Dogfish Head, Victory Brewing & Stone Brewing - Saison du Buff

We’ve got a lot to talk about here before we even get to the taste my friends so you might want to grab a box of Fig Newtons and put on your comfy knock-a-bouts. It’s going to get thick.

First off this is what the kids on the tubes call a collaboration beer. Meaning a couple, or in this case three, breweries get together and make a beer. So this one was spawned from Stone, Dogfish and Victory getting together and starting something they call “BUFF” or “Brewers United for Freedom of Flavor”. They apparently didn’t do to much with the idea until 2010 when they created this brew. The rest of the time I think they played video games and grab ass. That’s probably not true.

This is an ale made with parsley, Rosemary and thyme. I think they made a song about that or something. Aroma is a little bit lemony, of the herbs used in this I would say the parsly sticks out most. But that could also be in my head, honestly it smells like all four of them and I had trouble picking out which was the front runner. In any case it smells good, like fresh herbs. So there’s that.

Taste I think has to go to the sage and Rosemary. But again it’s hard to tell. Not that it matters really, at the end of the day it’s a nice refreshing brew. I have no idea if the three plan on making more beers together but I hope so. Do it for me kids, for the Joey.

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