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Maggie’s Farmhouse Ale

Brewery: Terrapin Beer Co.
Where: Athens, Georgia
Beer: Terrapin Side Project - Maggie's Farmhouse Ale
Style: Saison / Farmhouse Ale
IBU: 25
ABV: 6%

Today's sampling is from the Terrapin Beer Company in Athens, Georgia.  Their "Maggie's Farmhouse Ale" is one of their "Side Project" beers, and this is also my first sampling from this brewery. 

I enjoy trying beers like this one that are part of a "side project" or some other project brews for any given brewery.  It gives the brewer a chance to do something he or she likes rather than continuing along the established brew schedule all the time.  These one-off short run beers are usually pretty interesting to try, especially when you find one of a style you really like.  The Saison and other Belgian ales are rapidly growing on me and this one is a decent example of a Saison / Farmhouse Ale.  From the website:

Welcome to the next version of Terrapin's Side Project series of beers.  Volume #7 "Maggie's Farmhouse Ale."  Brewing this style of beer was as exciting as it was challenging because of its high fermentation temperature (90 F) and its finicky yeast strain.  You'll get all the aroma and flavors you'd expect from a farmhouse ale out of Maggie's.  The nose is a combination of grassy and spicy yeasty notes with an underlying bready earthiness character.  The flavor is slightly sweet up front with a tartness in the middle followed with a white pepper / tart finish.  Maggie's offers the beer lover an old world style that is very pleasing to drink by itself of paired with fine foods.  Cheers!

This beer is one that I would drink again, but I like my Saisons a little higher in alcohol...