De Ranke Saison de Dottignies 11.2 oz

Well-Balanced, Thirst-Quenching Belgian Saison Brewed by: De Ranke Brewery Country: Belgium Style: Saison ABV: 5.5% Ratebeer.com rating: not rated BeerAdvocate.com rating: 87   De Ranke Saison de Dottignies (ABV 5.5%) is a highly fermented Saison with a relatively low alcohol content which makes for a well-balanced beer. Full of taste, but very drinkable. Heavily-hopped and thirst-quenching, it is typical of Belgian Saison-styled beers. 11.2 oz bottle. “Pours an amber color with a nice head and lacing. Aroma has generous tart lemongrass hints. Taste has a well-balanced slightly tart lemongrass flavor. A light bodied well carbonated beer. A great Saison.” As reviewed by VABA from Virginia on BeerAdvocate.com (April 6, 2025)   Brewery Information: The De Ranke Brewery was founded in 1996 by good friends Nino Bacelle and Guido Devos, hobby brewers who turned a part-time obsession into a successful commercial venture. At first brewing only on weekends using the equipment and facilities of an existing craft brewery, De Ranke soon established a reputation for producing robust and flavorful ales with a massive hops profile; hops, in their philosophy, are the single most important ingredient in any ale. They embraced traditional brewing methods (without eschewing helpful new technologies) and used only the freshest natural ingredients like real hop flowers instead of cheap hop extracts like many of their larger more commercially driven counterparts. As a result, De Ranke brews grew steadily in popularity and demand; in the late 2000s, De Ranke was able to relocate to its own brewery in Dottignies in the Hainaut province of Belgium. Today, De Ranke Brewery exports award winning hop-centric ales to nine different countries including the United States, India, France and Japan.