L’Ours
L’Ours
This blend consists of twenty percent sour rye beer aged for two years in Banyuls barrels, and eighty per cent young season. Its nose with delicate notes rancio and dried fruits may first lead you to believe that this is a sour beer. However, its palate immediately reveals a young, acidulous and slightly oaky beer that delivers a refreshing finish.
- Type
- Assemblage de saisons jeunes et sures
- Aging time
- 24 months
- Format(s)
- 750 ML
- Alcool
- 6%
- Barrel type
- Banyuls, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel et Sauterne, Banyuls, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauterne
- Appearance
- Blond, cloudy
- Aromas
- Rancio and dried fruits
- Taste
- Semi-acidulous, slightly oaky
- Final
- Full and refreshing
- Food pairings
- Snacks, fish or meat tartar, aged cheddars
- Operating temperature
- 4 to 6 celcius
- Gasification
- Natural
- Yeast
- Saison + wild yeast
- Creation date
- 23 October 2013
2021 World Beer Awards (UK) Canada Winner – Sour/Wild Ale
2020 World Beer Awards (UK) World’s Best Sour/Wild Ale
2020 World Beer Awards (UK) Canada Winner – Sour/Wild Ale
2019 Prix du public Bière (Canada) Médaille d’Argent
2019 World Beer Awards (UK) Canada Silver – Sour/Wild Ale
2018 World Beer Awards (UK) Canada Winner Sour Ale
2017 Mondial de la Bière Europe (Paris) – Médaille d’Or Concours MBière Pierre Celis
Did you know that
This blend is a mix of barrel aged saison and young fresh saison, giving the wild yeast a new bottled territory to evolve in for the next months and years. Each forthcoming blend will be unique, sometimes presenting stronger flavours, either more acidulous, bitter or fruity.
Bears come and go, but they aren’t all the same.”
Who it is for
This beer is for people in need of change, but not too much. A perfect introduction in a sour world you might never want to leave.
