6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at Mule Bar, 3/24/18.
Lightly hazy, brass-golden. White head fades steadily to ring.
Soft coconut, nicely mild and in the background mixes with easygoing Belgian esters providing nectarine, apple and pear. Low on the phenolics, and though I like a nice helping of black pepper phenol, I'll take the tradeoff of it being clove-free any day. Lightly sweet, honey-caramel-tinged malts with a touch of biscuit, no alcohol or flaw.
Coconut again in the mouth is up-front, but again, not dominant or intense. Light pineapple, hints of clove and white pepper emerge quickly and lemon and light honey-like malt notes are added as it progresses towards a soft, gentle finish with mostly dough and biscuit-like malt lingering with soft coconut and light lemon. Kind of light on the saison character, though still a well-made beer, with light carbonation, engaging and a reasonably soft texture. All told, this could be FAR worse. I shudder to thing of the bad adjunct saisons I've had, and this is far from bad or even slightly overdone.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2018
at 17:15