Cheers!

Big Mike

I can whole-heartedly recommend IV Saison from Jandrain-Jandrenuoille, which to me is special, because the brewers seem to use American hops (I like those and do not often get them!).
I like their second regular beer is called “V Cense” even better, but it is not a Saison.

My other favourite is La Rulles Estivale. Don’t know if it officially counts as a Saison, but it’s obviously brewed for the summer (hence the name) and it is a refreshing, hoppy blond beer of moderate alcohol cpntent.

By the way: the same brewery produces a very good “Cuvée Meilleurs Voeux”, which is brewed for the end of year and is a very dark and rather hoppy that is not sweet. I have not had the chance to try it often, but always enjoyed it. I have not yet tried Beer Here’s Dark Hops or the lighter Black Cat, but I suspect i attracts the same kind of customers.

also, “traditional” saisons are actually 3-4% abv (like dupont’s avril), and really more of a true “session beer”. i personally wouldn’t want to imagine trying to quaff this all day under the hot sun, while working with sharp farm implements or farm animals. these new “super-saisons” of 5.5% or higher are actually a newer trend.

Unfortunately, I don’t get Boulevard here in PA… I’ll have to figure out a way to get my hands on Saison-Brett.

I was actually drinking this very beer when I first saw that you uploaded a review of it. It is Saison Dupont of all beers that I most often and reliably pair with meals. I love how saisons match well with a wide variety of foods, and Dupont’s versatility in this regard is formidable.

Fantome saisons are brilliant, btw. You have to like Brettonamyces funky flavors. Saison-Brett remains my favorite of the style. I’m not really typing with any coherency; these sentences are like fragments of thought. Saisons do that to me.