beer education Drinking In Style: Saisons

Chris Brady / 17.04.13

Want to know a little more about the beers you love? Then read on, as Crafty’s resident “beer dork” Chris Brady (his words, not ours) kicks off what will be regular features looking at the beers of the world. Kicking it off is a look at Saisons.

Picture the scene. The sun is hot in a cloudless sky and the sweet air is clean and fresh. Indeed, pollution doesn’t exist for you as you’re a lusty Francophone farmhand in pre-industrial Belgium. You earn your crust as a summer seasonal worker (les saisonnier). Your diet is simple and the quality of your drinking water would be best described as...