750mL bottle, blend #5, drunk 2/12/23. Clear, bright, blonde-golden. Large, well-retained, white head. Moderate-to-light lactic acidity mixing with moderate Brett providing gentle tartness, strong stone fruit and light-to-moderate oakiness. No butteriness from oak, no acetic/alcohol or any other aggressivity. Nothing too heavy on the honey fermentation character - no big pepper or wax or anything like that. Just a nicely foedered, well-lagered saison. Tart and lactic, not too much so, in the mouth with a round, well-attenuated, malty texture with evident honey-like notes (hints of sweetness with starfruit, white pepper and such). Acidity becoming gently lemony and rounding on the finish with soft oak and succulent base malts. Brett is vague, though evident, pleasant. This has an outstanding balance with strong Sacch saison character (apple, black pepper, mineral). Tartness never comes on strong, maltiness is excellent, oak is tasteful. Not sure what goes wrong between SP's excellent saisons and their enamel-stripping sours, but this is impeccable and makes me recommit to keeping up with their saisons.

Light, sour, a bit tart. Apricot, honey and as a pleasant surprise some barnyard funk. Clean, refreshing, low acidity. Very nice.

Floral, tart and funky with some farmyard and sourness, hints of honey and apricot. --- Beer merged from original tick of La Ruche (Blend #5) on 18 May 2023 at 21:02 - Score: 8. Original review text: Floral, tart and funky with some farmyard and sourness, hints of honey and apricot.

Love these saisons, so much citrus, soft and flavorful. Bit sour on this finish. Real nice honey notes.