Saison Ale

Saison Ale mans 'Season' in French. This style stems from farmhouse breweries in the French speaking part of Belgium whom brewed their beer in the colder months due to there being less work on the farm and then stored it for drinking in the Summer. These traditional saisons would have typically been low in ABV and characteristics of the beer are likely to have varied. Nowadays, the Saison style tends to be above 5% ABV and has a range of different flavours from spicy to fruity.