Fruit Series: Peach Saison

(Thanks, Jim! Ozzy70) Bottle. A- White pepper, clove, hay, yeasty, mild stone fruit. A- Orange color, cloudy liquid, white head. T- Yeasty, straw, mild peach, peppery. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, soapy finish. O- An American made trappist is always a treat and while good, just doesn't quite match up with it's Belgian counterpart. Nice spice levels and a fair amount of stone fruit.

Bottle from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours translucent orangey gold with a creamy white head. Aroma of peach with a hint of sour. Med body or so. Flavor is peach, just a little tartness, and something suggesting brown sugar - despite the tartness. It's a bit like peach juice diluted - also has some earthiness like a saison. Not getting spice as such. Quite refreshing.

Bottle from Geers. Hazy orange, thin, off-white head. Aroma of rotting peach, mandarin, apricot, 'dank' & wet straw, old bread, yeast, something solventy, cheesy, sulphuric. Taste has sour wheat, plum, gooseberry, sweetish pear, mandarin & peach but in an overripe way. Bit spicy-yeasty. Ends bitterish with old, wet grassy hoppiness, straw, lingering overripe peach & fruity tannins. Medium body, oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Certainly tastes better than it smells but anyway, not a success.

Small off-white head over fully hazy pale ochre-amber beer. Sharpish sour-salty nose from the outset; acetic acid and fatty acids. Mineral hints throughout. Light acidity remains in the mouth; finally fruit notes appear. Bit meaty esters, taking over - not completely - the mineral component in the nose. Sweet and lightly sourish main taste, fruity - which might well be peach. Bit of solvent, and yeasty, as from white bread. Good carbonation; faintly tart, quite (fruit)slick; light to medium bodied. Nose is a disaster, rest not thàt much better. Such things ought never have been allowed the Trappist logo.

Hazy amber colour, white foam. Strange nose of peach, bread, yoghurt. Taste is tart, lots of peach, a bit cheesy and grainy also. Not bad, In like it.

bottiglia 33 cl, schiuma bianco sporco fine media persistenza, colore giallo/arancio limpido, al naso lieviti frutta matura marmellata di pesche spezie, in bocca frutta matura (la pesca non la sento) spezie, corpo leggero, carbonazione forte, poco secca, amaro moderato. Fresca dissetante. Non male ma niente di speciale. c. Cantina della Birra 08.08.20

Bevuta in bottiglia. Ottima birra leggera e dissetante. Note dolci di frutta.

Botella 33 Cl en el Kraken 15..11..2018. Color anaranjado amarillento velado con buena capa de espuma blanca. Sabores suaves maltosos y cereales con con buenas dosis de melocoton y melocotones pasos entre dulces y ligeramente ácidos. Cuerpo ligero a medio fácil de beber y con bastante sabor. Refrescante, buena, para repetir.

330 ml bottle into signature chalice, best before 2/22/2019. Pours lightly hazy deep golden amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of lightly tart/tangy peaches, fruit skin/pits, lemon, orange zest, pear, red apple, melon, peppercorn, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of almond, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, peaches, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of peaches, fruit skin/pits, lemon, orange zest, pear, red apple, melon, peppercorn, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of almond, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate peppery yeast spiciness, and herbal/floral/grassy hop bitternesss on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy peaches, fruit skin/pits, lemon, orange zest, pear, red apple, melon, peppercorn, wheat, cracker, white bread, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, peaches, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitter/spiciness. Medium-plus carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, fairly crisp, and slightly tangy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.3%. Overall this is a very nice fruited saison. All around nice white bread, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, peaches, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, fairly crisp, and refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/spicy/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Great classic saison yeast complexity with balanced peaches; nice pale/wheat malt backbone, minimal residual sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

Sample at Pies & Pints Easton during the "Mega Tap Takeover with Columbus Brewing Company" event on 05/15/2018. Hazy orange-gold color with a medium white head that diminishes steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lace. Peach, yeast and hops in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of stone fruit, herbal yeast and mild hops. The finish is fruity with a peach aftertaste. Decent overall.