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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Thanks Justin.
Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a ruddy semi-transparent dark purple color with some carbonation bubbles rising at a decent pace. Mild finger’s worth of white foamy head quickly dissipates. Soft stringy lace.
The aroma had some sweet and tart black cherry skin up front, a light peppery sort of spice, some leather and then some earthy to leafiness at the end. Light hay.
The flavor fuses the black and tart cherry skin to the peppery spice nicely - sweet to tart to earthy. Nice dry aftertaste of the black cherry skin with grassy and earthiness. Semi-sweet dried malty finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation was felt. ABV felt fine to me. Peppery spice doesn’t get in the way, just seems to add a touch of harshness to compliment the carbonation and just feel great all around.
Overall, nicely done saison and with the idea of adding black cherries to this. This little brewery is on my radar now.