Saison Dupont

Still the benchmark for what all Saisons should be.
Still my No.2 saison

Really nice beer for summer

Hazy straw colour with a good head that stays to the end of the glass. The yeasty esters are fantastically well balanced with spicy notes. Very pleasant estery spice and subtle fruit flavours with the classic saison dryness that isn't as overplayed as others and works well with its ABV to be unstoppably drinkable

I keep experimenting with Saisons, they are very hit and miss but this is a consistent classic.
The balance between the yeast and the spices notes is subtly yet complex. It has the hint of dryness, but not the sourness of some.

The pour is a glorious hazy straw colour with an ever present head of epic proportions. Aromas of spicy yeast dominate with hints of nutmeg and clove. On the tongue it's sweet with a hint of bittiness. There fruit in there too as well as plenty of yeasty notes. Something about the beer suggests it should be heavy but it's wonderfully light and utterly delicious. You could drink it for days.

This particular batch can be bottled conditioned right up until 02/2020. Drier than I previously remember. Great beer though, a classic

Love most Belgian beers but this did not suit my palate for some reason.

I don't get along with a lot of the 'craft' beer saisons that are around but this is a different story, crisp dry and refreshing with just the right amount of spice and phenols for my palette. Delicious and changed my opinion on Saison as a style

Not had this before, will again though

Earthy yeasty taste - not really pleasant

Blonde, yeasty, light yet with a decent ABV. Like a good saison it feels rustic, but also is so well brewed.

Nice Saison, what can I say, was expecting more from the positive reviews but fel a little short! Having said that, it's a pleasant enough tipple that I'd be happy to drink any time of the year! Not special enough for Christmas though!

A lovely addition to a Belgian beer collection, not super strong in volume or flavour but very refreshing. Always a winner.

Really getting a taste for Saison beers and this is great. Really good with roast pork and plenty of crackling!

Fantastic saison. Serious peppery phenolic form the Dupont yeast with a decent kick of hops - lovely beer

You can see why this has become the default saison. It's a good example. But "default" also probably leads to rightful accusations of not being at all adventurous. It's a belgian classic, but not a modern one. Well rounded but a bit too bubbly and champagne-like for my tastes.

Pretty easy to drink. Not my favourite beer but I wouldn't turn down a bottle. Refreshing and a good introduction to this style of beer.

As Saisons go this is quite light. OK but not a masterpiece

Rarely have I had a better saison. Especially one of this style. Less crispness than the average saison but beautifully smooth with an incredibly rich fruity flavour. Quintessentially Belgian.

Fruity and refreshing, not as dry as other saisons I've had and i like it all the more for it. Luckily it was a 330ml bottle as i could drink this by the pint.

It's just simply perfection as far as Saisons go.

Nothing wrong with the quality, just not a huge Belgium style beer fan. I'll keep trying.

Refreshingly light, not the best tasting beer ever but it does the job well!

Very tasty saison from the masters at Dupont. Typical farmhouse mustiness which has been perfected over years of expert brewing. Delicious.

The best saison I've had to date. Perfectly balanced.

Golden and cloudy with a good frothy head. THis is a very lively year due to the yeast in the beer. Very refreshing with a classic saison flavour.

If you've never had a Saison before then do not hesitate to taste this. If you have had a Saison before then this is a good as it gets.
The classic yeasty saison flavours offer up a slightly sour flavour, with pepper and subtle light herbs on the palette..
A perfect exquisite example of this style

Hazy golden hints of spice the quintessential saison for me classic beer

Hazy, golden colour, floating sediment, yeasty, apple, honey and peppery aroma, medium crisp mouthfeel, yeasty, ripe banana, caramel and peppery flavour, sweet, slightly bitter aftertaste.

Just thinking about this beer makes my mouth water. It is a joy to drink and I couldn't wait to try it when I received it in my Beer club after reading all the hype. This beer definitely doesn't disappoint!

Citrusy and spicy, complex. Fizzy with a nice head, with a slight creaminess from the carbonation.

This lives up to being a great example of a saison. Full of herbal / fruity aromas, it has depth but yet light with a dry, clean finish. I'll be ordering again for sure.

