Herevana – #197 – Garage Project – Edgar

The one with a beer from Garage Project – this time it’s Edgar, a wild workshop release. GP are on a roll recently with some absolutely outstanding beers, and aside from all the needy things there’s the special project beers

Garage Project of course make the Garage Project Edgar – which is a special release beer in the style that is Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette, at 8.2% 2.4 standard drinks in NZ, and they do all that in  Wellington, 🇳🇿, New Zealand

This surprisingly made it’s way to the front over beers that I’m really looking forward to, but I do enjoy a wild beer, and I’m easily led astray.

A really familiar open, and a little catch of my breath as foam started to appear in the neck, but it’s all under control 🙂 I just have to pour properly.

I’m good at pouring.

There’s no surprise in the funky familiar aroma, and the super looking pale gold yellow beer.

Edgar is quite tart and sharp at the tip and front, and this curves down as you sip but it sits on the tongue as a woody oaky type of note, which shouldn’t be surprising as this is Oak Barrel aged beer.

This is most enjoyable and rather delightful, I was expecting nice but this this better than that, that kind of beer that feels a bit like a celebration and marker. I should have thought this through as I totally in my haste forgot to bake the Brie so that I could have a rustic accompaniment. I guess I can do that next,

The Pdubyah-o-meter rates this as a strong 9 on the arbitrary number scale. I like this it has smooth, crafted, thoughtful and enjoyable all over it, but it might just be a little be ‘safe’. Didn’t make me not like it, I really am enjoying it, but not every beer can be the best I’ve ever had 🙂

Music: I’m having a little bit of the National

Herevana beers are those I drink at home, I’m not at some beer festival, like, for instance, Beervana, but am just in my kitchen, usually, dining room table, sometimes, or outside, occasionally, where I can take an average picture and write in real time about the beer that I’ve invested in, both in a monetary and emotional way.

Philip himself.

Edgar, oak barrel aged farmhouse ale, laced with sauvignon blanc derived Phantasm and fermented with a unique blend of Wild Workshop and Sapwood Cellars’ own house cultures.

Brilliant gold farmhouse ale with otherworldly notes of bright citrus, gooseberry and white grape.

“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.” ― Edgar Allan Poe

Brewed in collaboration with Scott Janish from Maryland’s Sapwood Cellars. Art By – William Carden-Horton

Brewers notes.

Saison / Farmhouse / Grisette

The “Saison”, or “Farmhouse Ale”, is a pale golden to amber colored, refreshing, highly-attenuated, moderately-bitter, moderate-strength Belgian ale with a very dry finish. Typically highly carbonated, and using non-barley cereal grains and optional spices for complexity, as complements the expressive yeast character that is fruity, spicy, and not overly phenolic. Less common variations include both lower-alcohol (often known as Grisette) and higher-alcohol products (Imperial Saison). Like a more highly-attenuated, hoppy, and bitter Belgian Blonde Ale with a stronger yeast character. Imperial Saison are similar to a Belgian Tripel, but often with more of a grainy, rustic quality and sometimes with a spicier yeast character. Stronger Saisons also often will have more malt flavor, richness, and body simply due to their higher gravity. The “Grisette”, also known as the Belgian-style “Session Saison” or “Table Saison” is also included in this style.