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SAISON

La Moneuse

Brasserie de Blaugies • Hainaut Belgium

Top Fermentation Bottle Conditioned● 8% ABV

A classic strong farmhouse saison from the tiny family brewery at Blaugies, near the French border. Named for A.J. Moneuse, a local 18th-century bandit and ancestor of the brewing family. Earthy and semi-dry, with abundant fruity yeast notes and a pleasant rustic mustiness.

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FLAVOR PROFILE
EarthyPepperyFruityMustyDry

Crisp, dry and peppery, with notes of earthy, peppery, fruity, finishing crisp and dry.

SERVING

Serve at 8-12°C in a tulip to maintain a generous head and let the aromas bloom.

8-12°C

CHARACTER
DryDrySweet
LightMediumFull
SoftBalancedBitter

Style-based profile from ABV, style & tasting notes.

TASTING NOTES
Appearance
Bright golden-orange, effervescent, with a rocky head
Aroma
Fruity
Taste
Dry, medium-bodied, earthy, peppery, fruity, musty
Finish
Dry.
BEER DETAILS
Style:
Saison
ABV:
8%
IBU:
20-35
Origin:
Hainaut, Belgium
Glassware:
Tulip
CELLAR1 to 5 years

Can age. Will soften and gain a honeyed depth, though it is lovely fresh too.

PERFECT PAIRING

"A versatile table saison: charcuterie, roast chicken, or a firm farmhouse cheese."

Aged Cheese

Aged Cheese

Gouda, Trappist, Bruges

Charcuterie

Charcuterie

Saucisson, paté, ham

Poultry

Poultry

Roast chicken, duck

Cook this: a wedge of aged abbey cheese (Chimay, Orval), Ardennes ham, pate gaumais, and saucisson, or roast chicken with herbs.

AVAILABILITY

Specialty shops & better bottle stores

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PRICE GUIDE
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A considered, special pour.

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Flavor & Aroma

IOn the nose
  • Earthy
IIOn the palate
  • Earthy
  • Peppery
  • Fruity
  • Musty
IIIThe finish
  • Dry

A classic strong farmhouse saison from the tiny family brewery at Blaugies, near the French border. Named for A.J. Moneuse, a local 18th-century bandit and ancestor of the brewing family. Earthy and semi-dry, with abundant fruity yeast notes and a pleasant rustic mustiness.

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Story & Heritage

ABOUT THIS BEER

Brasserie de Blaugies is a tiny family farmhouse brewery near the French border in Hainaut, founded in 1988 by Pierre-Alex Carlier and Marie-Noëlle Pourtois. La Moneuse is its flagship saison, named for Antoine-Joseph Moneuse, an 18th-century highwayman and ancestor of the family. Strong, earthy and dry, it is a benchmark of the rustic Wallonian saison tradition.

On the Saison style, Farmhouse ale traditionally brewed for harvest workers. Highly carbonated, fruity, spicy, and bone-dry. Often rustic and thirst-quenching.

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BREWERY

Brasserie de Blaugies

COUNTRY

Belgium

REGION

Hainaut

STYLE

Saison

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Glassware & Ritual

The Tulip
THE TULIP

For aromatic Belgian ales

The tulip's flared lip captures the foamy head while the bulb concentrates the beer's volatile aromatics, made for swirling and savouring.

01

Chill the glass

Rinse with cold water, not freezer-cold

02

Pour at 45°

Aim for the inside of the glass wall

03

Finish upright

Build a two-finger head for the bouquet

04

Swirl, sip, savour

Re-release the esters halfway through

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THE MONK'S NOTE

Pour it into a tulip, served around 8-12°C, and let its aromatics open before the first sip. Lovely now, though a year or two will only soften and deepen it.

Brother Anselm, cellarmaster

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