5

33cl. A clear yellow golden beer with a white head. Aroma of dry and sweet banana, wheat. Taste of strong banana, ripe banana, phenols, wheat.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Hazy medium golden colour, a lot of tiny bubbles, fair frothy white head, slowly and unevenly dissipating, heavy lacing. Aroma sweet malt, lemon, yeast, goose berries, bread. Flavour light sweet and sour with bitter accents, malty, lemon, gooseberries, pineapple, some basement. Light body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Fruity sweet and sour finish, some bitterness in the background, citrus peel and pith, strong earthy notes and coriander. Though the aftertaste is rather sharp (they have to work on that) I enjoyed this minor saison.

4.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5

Je n'irai clairement pas vous conseiller cette saison très médiocre. Médiocre par ses déséquilibres et médiocre par ses arômes (le manque d'équilibre n'aidant pas ces derniers). Robe blond doré légèrement voilé, elle possède une mousse blanche d'un cm d'épaisseur. Si le nez présente une petite acidité, les arômes de pêche, pomme, poire, coriandre avec un soupçon de choux fleur, sans être exceptionnels ne sont pas non plus catastrophiques. La dégustation par contre est un fiasco...Pas une grands instabilité, les arômes n'arrivent absolument pas à s'exprimer. L'effervescence poussée, n'aide en plus en rien en cela. L'acidité est bien présente, avec un alcool à 7 % aux abonnés absent et une amertume qui arrive à jouer quelque peu sa carte qu'au final. Ainsi, l'attaque, est peu aromatique (fruits : pomme, poire et pêche). L'acidité y est bien présente. La deuxième bouche est un peu plus présente, légèrement moins instable avec des épices qui font leur arrivée. L'arrière peu ample et de surcroît peu intéressante (encore moins d'arômes que l'attaque). Le final sur une longueur acceptable marque une présence un peu plus marquée de l'amertume, mais toujours avec ce côté acidulé peu appréciable. Bref, si vous l'avez en stock, offrez-la à des personnes que vous n'appréciez pas!

5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle @ home shared with Caesar. Clear golden color, average to medium sized white to off-white head. Smell and taste malts, fruitpeel tannine and fruitpeel tart. High -too high imo- carbonation. Really annoying.

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle thx to Benzai, BB Nov 17, small sample. Almost clear golden color, short rocky head. Aroma is slight spicy, bit apple, honey, coriander. Slight bitter in taste, spicy, bit dry. Bit boring.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

One of those beers trying to cash in on the recent saison craze. Coarse, thickly cobweb-lacing, off-white, moussy, irregular head, hazy straw blonde colour with tiny bits of yeast here and there, golden hue. Aroma of unripe yellow plums, gooseberry, straw, unripe pineapple, freshly cut potato, white bread, sourish sweaty grains, green banana, apple peel, some lemon zest and a whiff of cooked cauliflower-like DMS. Very fruity taste mingling sweetish and sourish aspects, lots of gooseberry and estery pineapple along with a strong green apple-like acetaldehyde presence, strongish carbonation with somewhat minerally effect; grainy and lightly bready malt backbone, just a tad sweetish while the initial fruit esters persist. Finishes with a grassy hop touch with no ’deep’ bittering power but yielding some earthy and floral retronasal qualities; yeasty touch as well as some faint spicy phenols. Credible as a saison, which in itself is kind of an achievement seen the misunderstandings and historical ’haze’ surrounding this style, but unfortunately not free of flaws.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

330 ml bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy golden straw color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings around the glass, with a large amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of lemon, orange, pear, apple, white grape, peppercorn, wheat, cracker, herbal, straw, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and moderate pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, orange, pear, apple, white grape, peppercorn, wheat, cracker, herbal, straw, grass, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of peppery yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, orange, pear, apple, white grape, peppercorn, wheat, cracker, herbal, straw, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Moderate dryness from carbonation/yeast spice as well. High carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, crisp, moderately bready/grainy, and lightly prickly balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice saison style. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and moderate pale malt flavors; and very smooth, crisp, and easy to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.

5.9

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Kameleon Saison (by Brouwerij den Hopperd):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5

13/I/16 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: n/a (export label) (2016-32)

Clear blond beer, huge crackling fizzy white head, dissolving at the top but being continually fed from the bottom. Aroma: fruity, pears, yeast, bread, some banana, little spicy, coriander. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: coriander overload, spicy, bit sourish, some yeast, bit chemical, solvent. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, lots of yeast, some citrus, more coriander, fruity, bitter, chemical finish, wheat?

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tasted at ’Bierweekend de lambiekstoempers’ 2015. Pours clear, watery blonde. Big white head. Smell is grainy, grassy. Taste is bit bitter, perfumy, floral/citrussy. Too sweet, and too thin for me.