I definitely enjoyed my visit to Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company in Charleston, South Carolina. On the way home a few days later, we stopped at Total Wine (still in Charleston) and I picked up a few cans of Edmunds Oast beers, a berry sour and the one I’m here to talk about today, Edmund’s Oast Coin Operated, a Grisette style ale.

Now, Grisette is a very rarely produced style, really a substyle of saison. I could speak a little about it, but Edmund’s Oast does such a good job of that in their description I’ll let them have the microphone.

Light golden, Belgian table beer. Aromas of light spice, straw, & baking bread. Dry & refreshing with lingering yeast notes. Crisp & refreshing bubbles.

German grown Huell Melon & Hallertau Blanc hops deliver touches of white wine and herbal spice. Measured amounts of oats & wheat lend a texture all the while keeping this beer light on its feet.

Grisette is an old style of beer that has just recently seemed to re-emerge from history. This bone-dry & low strength Belgian golden ale fits into the family of saison. These beers were preferred by miners who needed something dry & refreshing after work.

See what I mean? Here’s what they list as ingredients:

Malts 2-Row, Wheat, Oats

Flavor Hops Huell Melon, Hallertau Blanc

Yeast Belgian

Edmund’s Oast Coin Operated has an alcohol of 4.5% by volume and was going for $11.99 a 4-pack of pint cans when I bought my single.

Edmund’s Oast Coin Operated pours to a pale-yellow color with a thick fluffy head of large bubbles that fades soon after it forms. The nose is very tart wheaty with spice, the palate tart and wheaty with hints of clove and a tart spicy dry finish. Extremely refreshing, I liked this one a lot. It’s a perfect balance of drinkability and flavor with added refreshment in the warm weather.



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