One of the best Saison's I have tried. Fizzy, cloudy and refreshing. I would highly recommend giving it a go.

Had heard a lot of hype about this classic beer and it doesn't disappoint. There's not many beers that live up to their reputation but this certainly does. Vinous,sweet, sparkling apple, tangy, dry finish. And that's just scratching the surface. There's a pureness about it. Perfect drink for it's original purpose. Like meeting one of your heroes and they are everything you wanted them to be.

Perfect for fans of Batshuayi and Hercule Poirot. Tasty beer not massively dissimilar to leffe nectar.

My first foray into a Saison style beer and its awesome. Easy drinkable. if this is setting the benchmark for Saisons than you might be disappointed with others after this.
Definitately can see why this was drunk after a hard days of work in the fields. Will be ordering some more.

Brilliant example of this style. Lots of fizz, yeasty and spicy yet very refreshing. Go on buy one!

Everyone uses this as the benchmark saison. Although its not as good as some smaller brewers who dont export very far, such as waterwolf by de hoop brouwerij in zaandam, it is one of the best widely available saisons. definitely worth the money!

Appearance: milky yellow, frothy, Virginal white head. Aroma: mildly grassy, some overripe fruits, dank pineapple. Flavour: lactose, nice fruity flavour, weed like hops, some lovely fruit in the finish. Decent.

If you want to explore the Saison style you can't go far wrong from putting this in your basket.
Its a classic example of a Saison Beer with the yeasty Peppery esters on the taste buds giving you a real feel for this style.
Don;t hesitate to get this.

This is somewhat of a benchmark for saisons and it shows. A treat of a beer. I'd work in a field for this...

This saison beer pours hazy with a real fruity taste. Nice and lively with a good strength to boot.

pours hazy amber with a lasting fine head and funky fruity caramel aromas. Rich and funky spicy-sweet, with a soft noble bitterness.

Could not get away with this one but wanted to taste it as it has good reviews, bit of a heavy drink for me, bitterness comes through but just not for me

Aroma of peppery and spices. Clear straw with white head, lasting. Taste is dry and light bitter. Medium body, dry feel and dry spices finish.

easy to drink with a nice yeasty taste coming through. Very lively fizz so be ready when opening the bottle as mine fizzed over, pour slowly.

Light refreshing example of the saison style with the familiar taste of the zingy slightly funky yeast strand that makes this style so unique.

Light, crisp and refreshing with the unmistakable Belgian yeast coming through. Lively fizz needs a slow pour

Not the finest example of the style, great for a hot summers day nice and refreshing but lacks the complexity of flavor to be a great drink.

Hazy golden colour, combination of strong carbonation and floating sediment makes it almost look like a snowglobe in a glass, medium lasting white head, yeasty apple, honey and peppery aroma, medium crisp mouthfeel with some carbonation, yeasty ripe banana, caramel and peppery flavour, sweet yet slightly bitter aftertaste, really nice.

A delightful, delicate, and refreshing Belgian tasting Saison. Very classy, this is one of the beers that kicked off the recent saison trend.

A good saison, extremely fizzy with a great taste and lingering on the palate. Cloudy with hints of yeast, well worth a try.

My all time favourite brew! Cannot recommend this enough. Classic and for good reason.

A classic saison, with all the yeasty, peppery funky flavours you'd expect. Never fails to refresh.

Lovely, a perfect example of the Saison style. Plenty of refreshing carbonation with notes of yeast ester, sweet malt and a perfect counterbalance of hop and mild fruit.

I'm finding it hard to rave about Saisons but was expecting better from this one given the good reviews.
Plenty of hoppy and fruity flavours but still no real wow factor here

At first the cloudyness was a bit off putting but the first sip allayed my worries. Very fresh and fruity with an underlying honey taste.

A true classic and an absolute must try! It never disappoints and hits all the right notes.

This is now my favorite beer, I always try to keep one in the fridge. A true classic!

It's okay, but nothing more. Got a little better as I drank it. But there are better saisons out there. Much preferred the Heksen & Trollen from Beerhawk.

A really amazing beer, one of my all time favourites! It must be one of the best beers in the world!

This was my first Saison and what a wake up call to the taste buds from IPAs.

