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  • Lip Stinger, their peppered saison, which is making a surprising return in 2010.

    Beervana, the Blog 2010

  • However, there some beers that are spiced that I like quite a bit - the aforementioned Grassroots ale nominally, a "saison" but it's more like a husky/grainy wit if you ask me, Furthermore's Knot Stock, and Tyranena's Scurvy are all beers that are high on my list of beers, even though they contain a significant amount of spicing.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • However, there some beers that are spiced that I like quite a bit - the aforementioned Grassroots ale nominally, a "saison" but it's more like a husky/grainy wit if you ask me, Furthermore's Knot Stock, and Tyranena's Scurvy are all beers that are high on my list of beers, even though they contain a significant amount of spicing.

    Contemplating the Consequences of a Double Imperial Witbier 2009

  • Yes, yes, yes, "saison" is the French word for season.

    Accidental Hedonist Kate Hopkins 2010

  • The reason this beer is called "saison" is that it is, or rather was, seasonal.

    Accidental Hedonist Kate Hopkins 2010

  • It's a farmhouse ale, aka 'saison' (pronounced SIZE-ON).

    CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports 2010

  • It's a farmhouse ale, aka 'saison' (pronounced SIZE-ON).

    CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports 2010

  • La saison des Saint-Barthélemy Paris: Centurion, 1968, 197.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • The soup du jour, the boeuf à la mode, and fruits de saison were all made from black market Army rations the cooks had doctored.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • The soup du jour, the boeuf à la mode, and fruits de saison were all made from black market Army rations the cooks had doctored.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

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