The beer is a medium yellow golden color. It’s hazy but translucent enough to see general shapes through the glass. The head is smallish and white and fades after a couple minutes. The aroma is pale malt, pears, apples, oak, butter (as in buttery chardonnay, not diacetyl buttered popcorn), vanilla and grapes. There’s a lot of chardonnay barrel character, and any enjoyment that you get out of this beer will depend on how much you like that. Lots of fruitiness. Not much in the way of saison character. The taste has mild malt sweetness and lots more barrel character. It’s fairly bitter from the wood. Lots more fruit. Plenty of chardonnay. There’s a boozy, oaky quality that throws me off. It almost tastes like a mix of chardonnay and beer. Carbonation is on the low side. Long barrel finish. Odd stuff. I’m not really sure whether I like it. The barrel took over, and the beer could really use something to balance that out. It’s interesting, just not altogether pleasant.

Bottle from CraftBeerKings. Aroma is yeasty/bready/winey - a bit like bread soaked in wine. Med body or so. Flavor is oaky, yeasty, bready, winey, even stone fruit. Haven’t tasted anything like this before - bread soaked in wine is in the right direction. Also suggests sugar-free bakery dessert. It’s quite dry and astringent. Amazing departure from the norm.