Smell was yeast and apples to my nose, the sharpness was delightful.

Great beer and one I will be buying again.

Great example of the saison style. I've tried a few other and this is by far the best. It's not a style that I'm usually drawn to but I'll be ordering a couple more.

Bright yellow with an impressive head.very refreshing

An excellent Saison and a terrific price! Zesty and crisp, it dances on the tongue - highly recommended.

I wanted to try a saison and opted for this one due to its positive reviews and appealing price. Let's just say I'm pleased I took the dive. I'll be making one of these a regular in any future cases, especially at that price!

F: huge, white, good retention. C: hazy yellowish to gold. A: flowers, grassy, hay, weed, hint of lemon, grape-fruit, honey-herbal, some dusty/dough, peppery. T: grainy, grassy, honey-herbal, nice floral decent hops bitterness, dough, very smooth mouthfeel, hint of strawberries, spicy, medium body, lively carbonated, very good classical example of this style worth to try,

The craft revolution is causing Saisons to pop up all over the place, so it was nice to go back to the reference Saison beer, one I\'d not drunk for a few years.
Think I may have drunk it a little too cold (impateience got the better of me), but it was still excellent. Dry, peppery, yeasty, a bit fruity. Very refreshing and a pleasant break from the hop-bombs.

Maybe this was just the bottle I had, but i found this beer very disappointing. I was expecting a lot more. Yes, i get the fruitiness others speak of, but other than that it was a summer BBQ quaffing ale! Not one for me

With more and more Saisons being released, it is nice to refer back to the one Saison by which all others should be judged against.

Sure, some deviate and will not conform to the style but the basics should be there.

But about this beer. Funny that others find it hoppy, the standard isn't hoppy, and that is why I like saisons, because they don't rely on availability of much sought-after hops (even tho I love Quelle Saison by Beavertown Brewery for precisely the opposite reasons); with Saisons it is all about the yeast and what it can produce. Wounderful mix of aromas with a pleasant body and mouthfeel, full yet crisp with plenty of popping ester aromas popping all throughout the duration of your drink. It is just a shame it must end so soon.

When drunk chilled from the right glass its hard to beat the interesting and refreshing nature of this. I prefer this to most other Saisons I've tried which usually disappoint in comparison and aren't as easy to drink!

Loads of farmhouse yeast. Crisp and refreshing like a low abv sparkling medium white wine

A well balanced belgian saison, good fruit to It and a long smooth finish.

A slightly disappointing result following the build up from previous reviews. Will pay more attention to temperature as may have attempted this too cold.

The Saison Dupont is the most famous and iconic beer of the saison kind. Saison is a container name for all beers that were brewed in Wallonia (Belgium) for the saisonniers - the migrant seasonal workers. The style became unpopular when many breweries stopped making the style because other styles were more popular or cheaper to produce. Dupont was one of the few breweries that kept on brewing the style and carved out its own niche.

One of the first things you notice when you pour the beer into a glass is that there is quite a lot of carbonation. The beer is very crisp – dry even – with a bit of tart. The beer has a quite hoppy bitter which combines wonderfully with the dry character of the yeast. The finish is a bit peppery. It’s an ale that is both really complex and really simple – I would describe it as elegant. It’s a great thirst quencher that is perfect for summery days.

The dry and peppery taste that are specific to the Saison Dupont yeast were picked up by home brewers in the last years and became a hit. There are now many variants and additions to the saison kind of beers on the market. I really enjoy many of these new beers that move the style into exciting new directions, but none are as iconic and classic as the Saison Dupont. If you never had any beers of this kind I highly recommend you start here!

Had to clear the hops off the previous beer before getting the full extent of this one. Nice typical triple

I really liked this wheats and cloudy beer very like a German wheat beer. Cloudy and zesty and yummy

Nice golden colour, smells fruity with hints of yeast and a light floral hoppiness. Taste is nice with subtle notes of honey that finishes dry with a little zest/spiciness.

Saison beers are saison beers. Period. This is just that; it does what it says on the tin. Plenty of hops, a fruity kick, and a pleasure to drink...

Maybe because my favourites pack had such a high standard I have held back with 5 stars but it was still a very enjoyable drink with a lovely colour.