Cigar City Cucumber Saison

Brewed by Cigar City Brewing
Style: Saison
Tampa, Florida USA

Serve in Tulip

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Bottle. The pour is a light hazy yellow. The aroma smells like dirt. The taste is just like cucumber. Taste better than it smells. Original, but not something I would drink regularly. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Gold, hazy, persistent white head. Aroma: initial strong, fresh cucumber followed by spicy saison yeast character. Flavor: up-front cucumber, some peppery spice and grainy malt, cucumber overshadows the other elements a little, but works well in this beer.

THX! To Sebletitje for this one. 75 cl. bottle split – presumably bottle on 08/2012. Only my second cucumber beer – bright golden with a big fuzzy white head. Nose is – wow – undeniably chockfull of cucumbers, there is no guessing or maybe involved here, this is cucumber all the way, lot of cucumber peel with a hint of old cucumbers and lots of cucumber juiciness and flesh, light touch of yeast, fluffy, effervescent, sweet yeast buried underneath the cucumbers,… Taste is huge, very juicy cucumbers, lots of their peel as well, some of that bitterness from cucumber peel, combined with very airy, bubbly body with thing delicate yeast, lightly sweet, flower sweet yeast, Champagne-like in feel which works perfectly here, only light hops underneath, light hint of bitterness cucumber and hops in the back, some inclination of sweetness,… Light, fluffy, light sweet grains, works perfectly, cucumber Champagne, cork dry – sounds like a gimmick but this is as refreshing and satisfying as eating a cucumber salad in the middle of a desert,… Man if it was summer outside – they need to make a radish version as well, also leeks, watermelon etc. would be lovely. Wow.

75cl bottle, courtesy of ibrew2or3, cheers Dave. Split two ways with 77ships. Bottled date seems to indicate August 2012. Bouteille présente dès l’ouverture une belle note d’effervescence. Couleur orangée tirant sur le doré avec au fil de la dégustation un léger voile trouble faisant son apparition. Le col est épais et généreux. Arôme est ici de concombre et juste de concombre. Le bouquet est très frais et restitué clairement ce côté calebasse, plante herbacée. Pointe d’épice vient relever le tout laissant une pointe belge de saison pour un nez moyennement sec. Le tout est relevé par des notes houblonnées légères de citronné. Tout cela se marie très bien avec l’idée générale de la bière. Palais est ici aussi très léger et rafraichissant tirant fortement sur un jus de concombre rappelant le côté d’une salade de concombre. Je me vois bien boire cela dehors au jardin avec la chapeau de paille sur la tête et les pieds à l’air. La bière a ce profil rustique de saison, le tout assez sec sur un palais moyennement épais de froment. Le concombre rajoute une fraîcheur unique qui est typique du concombre. Comme souvent, une bouteille trop grande mais qui est idéale à partager en deux. Une fois passé le concombre, je note un côté sec de grains relevé ici aussi par un houblonnage agréable citronné et fruité qui ne dérangent pas l’expérience. Le palais est sec et terreux avec ce que l’on attend pour ce style, le tout sur une belle effervescence qui fait ressortir tous les ingrédients.

Bottle thanks to Randall! Pours a hazy pale gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a nice light cucumber note with some light hops, a touch of sweetness and a bit of yeast. Flavor has a much stronger cucumber note with a bit of a odd pine note and some light funk.

Pours a mostly clear pale yellow with a thick foamy white head. Aroma is all cucumber and kiwi. Flavor is all cucumber...vegetal and watery(flavor). Mouthfeel is medium and the finish is cucmber and mild tropical fruit.

Bottle shared by DalzAle, thanks Greg. Pours orange with a little white soapy head. Aroma is candied cucumbers slight funk and little spice scent. Taste has more candied cucumber, but not as strong as the scent as well some tartness and a gentle spice in the finish. Palate is medium fizzy and drying. Nice Saison!

Fizzy yellow with a tall, slightly off-white head. Scent is salted cucumber slices.... Beer + cucumber...that’s simply what this is....and it WORKS !! Very nice stuff....deliciously odd.

Bottle courtesy of AirForceHops. Fresh floral cucumber and light briny aroma. Hazy golden with a large off-white head. Fresh green cucumber and Belgian yeast flavor. Light body, lively carbonation. I love cucumber and this one was right up my alley.

Bottle. Slightly sour and salty cucumber aroma. Hazy golden yellow with giant head. Salty sweet cucumber and light malt flavor. Very unique but very pleasant. Great hot weather beer.