Bottle from Hi-Time. Hazy orangey color with an ok white head. Aroma is minimal. Like very light orange and yeast over pale malt. Medium to full body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is light citrus(coriander?), light malt, light spice. Yet it all comes together to make a strong impression. Pepper showed up. In a light way. This is a smooth ale which seems to change direction constantly. The finish is mild spice and fruit with a little wheaty sort of maltiness. It’s really very tasty.

Cloudy yellow with a lasting off-white head. Spicy and fruity aroma, with a good deal of coriander. Fruity and spicy dry flavour

Pours hazy gold into a tulip. Fluffy white head leaves slight lacing as it recedes. Fantome-like aspirin aromas. Crisp and fruity with a lasting pepper finish.

Medium coarseish shiny offwhite lasting head. Hazy pale yellow body with carbonation. Light mealy soft metal barnyard aroma, quite mild. Dry mild peppery mealy spicy herbal taste. No real aftertaste. (0.75l bottle at Isola della Birra, Milan.)

chiara velata buon profumo leggermente speziato in bocca morbida rifrescante con un rotrogusto finale dolce

Bottle i brought with me to an italian resteraunt ... clowdy orange ...zesty spicy citrrus nose ... sharp fruity ... slightly sweetened grapefruit ... little spicyness ... very juicy ... little tart in linger... well balanced and put together. In contrast with KnutAlbert i found this went great with my Spagetti Carbonara as it wqs sharp and clean enouth to cleanse palate and cut across the food.

Huge, just off-white head, slightly irregular; fully hazy yellow beer with orange shine. Spicey farmyard odours, doubtless including coriander, but also more fragile perfumes. Citrussy, exotic fruit, yeast esters. Overly spiced-perfumed taste, sweet-sour, quite citrussy; yeast-laden, bit of human sweat, bananaester, proteins. Medium bodied, but the acid, and the very high carbonation make it appear way more light. Too perfumed for my taste. Perfumed saison - for the merry boys on the fields?

2006 bottle consumed on 8/5/06.
Bountiful, dense, well-conditioned white head is large, well-retained and, in fading, provides substantial lacing in full sheets around the glass. Body shows a medium to medium-high clarity (having let the bottle settle well) and a thick layer of sediment on the bottom of the bottle. Pale straw/gold, luminous and with a gentle effervescence, is the body.
Soft, nutty wheat notes rise up reservedly, while a light bit of fluffy pils malt honey slowly fills the main part of the aroma. Tart lemon and orange peel notes sneak in as well and somewhat enliven things. A strong grassiness is prevalent, especially upon warming, and soft fruit esters babble lightly in the background. Dry spiciness is, perhaps, a touch too much, with a coriander/peppery spiciness that seems to take away from the yeastiness. But the yeast is quite clean, and the pils malt so soft and gentle, that it would seem difficult to attain almost any balance with spice/herb addition here. Regardless, it’s still one of the best I’ve seen in that category, and the fresh citrus tartness provides a snappy refreshingness.
Light dough and honey mix in the mouth, as wet grass, fresh coriander and soft bubble gum wash over. Spritzy, low, tiny-bubbled carbonation gives the malt/bubble gum combo a succulent juiciness not often found in saisons, but the relatively high level of attenuation helps keep this from becoming a problem. Spices are almost not overdone in the flavor, overall. I still would like to see even less, but this is so much better than any spiced saison (excepting Brass. a Vapeur) out there in terms of restraint. Other than the spice, it’s a refreshing, if somewhat lighter than usual Dupont-influenced beer. I can see how some people complain of it being too close to a wit beer, and while it certainly has similar spicing, the pils malt and color/appearance, the yeast is much more appropriate to a saison, as is the body (didnt find this one too light and/or watery at all). Alcohol is not a factor. Almost makes me want to try my hand at a spiced saison....but not quite.

Hazy golden ale with a thin white head. Light honey and coriander aroma, with light wet herbs. In mouth, a sweet creamy lightly spiced ale with lemony notes. Bottle at BCTC 2006.

(Bottle 75 cl) I guess the word "coriandolo" from the the back-label means coriander, and Jesus does this wonderful spice shine through - apparently also together with camomile and bergamot. I also detect some wheat here. Very unfiltered with big, floating lumps of...whatever. To begin with the colur of this beer is golden, but if you pour the sediment also it changes to a muddy grey. The bouquet changes also from a refined fruitiness to something quite indefineable. The lesson must be: hesitate to empty this bottle completely. But still an excellent beer, and the first certified organic Italian beer. But a Saison? Nah, not really... 251204