Craftsman Saison

Brewed by Craftsman Brewing Co.
Style: Saison
Pasadena, California USA

Serve in Tulip

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Juniper, soap, wild flowers, honey, cloves, cinnimon and other mulling spices in the nose. Crear gold body with a white head that faded into fringe. Doughy mouthfeel with tons of sweet juniper and everything else in the nose, plums, honeycomb, spicey yeastieness and a long peppery finish.

Nice copper brown with a fizzy wgite head and soda like carbonation. Aroma of caramel green apple and pear. Bright silky palate. Big beautiful stone fruit green apple pear white grape and caramel tastE with long lingering herbs to the finish. Well done. If you have even the slightest developed palate you will find this one far from a typical "blah" beer.

A little creamy with a hint of caramel. A little hoppy. I like a lot of craft beer so far.

From a Tap@Lucky Baldwins,caramel,dark golden,white head,banana,great saison.

Draft: Orange with brilliant clarity. Voluptuously dense, white foam slowly settles. Enormously estery nose of lavender, perfumey phenols, and peppery yeast. Light bodied with a dense sparkle of bubbles. Initially slippery tart and rounded with coarsely herbal underpinnings. Myriad of buttery lavender and an herbaceous, dryly leafy yeast blend. Trace melon softness touched with lightly spiced apple acidity and perfume. Interesting in that it’s virtually devoid of phenolic esters and hop character, unlike the aroma. Center is replete with white lavender, which counters the sweet malts. Lightly woody finish stimulates the palate alongside a fusion of peppery dryness and gritty yeast. Once this is retooled (less lavender) and bottle-conditioned, you just watch the heads turn. This is already a classic as far as I’m concerned.

sampled at the Stone 8th Anniversary party I really enjoyed this saison. extremely complex, highly drinkable, with all sorts of fruitiness & spiciness going on. Great beer

The aroma had flowers, spice, slight wood and vinious notes, and alcohol esters. The flavor had nutmeg, flowers, and wood notes. The beer poured a yellow color w/ thin lasting head and lacing. The mouthfeel was light and carbonated.

draft at stone 8th ann: poured with slight golden haze and white clumpy head. tangy grapefruit rustic nose and floral behemoth eyes of spice kids. full of soft lucious bosomy fruit apples, pears and pecans in the back ground. a tart smartee foundation with sweet wisper. pretty f’n good. and i must commend crafsman for making a saison. nobody else could touch this at the festival with there basic ipa, pale ale, styles.

Light orange color. Large head. Aroma is yeasty, fruity and sweet. A medium bodied saison. Malts are fruity and sweet. Touch of barnyard funkiness. Very smooth taste. Light and refreshing. Nice crisp dry finish. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is crisp and dry. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

UPDATED: MAY 26, 2005 green dripped upon orange, hazy, nothing but a white ring on top..funky yeast party aroma with strong cookie spicing...solid carbination greets this very very very very very spicy beer, in fact, this is probably the spiciest beer I’ve ever had. I cannot even start to guess what wierdo spices are in this concoction but I’d guess that there is some cardomon in there somewhere. You can get a little belgian yeastiness behind the spices if you concentrate though.Re-rate: I don’t think I enjoyed this time as much as last time...though i did warm up to it as I went through the glass...it just seemed to have too much spicing..that sort of clashed with the yeast character, creating somewhat of a styrofoam flavor..who knows.