03.27.05 750ml bottle. Pretty beer, glowing, lightly hazed yellow-gold with thick white froth. The liquid has a thicker, softer look to it; it seems to coat the sides of the glass. Body is not surprisingly quite full, perhaps slightly unctuous, but still lithe and full of wonderful effervescence. Oh wow, this is even better than the tap sample I tried at the brewery. Aromas are subtle and complex, tip-top. Slightly toasted grain like breakfast cereal, light fruitiness, some herbal notes - it’s not unlike sniffing on a tropical trail-mix. Flavors are equally complex, sweet-tart, some sourness, some barn, some sweat; but it’s fresh, like a ripe, wet barn or field of grains and grass. Grapey, cheesey sourness throughout. Yeast never gets obtrusive but So tasty and the late bitterness is very pleasing. The saaz earthiness is evident and wonderfully unusual in a saison. Just great, I wish I had a dozen more bottles.

Easter Sunday tasting w/ Ernest, Aubrey and Brian. Cloudy orange haze. Doughy, fruit-laden aroma with hints of lemon, strawberry jam and a touch of spicy saaz and goldings. A wonderfully rich saison, big for its size in both its texture and its flavor. Hints of toasted bread and loaded with a variety of light fruits. Damn, good job Heavyweight.

Didn’t have a tulip glass laying around so I poured this into my favorite sniffer glass. Poured a hazy light peach color with a huge amount of froathy deep white head. Looks absolutely delicious! Aroma was a little flat: slightly hoppy, yeasty, and sour malts. Flavor is light, dry, bitter, medium sourness (not overwelming) with a rather flat dry finish. Overall, a very nice brew. Grows on you the more you drink it.

Very fine white foam atop a golden slightly cloudy liquid. Lemony, dog blanket, some fun funk that increases at it warms, bit of sweetness. Poitns for unusualness. Very happy to pick this up at Hi Time Wine in COsta Mesa. Heavyweight will certainly be missed. This is spectacualr.

Clouded yellow. Lathery white foam spatters large clingy blotches. Aroma of glazed pears, mashed honeydew, and lemony Styrians. Faint sulfur, musty herbs, and clove. Pristinely conditioned with a creamy fullness. Initial rosewater-softness stippled with drops of lemony acidity and just enough minerally coarseness to lend a sense of dryness to the otherwise-moist and soft lacto tartness. Harmonious interplay of sassy alcohol spice and deeply quenching unripe melon acidity, which constantly beckons you to take another gulp. Dusting of fresh hay and herbs along with lightly-toasted, but firm, pale malts appear in the finish amid candied white grape echoes. Yeast pour accentuates the tartness, but more importantly, augments the peppery dryness. Wow. Such a refreshing take on the style (punctually tart and low in alcohol). This is how I imagine saison 200+ years ago. The fact that the aroma remains engaging despite its being overly yeasty, fairly sweet, and devoid of esters, is puzzling. Less sweetness, more dryness, and more esters would spell “perfection.” Thanks willblake and hopdog!