagne topped bottle opens with a pop and pours into the glass a light, golden-amber colour. Three fingers of loose head tops the beer and leaves a modest amount of lacing on the glass. The smell is light with floral tones and a honey like sweetness along side a mild spice. The flavour is very unique and quite smooth. The floral tones come out quite strong with a reasonably high level of carbonation. There is a bit of a sweetness to the beer but the wildflower and spice tones balance this quite well and mellowing the sugars occurring in the flavour. The Spice notes seem to stem from a chamomile base which does give the flavour a tea-like classification. This beer is hard to compare to any other beer as it is very unique. There are a few similarities between this and the Deep Cove Green Tea Saison but really the similarities are mostly superficial. My advice, pick up a bottle and try it for yourself. Four winds has brewed up a delicious and unique Saison that can only be fully understood after tasting it.

Alcohol – 6.5%
IBU – 30
Size – 750ml bottles
Price – $10.50 (Craft Beer Retailer)
fourwindsbrewing.ca (Not on website)

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Dustan Sept

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Comments

  1. mikescraftbeer
    mikescraftbeer 24 November, 2013, 16:20

    This beer was good on tap but blew me away in bottles. There is no comparison between this beer and deep coves.

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  2. Jason
    Jason 24 November, 2013, 20:48

    I peg the Wildflower at 9/10, but the Saison Brett that’s most recently followed it is for sure a 10/10! These guys are BC’s most exciting new brewery, among a slew of very, very exciting new breweries.

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