Bottle @SBWF. Pours amber with a huge off white head. Taste of grapes and lots of apricots.

0,33l bottle at Vienna Food Festival. BB 08/16. amber hazy color, small off white head. smells sour, citric, light leather, barnyard, green apples. Full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. Tastes herbal, citric, acidic, green apples, some sweetness, slight leather. Finishes with citric and herbal notes. Lovely beer, smell suggested quiet a bit of sourness, but taste has good balance, rather unique, but i quite like it.

Draft @ Hoppy Loft. Léger ambrée, orangé, col crémeux blanc-cassé. Arôme au bouquet distinct belge au niveau de la levure, retrouve ce côté agréable et rustique hennuyer. Fruité modéré tirant sur un léger citronné, le tout offrant un rétro-nasal feuillu et presque mielleux avec une petite once d’épicé en toute fin. Palais est sec avec un profil légèrement terreux. Levure reste distincte et belge dans le style saison. Je note un léger ajout d’ester banane? Reste de bonne facture, peut-être un poil trop forte pour moi.

The saison from this young Barcelona brewpub; bottle opened with a big bang and a serious amount of gushing, resulting in a towering, inches thick, rocky, dense, yellowish eggshell white head (and foam creeping out of the bottle afterwards) eventually collapsing but retaining very well; colour is a beautiful, warm and pure, lightly hazy amber with fierce sparkling; adding the deposit creates a murky, but still beautifully deep brownish orange appearance. Aroma of (strong) white pepper, dried orange peel, whisky, redcurrant, toast, dried grass, hint of lemon blossom, hazelnuts, earth, carrots, honey, bell peppers, apricot and a hint of fried egg; in all, very convincingly saison-like, difficult to circumscribe, but these brewers have hit the essence of it quite well, and added some own personality to it. Clean, edged fruitiness in the mouth, dried apricot, hint of banana, red apple, with a citrussy freshness; smooth, oily, slick mouthfeel, spritzy and somewhat minerally carbonation. Evolves into a smooth, supple caramelly and bready maltiness, toasted in the end and meeting with a deep, earthy, leafy, peppery hop bitterness in the finish, building a perfect balance with the malt sweetness; ends juicy, throat-bittering and alcohol warming without becoming astringent. Everyone does saison these days but many of them are just vaguely Belgian ales without any specific saison character - already something which is hard to pinpoint. It has to do with both technical aspects (hard water, for instance) and aesthetical feel; this is a strong saison which could just as well have been made in Hainaut. Very enjoyable, even among the best ’true’ saisons I had so far. ¡Enhorabuena!

Draft at Alewife, 8/2/15
Cloudy golden color with a thick white head and strong lace. Nice yeast aroma, herbal and fruity notes as well. Crisp and clean.

Bottle. Dark orange color with huge off-white head. Gusher. Sweet malt, oranges, caramel in aroma. Sweet malty taste with caramel, oranges, tangerines, light citrus hops. Sweet fruity finish with very light bitter hops.

Bottle. Clear orange-amber colour. Immortal huge head. Lots of caramel in this one along with the saisony spiciness. Barnyard, egrese, light light tartness. Good one.

Bottle 330ml @ Sandar Haandverksbryggeri - Brygghuset, Sandefjord
Pours hazy deep golden/copper with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast, pepper and some fruits. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long slightly dry, warm, pepper, yeasty and fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Bottle from McHughs. Cloudy orange with a massive head, high carbonation. Aroma is yeast and spicy malt. Flavor is quite bitter, fruit and yeast with a dry bitter finish.