Style: Saison/Farmhouse ale
ABV: 6.5%
Fun Fact About the Brewery:
Pike Brewing is one of Washington's oldest microbreweries. Founded in 1989 by a couple of old farts, they set up shop below the famous Pike Place Market in the heart of Seattle and started brewing English style ales with a furious passion. Pike Place Market may be a bit of a tourist trap these days, but places like Pike Brewing help keep a true pioneer spirit alive amongst all the goofy tourist shit.
Thoughts:
I've become fairly familiar with the farmhouse ale style and one taste of the Saison Houblon is all it takes to realize that this is definitely a very NW take on this Belgian style. It's way, way hoppier than a typical saison, and therefore not quite as refreshing. Has a bit of a bitter tinge to it. But, that's not necessarily a bad thing depending on your tastes. Saisons were originally created to be a low alcohol content, highly refreshing break time drink for farm workers in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium some hundreds of years ago. So, if they hopped into a time machine and somehow showed up in Seattle looking for a saison, they'd be pretty bummed on this. But, myself, as a member of the current times, finds it to be a pretty solid ale overall.
Rating: 3.5/5
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