7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from biershop.com. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. No tasting notes kept, just rating.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle Appellation Wines, Comely Bankers Draught tasting. Pours hazy amber with a thin white head. Aromas of fig, saison, bread. Taste is white pepper, honey. Spicy yeast finish.
Earlier Rating: 5/3/2014 Total Score: 3.7
330ml bottle from Appellation Wines, shared with jeevan. Pours clear amber, thin white head. Aromas of saison yeast, white pepper, citrus. Not picking up much of either named ingredient. Maybe some fig on the taste, but no honey. More yeast. Good.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle thanks to Nihtila. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - lemon orange and light spice. Taste - similar. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly balanced finish. Overall - solid.
Earlier Rating: 4/26/2014 Total Score: 3.7
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden with a slight haze and a nice head. Nose - figs and white pepper. Maybe some pineapple. Taste - fig rolls with some mince pies in there too. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy yet tangy texture and a long finish which is off dry despite the style. Overall - an interesting interpretation of the saison style. A sweeter version of something that I’d expect to be dry. Good.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at appellation. Pours hazy golden, nose is honey, floral, taste is dry, sweet, honey, peppery.
Earlier Rating: 5/30/2014 Total Score: 3.7
Bottle at home. Hazy amber, light honey and toffee aroma, sweet taste, honey, toffee, a touch of fig.

6.4

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

Bottle from Oddbins Beer Shop, Blackheath. Hazy amber pour with a white head. Aromas of honey, sweet spice and dried fruit. More honey in the flavour with an unmistakable fig twist. Spicy finish.

7

Juicy figs, honey sweetness creeping in at the end. Lacks a bit of typical saison character, but a lovely beer nonetheless.

6.8

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Hazy yellow beer with very little head and a bitter, fruity aroma (which may be the fig.) If it is then I guess that’s the fruit I’m getting in the flavour as well. I can definitely pick out the honey in an otherwise bready, hoppy-tasting beer. I should probably have chilled it a bit more but it’s quite crisp and refreshing even given relatively rich, fruity flavours.

4.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Appearance: Hazy golden color with a big white head.
Aroma: Honey, yeast (not pleasant Belgian like other saison) and mild citric.
Palate: Medium (+) body. Tad sweet and a bit rich carbonation. Oily texture.
Taste: Honey, to much yeast, fruity and mild citric.
Overall impression: To high carbonation and an unpleasant unfinished yeast profile destroyed this one.
Personal stats: Bottle from Berlin Bier Shop in Berlin, Germany

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle. Minimally cloudy, orangey golden colour with average to huge, frothy to macropore, permanently reinforced, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Floral yeasty aroma, hints of honey, pollen, dusty white pepper, honeydew melon, fig, mild mustard. Taste is dry and minimally herbal hoppy, spicy yeasty, hints of honey, honeydew melon, fig, subtle fruity sweetness overall, a touch of mild mustard, tarragon; lively carbonation.