Summer Saison
(has 2 batches)

Sample from 75 cl bottle. Hazy, golden colour with a fluffy white head. Fruity aroma with yeasts and grasses. Nice.

75 cl bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small tan head. Aroma is smooth fruity, crisp hoppy. Dry and hoppy. Slight fruity. Biyter and dry finish.

750ml bottle. Minimally cloudy, orangey golden colour with average, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Slightly musty, fruity aroma, notes of rotten fruit, peach, apricot, mirabelle, a touch of ammonia, some funk, citrusy hoppy overtones with hints of orange and mandarine. Taste mellow malty, fruity and minimally funky, notes of peach, apricot, mirabelle, nectarine, fruity hoppy overtones add hints of mandarine and orange; rather sweet fruitiness, not as dry as may be adequate for the style. p.s.: Nose is initially quite rebarbative - needs a while of aeration. Light disappointment nevetheless.

(750ml 2016 bottle from kihoskh.dk) Pours a deep orange gold, subtle haze, a huge and extraordinarily persistent head of white froth and a wall of lace. Aroma of hayloft, dusty, bready malt, orange peel, some estery fruitiness, also some ripe tropical notes as it airs a little, peppery herbal phenolic character, still a fairly conventional saison. Flavour has some light tropical fruit notes, citrus pith (pomelo?), crisp Pilsner-like malt with slight white bread, dry moving to bone dry in the finish with a bit of white pepper, hay, cracked grains, phenolic, pithy, mineral. Lingering pith bitterness and phenolics in the aftertaste. Medium bodied, carbonation is not heavy but a bit foamy and prickly. Quite a solid saison, maybe some faded dry hopping is involved but nothing really separates it from the pack much.

Blackberry Farm Summer Saison Bottle split at L42, thanks to LKS, 23/01/17. Clear light golden with a decent off white covering. Nose is light hops, citric peel, lemon rind, peaches, straw, light white pepper trace. Taste comprises peach, melon, light funk, yeast esters, grains, light spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid saison.

23rd January 2017
Level 42 Bottleshare. Thanks to Leighton. Hazy gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is airy, semi dry and has good fine carbonation. Fluffy malts. Light floralness and floral fruits. Touches of spice and herb. Mildly hitter finish. Fine.

Bottle shared on Level 42 23/01/2017. Huge thanks to Leighton for this one. A hazed yellow straw coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is semi sweet orange blossom, classic saison yeast, spicy lemon, rustic grains. Flavour is composed pale grains, straw, nice saison yeast, frorhy. Palate is frorhy carbonation, fine, light grains. Nice saison.

Bottle thanks to Leighton at level 42. It pours hazy orange with a medium white head. The aroma is sweet - spicy, hay, candied pear, apple, sherbet, icing sugar, cereal and farmhouse bread. The taste is crisp, dry, bitter, pear, straw, toasty grain, hay, cracker, bread, a bit chewy, pear, apple, icing sugar and grass with a drying finish. Medium body and fine, foamy carbonation. A bit sweet and spicy. Not bad.

Bottle shared in London - sourced from Beergium. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. Nice aroma, with subtle farmy funk, some lemony notes, dried wheat. Light sweet flavour with some husky grains, lemon peel, mild yeast expression, sourdough bread, some straw. Light bodied with average to lively carbonation. Finishes with a little warmth, more pale grains, wheat, mild bitterness, lemon peel. Good stuff.