Great news that we finally have the Saison Dupont family of beers back in town, as Paul reported on the Wine & Cheese Place blog. I was in his store at lunchtime today picking up some wine for church and the beers had just arrived. A quality control test was being administered by the ever-conscientious W&CP and Missouri Beverage staff to a bottle of Saison Dupont (still sporting the old label – h/t to my friend MJR who alerted me to the pending label change) and I was able to get a taste. It was gorgeously fresh, with its hops in full flight. Saison DuPont is a fabulously complex beer that I didn’t realize I missed as much as I did.
The MoBev representative shared the news that he had earlier dropped off a keg of Saison DuPont into the trusted hands of Dylan at 33, so draft Saison DuPont should be available soon.
First of all good to see a post! And better than that was the email I just received from Dylan regarding this very topic! He says “The Poet” blew and that the Saison Dupont will be on tap tomorrow (Friday 10th). Can’t wait!
Cheers!
Thanks, Eric. With the Fastenbier and Saison Dupont on, I really need to make an extra special effort to make it down.
As to the paucity of posts recently, the wine gig for the RFT is taking up a lot of my booze-writing time. I’m trying to get a bit ahead on that, which will allow me more time for beerwineandwhisky, but there has been an unlikely convergence of work, family and other responsibilities and houseguests lately. I have about 7 partial posts that I just need to get a few clear hours to finish. Someday soon, I hope.