375ml bottle pops with a gush. Pours out a cloudy dish water color topped with a white head. Nose is total cucumber watermelon and some spice. Taste is more of the cucumber melons and spice.

375ml bottle from Supermarket Liquor
Sounded like a shotgun blast when I removed the cap, it’s a gusher. What was left is hazy yellow with a huge white head, lots of lacing. Aroma is cheesy, barnyard and cucumber. Flavors of cucumber, yeast, barnyard, grainy and lemon
Not particularly bad, but not good either. Definitely NOT worth $7.99. What’s the deal with the wax on these bottles!

GABF 2014. Cucumber aroma is prominent. More cucumber in the flavor. Tons of carbonation, some light spice. A very mellow, easy to drink beer that i think would go well with a hot summer afternoon.

750mL bottle, pours jet black with a small tan / brown head. Aroma is complex, with bourbon, vanilla and cocoa. Flavour is elegant, with boozy bourbon notes, vanilla, and alcoholic finish. Very well-balanced. Surprising quality from the big guys.

Bottle @ home, picked up at Wilbur’s Fort Collins for $12.99. I’ve been kind of intrigued about this since it medaled at GABF and finally pulled the trigger on a bottle with a gift certificate I got for Christmas. Slight gusher. Pours a hazy yellow appearance with a lasting, foamy off white head. Definitely a lot of cucumber in the nose along with some melon and herbal/weedy/greeny notes. High carbonation. Twangy, slightly funky, very green/weedy (kind of like a dandelion stem or green herbs), lemon, melon, pickle/cucumber flavor with a slightly acidic flavor. At first not entirely hard to drink, but quickly it becomes kind of annoying and not enjoyable. A novel idea and decent at first, but not something that is worth purchasing a 750mL bottle unless it’s being split into multiple glasses at a tasting. I’d imagine there wouldn’t be many repeat purchasers even if it’s not bad in small servings.

Bottle. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of cucumber, melon, spicy yeast, lemon, grass and saison yeast. Lighter medium body.

Why are cucumber saisons a thing now? - clear gold pour - no head - nose is strong vegetal cucumber and mildly spicy basil, along with some light phenols and crackery malt - flavor is similar - a lot of strong vegetal notes and moderate basil - some plastic phenols late, light pepper - finish of medium crisp malts - not that good.