Beer Appreciation 102: Saison Dupont
I’m about to pour a glass of Saison Dupont – beer #19 in BA102 – and watch Hot Rod on Blu-ray.
I know I’ll like the beer – it’s one of my favorites – but I’m not sure about the movie.
I’ll share notes on both here tomorrow.
UPDATE:
Saison Dupont is my new favorite beer!
That’s the way I feel each time I drink it. And I’m not alone in my enthusiasm.
My brother, Paul – on leave and home from Iraq (Army) – is plowing through his case of 24. Saison Dupont is his favorite so far. He called it, “The best beer in the world.”
My father-in-law, Jose – a wine guy who’s converting to beer – called today and raved about the bottle of Saison Dupont I gave him during our last visit.
Saison Dupont is a pale, fizzy ale from Belgium, brewed to resemble rustic ales made by farmers many years ago. It’s light, dry, minerally, bitter, musty, sour and soapy – but just a little of each. Like Brian Eno said about ambient music, Saison Dupont rewards attention, but does not require it.
You can read more about saison-the-beer-style on Wikipedia.
On to Hot Rod…
Straight up nerdcore comedy. In a Venn diagram, it would overlap Superbad, Napoleon Dynamite and Freddy Got Fingered. If you think that’s pretty high company, you’ll like Hot Rod. (But you should never mention to anyone that you like Freddy Got Fingered.)
excellent! very light and fizzy, champagne like. i would definitely drink this again. it would be nice to know the cost of these beers, but i never received a post referring to ba102 costs. this gets a solid 9, first nine of this round.
big daddy
February 16, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I’d agree with 2 of BD’s comments above. Yes, very champagne-like. And yes, I would love to get a cost per case rundown of the beers in BA102. If it spoils the adventure in the beginning of the process, maybe we could pull it together at the end and sort of look at the group’s reaction to taste in a cost-context.
Back to the beer. I screwed this one up. I admittedly poured it too cold and too rough, the latter giving me 1/2 a pint of head. Very sour puckerup taste…I mean, Warheads style!
But I have a serious question, and I really don’t know the answer. So I’m going to put it out to you guys because I was on the fence.
Yes, this beer is very interesting and I think I could have a few in a sitting, and the sour was fun: but is this any good, or does it taste like spoiled Hi-Life?
Which Champagne ‘O Beers are we talking about?
Gerchak
March 4, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Saison Dupont is one of my favorites as well
C Reilly
August 30, 2010 at 3:32 am