Ölbeat 050: Mufloni Saison Gaelach

Brewery: Beer Hunter's
Country: Finland
Style: Saison
Abv: 10,0 %
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Irish-style Farmhouse Ale? Works for me!

What about the beer?
Colour is dark nut brown with tiny instantly dissolving light-coloured crown. Aroma has mostly sour-tart lemon and some hints of whisky and vanilla. Taste bites first with the whisky, but quickly grows into an exciting mix of lemon dominated fruity sourness and whiskey flavour. Near the finish we get some sharp tartness and alcoholic bitterness added to the flavour. Aftertaste is mainly bitter-sour with a twist of alcohol warmth.

I was a bit afraid of what would come out of a hopped saison and six-month long Jameson-barrel aging. After enjoying a bottle I would say you get a hell of a brew that you either love or hate. Since I tasted the unbarreled 7 % version of the beer I'm entitled to say that the aging worked beautifully. The whisky greatly enhances the saison-side of the brew, so the marriage is successful.

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Feeling temptated to grab a traditional Irish folk song because of Jameson-barreling, I decided not to. Since whisky-barrel-aged saison is pretty out there from a Finnish brewery, it's also partly "rock". So, alternative rock it is. And since the brewers of Beer Hunter's (or anyone else) didn't probably know, how good the result would be, let's listen:

Queens of the Stone Age: No One Knows (YouTube)

From the 2002 album Songs for the Deaf, the song was written by band members Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan.