9

Funky, tart and lemony with some floral notes, hints of vinous oaky spiciness, farmyardy yeastiness, mineraly notes, fruits and citrus. Quite complex and balanced. Nice.

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

750mL bottle pour at the brewery during the release in 2016.
Quite robust and relatively full-bodied for the style. Arthur and Art, while fan favorites, it seems, have never been my personal favorite. A bit too forceful (relatively speaking). Hoppy and interesting, complex and long-lived. Slightly higher tartness on this batch than batch 3.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

April 2014 Magnum shared by Adam C on 7/25/15.
Another fantastic pour, obviously having had a good deal of time to really build up plenty of carbonation in the bottle. Large white head tops a soft golden, lightly hazy body.
I believe as soon as we started drinking this, immediately following Arthur (could be Ann vs Anna, but it’s the same argument), someone said right away, "Wow, not even close between this and Arthur." (implying this, being barrel-aged, was way better). I VERY quickly disagreed and while I don’t know if it’s better or worse, I don’t like that barrel aging is just automatically associated with higher quality, more finely crafted beers. Sure, the beer takes longer to produce but I don’t think that says anything about quality. I’m not always in the mood for a more dull, tannic, lactic, generally drier, lighter beer. Especially the case here, where I much preferred the aroma on Arthur, being completely different and vastly brighter. Still just as complex despite the lack of the wine and wood element. I think people often vastly overestimate the effect barrel-aging has on a beer.
ANYWAYS....this was much more reserved in the nose than CD14; not a noseful of wine at all and the sauv blanc is very nicely integrated, allowing citrus, vanilla and light cereal grain notes. Dulled by the tannin, as expected, and I much prefer the regular version’s aroma.
Strong acids in the mouth show grape and lactic influences, with honey-like maltiness, bread dough and moderate fruitiness (stone fruits, light citrus). Lip smacking acidity on the end is very well balanced thanks to the attenuation level, which is near-perfect here, allowing enough malt texture and sugar to balance. Lemons and soft, light floral notes linger. Tight carbonation as always from HF.

9

Hapu, mõru,funky, puuviljane, tsitrus, nisu, kuiv, nats happeline. Hea.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle pour at source: pours golden with a white head. Aroma is winy, stone fruit, funkiness. Soft carbonation. Quite complex. Not worth the ridiculous price Inpaid but very good.

8

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

Bottle shared by fred82 , thank you!
Murky golden pour, with a very large offwhite head. Nice funky aroma, some nice citrus, and quite a bit of yeast. The barrel ageing i found came out more in the flavor and the finish, touches of wood, and a little oak. It seemed to dim the funkiness a bit, but it added so e much welcome complexity. The funk was present all the way through with some light pepperiness. Quite a solid saison, great stuff!

9.3

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle @ Warpigs. Pours hazy yellow with a big white head. Aroma is estery, citrusys, hay, stone fruit, vinous, oaky, vanilla, sweet dessert wine. Taste is tart, vinous, grapes, dessert wine, esters, barnyard, citrussy, lemon zest, orange peel. Holy shit this is good! Best saison I’ve ever had for sure.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Dégustée le 2018-01-10. .