Elysian Purple Pumpkineater Lavender Saison
Vital Statistics
Type: Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Release: Limited Rotating
ABV: 6.3%
Original Gravity: 1.064 / 15.7° plato
From the brewer
Brewed with future governor Arlen Harris at Tangletown, a bi-partisan Belgian-style Farmhouse Pumpkin Ale. Not purple, but brewed with pale barley malt, dark wheat malt, Munich and Belgian Aromatic malts, with Amber Belgian Candy Sugar and lavender added to the boil with German Northern Brewer and Czech Saaz hops. Pumpkin in the mash, kettle and fermenter.
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A lavender pumpkin saison? You know I had to try this. The scent is identifiably lavender, but not overwhelming (thank goodness!) and mixes well into a apricot-like fruitiness. Dry saison fits the overall character, which finishes clean and tastes subtly of malt. But where's the pumpkin?