 dhurtubise (569), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Jul 3, 2003 Amber, cloudy and good head. Hoppy nose, tremendously soft beautiful saison full of hop bitterness, flavour and aroma. Dripping with hops. These combine beautifully with a complex belgian character with soft ester and malt notes. It has a beautiful soft round finish. One of the worlds best saison's.
winegarner (220), san diego, California, USA
Dec 17, 2006 Poured a clear light copper color with a lasting off white head. Aroma has herbal/spicy hops, sweet malt, and fruity yeast character. Flavor is very crisp and begins with hops. Moderately bitter with a fair floral and herbal taste. A faint caramel malt flavor glides into a yeast fruitiness of plums and peaches. Very refreshing and enjoyable. I disagree with the rating before me that it is not intense enough. A good saison should be crisp and quenching while being flavorful and hoppy. This beer is definately a good example of that. In my book, it rivals dupont.
Jerre (1396), Waregem, Belgium
May 26, 2007 Taste this beer first last year in bottle. Today tap, @ the brewery this morning.
Dark amber color with nice head. Aroma hops, yeasts. Medium body. It was a little to cold for the ideal taste. Good character, refreshing, little sour,
malts. Better as espected.
dirkbreedveld (225), Netherlands
Mar 10, 2004 nice stable amber colored beer, with soft tones of yeasts, malts and bitters. Well balanced.
Perkeo (310), Portland, Oregon, USA
Feb 15, 2006 Hmmm...kind of brown gold, fairly bright, some sediment, not a lot of foam but what their is is pleasantly sticky. Brushy, herbal aroma, sort of autumnal, slight roast in the flavor with a litlle musty cellar character, spritzy and medium to light body, refreshing and satiating acid bite with nice hop and malt balance. Perhaps similar to the "true" saisons of old but I can only guess, though I was lucky enough to try the original Saison Voisin at the Kulminator in the early nineties - not a lot of similarity with this brew!
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