Brewery: Sawdust City Brewing Company
Type: Independent Microbrewery Est.: 2012
Location: Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Beer Style: Flavoured Sour Belgian Ale
ABV: 7.0% IBU: 16
Format: Cork Stoppered Brown Glass Bottle Size: 750 ml
Cost: $12.95 CAD Purchased At: The Brewery Bottle Shop
Twitter: @SawdustCityBeer
Tonight we start off our annual beer vigil with, usually the first place I start, the new beer from Sawdust. Tonight is the second brew in Sawdust's Fever Dream Series, a Sour Belgian Ale flavoured with black plums. The name, "Hygge," pronounce "HU-gah," is Norwegian for "Comfiness," essentially. Although there is no direct translation, because Hygge is more of a sensation or a state of being rather than a word. It's the feeling when you are snugged in for the night in front of a fire with your comfy sweater on sipping a tasty beverage... Like our beer tonight.Great segue... Onto our Beer.
Pours a translucent gold colour with an off-white head made up of very small bubbles. Nose is sweet and sour with a hint of fruity black plums. The first sip is quite tart with strong flavours of plum. Wheat notes are predominate throughout the beer. mouthfeel is very soft and effervescent. It drinks like a light sparkling wine. As it warms the plum and prune intensifies and gives notes of port. Aeration gives us notes of white wine, tinges of woodiness, citrus, green apples, and prunes.
Impressions: Fail, So-so, Pass, Exceptional
Cost: 5/6 PASS
Colour: 5/6 PASS
Beer Style: 6/6 EXCEPTIONAL
Re-Order: 6/6 EXCEPTIONAL
Experience: 5/6 PASS
Christmas Cheer: 5/6 PASS
Final Thoughts:
A great start to our December beer extravaganza. Fine layered flavours and just enough alcohol to get us merry. Try one while you can. It was just released today... So there are tons of bottles to be had.
Cheers
CJT
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