 tronraner (1906), Maryville, Tennessee, USA
Sep 8, 2009 Bottle at lithy’s Septemberfest. Pours an orange hue of gold with big rocky offwhite head. The aroma is spicy yeast with warm wheat notes and light citrus. The flavor is mild orange and papaya with a warm bready feel. It finishes on an earthy note with angel food cake, coriander, zest, and wood. Simple, and a little sweet for the style, but still quite good.
Suttree (2701), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Sep 6, 2009 Orange, big rocky head. Sweet aroma, some citrus, maybe? Sweet and a little syrupy flavor, citrus with some herbal notes. Not bad by any means, but a little heavy and sweeter than I usually prefer.
ScottyP (314), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
Sep 5, 2009 Pours a orange with nice white head. Aroma of lemon bread, citrus hops, spices. Nice and earthy. Similar taste. Dry, warm finish.
Butters (1622), Virginia, USA
Sep 5, 2009 Sampled at Lithy’s Septemberfest Tasting. Near clear gold with massive off white head that fades eventually. Slightly funky nose with clean wheat and a little pepper. Flavor has some lemon citrus and more light barnyard tartness, but not sour. Exactly what I expect from this style. But the bubbles seem to have left this beer a little flat and syrupy.
cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland
Sep 2, 2009 Cask at GBBF 09 ....hazy amber ... sweet yeasty fruity hop ... some orange peel nose ... dry bitter peels ... some orange again yeasst ... little spice
YK23 (253), Haifa, Israel
Aug 30, 2009 Cask at GBBF 2009: lemon, spicy, yeasty, chestnuts on fire, wood, some sweetness, rich but not heavy, thirst quenching, very good.
NobleSquirrel (1100), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Aug 26, 2009 Draft at Ebenezer’s. Pours a yellowy orange with fluffy head. Nose is banana bread, lemon bars and earthy notes. Pretty dry finish, spimilar to Surly Cynic, though more dry and less spicy/clovey. Very nice Saison.
CheersMate1 (770), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Aug 22, 2009 22 oz. bottle from Green’s off Ponce De Leon. Nice foamy head that doesn’t seem to go away! Translucent orange in color. Very nice looking saison, at least to me it is! Very fruity saison. Not so much on the tart/sour aroma, but mainly the fruity and yeast aroma stands out. A little too fruity for me. I am beginning to appreaciate the slightly tart/sour saisons. Plent of yeast in the aroma as well. Not very pungent, but the beer is still rather cold. To me the flavor is filled with the taste of yeast. I get a bit of the fruits, but the yeast stands out the most to me. Alcohol mixes in quite well i.e. it is barely noticeable. Slight spice as well, but nothing that stood above anything else. Light sugary fruit flavors. Slight nuance of flavors. Carbonation is a bit much for me. I am belching up dinner from 3 hours ago! Carbonation is a bit too live for me, and this saison is a bit too sweet as well. Overall, it was a nice saison, but I think the damn carbonation was a little much along with the sweet flavors.
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