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Brouwer's Imagination Series Saison Now Available
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Last fall, Port/Lost Abbey brewer Tomme Arthur visited Seattle to promote the release of his beers with a distributor here. After he spent some time with Brouwer's operations manager Matt Bonney, the Imagination Series was born. For it, Arthur agreed to create a special, limited edition beer each year which will only be available at Brouwer's.
As of today, the first effort in this series has arrived in kegs and bottles at Brouwer's. First available at the Sourfest a few months ago, the beer is a farmhouse saison (actually the beer that was released by Lost Abbey as Carnevale) with Brettanomyces added during secondary fermentation. According to Arthur, Carnevale was "a very low alcohol beer made with some unmalted wheat, oats, Amarillo and Simcoe hops fermented with a Saison strain of yeast." He felt that "the addition of the fruity Anomalus Brett working with the citric American Hops would be a slam dunk" and was pleased with the results. Everyone I talked to at Sourfest was pleased as well. It was great--a refreshing summer saison with a bit of a funky edge to it.
If you want to try the Imagination Series Saison, you won't find it anywhere but Brouwer's. 12-ounce pours from the keg are $5.50 and 750 ml. bottles are $16.
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