01|24 Saison - Rye

Bottle at home in London - sourced from the brewery. Pours lightly hazy gold with a fluffy, white head. The nose holds ripening tangerine, melon, dry hay, wheat bread, a little yeast. Light to medium sweet flavour with further bready sugars, juicy citrus fruits, some honey, faint tangy lemon, pale grain. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. In the finish, there’s more airy wheat bread, touches of lemon meringue, straw, white bread crust, more tangerine. A very nice saison.

Draught @ Brew By Numbers Brewery, 79 Enid Street, Bermondsey, Greater London, England SE16 3RA. [ As Brew By Numbers 01/24 Saison - Rye ].Murky matt medium orange color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, rye, light to moderate hoppy, herbs, moderate yeasty, saison yeast, floral. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, saison yeast, floral, rye, yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20161126] 7-2-7-3-14

Bottle from the brewery and drunk at home. Hazy orange colour lasting white head. Malty aroma with some esters. Esters are quite light. More saison character in the mouth. Not much spicy rye to be honest. Some hop on the finish. OK malty light saison light in saison character.

Keg at the brewery. A hazed orange golden coloured pour with a lasting sticky white head. Aroma is sweet spicy orange rind, grassy citrus, spicy grains. Mellow saison yeast on the nose. Flavour is composed of semi sweet grains malts, Rye bread, sweet orange rind, grassy. Palate is medium sweet chewy, moderate carbonation. Little grassy veg hop leaf in the finish. Not bad.