Celia Saison

Celia saison Ale- Bottle and Glass of gluten free beerThis Belgian-inspired Saison/farmhouse-style beer used to be brewed by the Alchemist. The brand was bought, and is now brewed by the Ipswitch Brewery.

I never had the opportunity to taste Celia Saison while it was being brewed by the Alchemist, but I do know that it was relatively early in the gluten-free beer market, so that quality wasn’t so important.

The Celia Saison website says that it tastes like Orange peels and Irish Moss. But this beer isn’t as subtle as these flavors imply, and it isn’t nearly as good as it should be.

I’m not saying that this beer is low quality, but I am saying that when I taste this beer I can’t help but think that it’s not what it should be. Honestly, something about it tastes off. In my opinion, this beer is not very drinkable and isn’t worth pursuing.

 

 

Tasting notes:

Look: Pours pale golden yellow with a foamy one finger white head.

Smell: strong citrus and hoppy smell

Body: thin and bubbly

Taste: starts off with a strong sour and citrus taste and leads way into yeasty flavors and ends with a distinct sorghum aftertaste

 

6.50% Alcohol by volume

Celia-Sasion-beerBrewed at the Ipswitch Brewery, Ipswitch, MA

Website: http://ipswichalebrewery.drupalgardens.com

Jeff
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Comments: 2
  1. Hannah Hawley
    June 30, 2016 at 5:59 pm

    Gluten-free beers should always be enjoyed from the vessel they come in. Once poured out, they tend to react to the oxygen and it changes the flavor, often in a negative light. I have yet to try this one, but I have done the taste test experiment with the ones I have had in enjoying them straight from the container and poured in a glass and every time, when poured in a glass, I found them far less enjoyable.

    • Jeff
      September 5, 2016 at 10:47 pm

      Interesting, I hadn’t heard that before Hannah. Since I’ve been “tasting” beer I’ve always poured it into a glass to get a better look at it, but also to open it up and oxidize it a bit. I fee like I enjoy the taste of a beer better when it’s in a glass, but that’s just my opinion.