Mystic Brewery Kanzu

Kanzu

 

Mystic Brewery in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Saison Regular Out of Production
Score
6.77
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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Poured from a 375 ml bottle. Aroma is very fruity with lots of pear, red apple and banana. Some caramel and light honey notes. Faint coffee character. Pours a hazy, copper orange with a medium large to large, frothy, white head that steadily falls into itself leaving some clumps on the edges. No lacing or legs. Flavor is somewhat sweet at first with some light caramel and honey notes. A bit of a white bread note as well. Lighter fruit notes than in the aroma, but with the same profile. A lot more coffee that comes across as fruity and nutty with just a but of light roast. Medium light bitterness. Hints of acidity. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with medium high carbonation​. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice beer. I wasn’t expecting to really like this beer, but the the coffee has such light roast notes and adds some good fruit and nut notes.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2017 at 15:57

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
375mL bottle drunk 8/29/16.
Very minimal haze in this chestnut-auburn hued beer with mahogany tints and a beige head atop that is medium-sized and shows moderate retention.
Lots of bean, light acidity, vegetal and black pepper in the nose shows less maltiness than Reko, with only a very light, biscuity-vanilla character; much less of the honey of that one. It certainly smells fragrant, if rather light in the coffee department. Very earthy, dry, none of the black cherry, tobacco, plum and chocolate I’d expect. But it’s clean and though, again, I can’t identify it as a saison, it smells fine for what it is.
Same soft, well-attenuated, tightly carbonated texture as Reko, though less sweetness here and more earth, vegetal bean and grainy biscuit at times. The coffee just seems muddled here...very vegetal and dull. As well, there is borderline not enough maltiness on the finish which gets lightly acidic and husky. I like what they’re doing here despite this one not doing it for me, and will continue to purchase this series.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2016 at 16:42