VICTOR, ID — Grand Teton Brewing Company, known throughout the West for their exceptional craft brews, will celebrate the release of The Grand Saison Farmhouse Ale at their pub in Victor, Idaho on May 21. The Grand Saison is the summer brew in their 2011 “Cellar Reserve” series of specialty beers.
Saison is the original summer beer. Originally brewed in southern Belgium for thirsty farm hands, these crisp, bubbly, and refreshing brews demand to be consumed on hot summer days.
Grand Teton’s Saison follows centuries of tradition, using European hop varieties—Hallertauer Magnum, Styrian Goldings, and Strisselspalt. They used a very light base malt accented by just a touch of Wheat and Munich malts. Finally, the beer is fermented very warm with a well-known Belgian yeast strain to bring out the spicy flavors that are common to Saisons. This style pairs well with an astonishing variety of foods. Drink it with grilled sausage or chicken, green curry with coconut milk, or a summer salad with vinaigrette and crumbled bleu cheese.
The Grand Saison is a beer to commemorate warm weather. As its flavors will diminish with time, this is not a beer to be cellared. Grand Teton Brewing Company’s official recommendation is to savor it during the long summer days while it is fresh.
The Cellar Reserve series of beers are unique, different even from other craft beers. Grand Teton’s Cellar Reserves are brewed with specialty hops and malts and unique strains of yeast. Most ales and lagers are produced in 2-4 weeks. However, up to 8 months are spent on each of the Cellar Reserve specialty brews. They are also bottle-conditioned, which produces natural carbonation that will blend and smooth the flavors with time. Proper aging of these bottles creates beers to be cherished. Our Cellar Master provides regular tasting notes and aging updates on his web page, “Notes from Underground.”
Grand Teton Brewing will release three specialty brews in the Cellar Reserve line for 2011. The production quantity for each brew is very limited.
The Grand Saison Farmhouse Ale is available at select locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming! Call the brewery at 1-888-899-1656 for information and availability on this exciting new product.