3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 5000 (6600) - Hardened Liver, Washington, USA - OCT 5, 2015
Bottle:   Darker straw in color, hazy, large frothy off-white head, clumpy lacing.   Peppery nose
right up front.   Bright, but not really barnish or floral.   It comes across as a bit shrubby with
peppercorns.   Maybe a little mountain mustiness, but its not your traditional barnish/floral type Saison.
  Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Finishes with a strong peppercorn (pink perhaps) and mountain shrub
background.   An odd Saison, and not very traditional.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 jgb9348 (5179) - Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA - SEP 6, 2015
Super hazy and cloudy golden and orange coloured body with tints of honey and straw, all with a large, slightly soapy tan head, about seven centimetres tall. Aroma of grass, hay, bananas, wheat, soap and tons of yeast and sediment - nice and funky. Medium to Full-bodied; Very yeastie flavour with some bread and dough noticeable coupled with a more pungent banana, clove, coriander seed and herbal element showing through. Aftertaste is rather robust and full-bodied with the yeast and wheat really coming through at the end along with some honey and fruit sweetness, a slight grass and herbal finish as well. Overall, a good and enjoyable saison that shows a lot of carbonation and movement and a lot of yeast and breadie notes as well. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon on 03-May-2015 for US4,46 sampled at home in Washington on 05-September-2015.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20 argo0 (12460) - Washington DC, USA - AUG 31, 2015
Draft. Small white head atop clear light amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, Brett, some spicy, light orange. Taste is moderately sweet, orange, spicy, light white pepper. Light-medium body, light effervescence, low carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 Sarlacc83 (1500) - Portland, Oregon, USA - AUG 23, 2015
Draft at Oaks Bottom
A: Light brown, rising bubbles, thin white head, no lacing.
N: Esters, straw, white peppercorn, toffee, some fig, straw, wheat, grass, and an almost marshmallow like sweetness.
T: Quite sweet; light bitterness.
M: Medium light body, slick, no alcohol.
O: Solid saison. Not quite dry or funky enough to hit a higher echelon for me, but not something Id avoid, either.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 bhensonb (12795) - Woodland, California, USA - JUL 29, 2015
Bomber from Belmont Station. Pours a gold which seems lightly orange tinged with a decent near-white head. Aroma is more suggestive of wit than saison. Med + body - foamy carbonation helps that. Flavor is Belgian yeast/spice, its earthy, even earthy +. Fruit esters are pretty low key, but I think I get light stone fruits. Its very much towards dry, and it seems to have a little hop. Works for me.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20 mcberko (10105) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - JUN 27, 2015
On tap at PIB 2015, pours a hazy copper with a small white head. Aroma brings out Belgian yeast and floral hops. Flavour brings out Belgian yeast, light candied sugar and floral notes. Not traditionally saison-like. Too many residual sugars as well. Okay.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Ferris (8510) - Burnaby, British Columbia, CANADA - JUN 24, 2015
Draft - Light Belgian yeasts and nice citrus notes. Clear gold with a rich white head. Light citrus and grass with a touch of bitterness. Decent.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 DuffMan (8208) - the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, CANADA - JUN 23, 2015
On tap @ Horse Brass pub, pre-RBSG with Ferris. Hazy yellow, frothy lasting white head. Lightly bready pale malts, pear esters, peppery, a bit of grassy hops. Easy drinker, nice saison.
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