JorisPPattyn (4500), Antwerpen, Belgium Oct 8, 2008 Pale, slightly hazy yellow beer with a greenish shine and very dense, whipped-eggwhite head, quite stable. Faint green apples, volatile, and lots of grains, faint citrus. Later more fruity esters, apples returning. First thing that strikes in the taste is aged peanuts flavour, which I connect to fatty acids, and not a very good sign, I fear. Some grains behind it, and a faint - very faint - acidity, citrus-like. A bit slick, well-carbonated, and rather thin. Unsatisfying. It desperately needs some characteristic to make it discernible. mjs (580), Helsinki, Finland May 4, 2008 (Bottle at One Pint on 2008-02-12) Yellow and cloudy. Small quickly disappearing head. A bit sour but fruity nose. Acidy taste. Not completely lacking body. Yeast in nose and taste, too. Even some stomach acid in taste. When I look at the other ratings it makes me wonder if this bottle had got some flaw in it. oh6gdx (6334), Vaasa, Finland Feb 18, 2008 Bottled. Yellowish golden colour with small white creamy head that lasts for a while. Leaves some lace. Also yeast particles gathering on the bottom of the glass. Aroma is fruits, some sweet malts along with grass and some earth. Also some slight dishwater-like notes. Flavour is quite the same. If it really is a saison, it’s probably the mildest saison I have had... (as for the aroma and flavour). Jerre (1399), Waregem, Belgium Jan 20, 2008 Bottle, 75 cl. @Home.
Almost clear yellow color, small creamy head. Aroma malts, fruity.
Thin body.
Taste very malty, fruity, yeast, sweet, flat.
More a pilsener like than a saison.
jbrus (4184), Delft, Netherlands Aug 31, 2007 Bottle@Home. Wort and grassy hops aroma. Very pale yellow color, good looking white head, fair lace. Malty, light sweet, light bitter, bit grassy. Refreshing and pleasant but not really strongly tasting like a saison.
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