New England & Topper's Mountain Wines Saison du Sauvy

Style
Saison ft Grape Juice
ABV
6.0%
Bitterness
30 IBU

The New England team make impressive beer on their own, but bring them together with other producers and the sky’s the limit. Here they’ve joined forces with their favourite local winery, Topper’s Mountain Wines, to create the first brew in their All Together Project: Saison du Sauvy.

The brew crew began this saison the same way they would for their much loved farmhouse ale, fermenting the wort with Belgian saison yeast in open tanks and letting Hallertau Mittlefruh hops bring the bitterness. But instead of adding in the fruitiness of new world hops, here they’ve blended and refermented the beer with 10 percent sauvignon blanc grape juice from their winery mates.

It pours a straw colour with just a touch of natural cloudiness, and streams of bubbles rising lazily toward the fluffy head. If it weren’t for that foam on top, you could probably tell me I was looking at a sauv blanc Pét Nat and I’d believe you. The aroma certainly lends itself to white wine with a little funk, but in the mouth this is like three beers in one: there’s a mouthful of mashed banana, but it’s softer than a hefeweizen; there’s an obvious farmhouse vibe to it all, yet it’s cleaner than many saisons; there’s a creamy texture and a note of orange and spice on the end, but it’s has more charisma than a witbier.

Call it sacrilegious, but I want to drink this with pizza. I’m not talking a $5 Traditional Range pizza from Dominos; I'm talking a damn fine Naples-style pizza with a puffy charred crust, dripping with olive oil. Give me a Saison du Sauvy and a Marinara du Saucy and get out of my way.

Mick Wüst

Published June 13, 2022

Name
New England Brewing Co
Address

19 Bridge Street
Uralla
NSW 2358

Phone
(02) 6778 4781
Open Hours

Thurs to Sun: 11am to 6pm

Tours

By appointment

Black Bad Boy Bao 2024 B
Pickled OnMarket

More from New England Brewing Co

New England Brewing Co Hop Buzz Honey Hazy IPA
Hazy IPA with Honey
6.5%
New England Brewing Co Gorge Drop Double West Coast IPA
Double West Coast IPA
8.2%
New England Brewing Co Cowboy Cornfield & Butting Hops
American Lager & Hazy IPA
4.4% & 6.8%
New England Brewing Co Fog Then Sun Hazy IPA
Hazy IPA
6.4%
New England Brewing Co Naughty Corner & Patchwork Stout
Hazy IPA & Oatmeal Stout
7.1% & 7.0%
New England Brewing Co Japanese Rice Lager
Japanese Rice Lager
5.4%
New England Brewing Co Hop Pressure Hazy IPA
Hazy IPA
6.8%
New England Brewing Co India Saison Citra & Big Holiday 2021
Single Hop Saison & Barrel-Aged Black Saison
7.2% & 9.8%
New England Brewing Co Farmhouse Ale 2021
Saison
5.5%
New England Brewing Co The Prince
India Saison
6.8%
New England Brewing Co Dark Farmhouse 2018
Dark Saison
5.5%
New England Brewing Co Mango Smoke
Smoked Mango Ale
6.0%
New England Big Winter 2018
Belgian Dark Ale
8.6%
New England Brewing Co Imperial Chai Brown Ale & Malt & Beans
Brown Ale & Stout
7.7% & 5.6%
New England Brewing Co & The Gresham Quandong Grapefruit Corn Gose
Fruit & Corn Gose
4.0%
New England Brewing Co Ship In A Bottle IPA
Belgian IPA
6.8%
New England Brewing Co Blowing Raspberries
Raspberry Saison
5.2%
New England Brewing Co Puska Australian Sahti
Australian Sahti
6.0%
New England Brewing Co India Pale Lager
India Pale Lager
6.3%
New England / Batch Brewing Country Cousins 2017
Vanilla Wit / Cherry Sour