Draft at CBC - pours yellow gold white head - nose/taste of brett, wine, funk and saison yeast - medium body

Draught at Brendan Behan’s while I was dressed up as a woman, Halloween 2016.
Clear, brilliant maize-golden body is topped by an off-white head showing modest retention.
Honey, apple, sourdough and glazed pork in the nose delight. Nothing intense or iodine rich here and even the usual strong black pepper phenols of smoked lagers are pretty relaxed here. It allows the malt to shine forth, adding rich honey and vanilla. Herbal, grassy and lightly bitter hops balance gently with no flaw or alcohol.
Very malty, but with good attenuation, the smoke is indeed not meaty and coated by layers of honey-like maltiness with vanilla notes as well. Grains and lightly bitter herbs balance the finish which is surprisingly crisp. Very easy drinking and a nice innovative taked on a smoked helles.

Draught at Pastoral, 10/5/16.
Fairly hazy, blonde-golden with very light copper tints and a small, but fairly well-retained (to-style) white head atop.
Very fruity and lactic in the nose, with the tart acids mixing with the dry hops to produce an almost passion fruit-like character. Lots of guava, lime and lemon rind in addition, making it quite dry in the nose and hoppy, but with no resin. The lactic character is a bit punchy and raw. Biscuit/cracker-like malts in the background seem appropriate for balance. No alcohol or flaw.
In the mouth it’s quite tart, with tons of raw lactic acid and a good dose of hoppy guava-lime-lemon character. The texture has a wheat-like chewiness to it with tight carbonation and a strong, drying lactic and lemon finish. Having a hard time getting past this punchy, raw, young lactic character but otherwise a very nice, refreshing beer.

On tap at the brewery
Pours black with a medium sized tan head, good lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and caramel. Flavor of roasted malts, dark fruit, chocolate, caramel and vanilla
Good, solid porter

On tap at the brewery
Pours slightly cloudy golden with a small white head, some lacing. Aroma of esters, hay and mild sweetness, fruity. Flavor of tropical fruit, pineapple, peppery with a dry finish
Good saison

On tap at the brewery
Pours cloudy straw yellow with a small white head, light lacing. Aroma of grapefruit and fruity. Flavor of tropical fruit, grapefruit, grassy with a dry finish
Good, easy drinking

On tap at the brewery
Pours clear light golden with a small white head, some lacing. Aroma of citrus, fruity and grassy. Flavor is grassy, citrus and melon
Decent

Draught at the BA Belgian Beer Fest, 9/17/16.
Hazy, brassy-golden body with a big white head on top that shows moderate retention.
So Idle Hands/Enlightenment kept an FV with a house blend of continually used and evolving yeast blend of saison and brett yeasts; from what I understand Verdance was the final beer to come out of that, back at their old property on Charlton Street. This is the revival of that blend in their new facility and thus we have a Verdance-like saison here.
In the nose it shows playful brett, with light band-aid, lime and guava mixing with plentiful esters from the Sacc. and finally lightly grainy, biscuity, nicely attenuated malts. Light pepper, some minor dough and a big fruitiness lingering, it’s only lightly tart, with no alcohol or flaw. Not quite the pure, lush, tour de force of Brett that was Verdance, but there are light hops thrown in here, just like with Verdance and it’s bright and playful and quite complex.
In the mouth it’s a bit loose and unpolished, with an, at times, grainy texture. Good attenuation, of course, with plentiful lime and band-aid-like brett notes as well as a strong minerality, pepper and fruit profile from the saison yeasts. Nectarine and pineapple lingering, with light tartness, guava and lime. Quite a bit rougher around the edges and unfocused than Verdance, but promising and I’m sure they’ll get back to that level and surpass it in the near future.

Copenhagen Beer Celebration: pours golden with haze with a white head. Aroma is smoke and bread. Taste is lightly smoky. Light meat. Wood. No bitterness.

4 oz. draft, Copenhagen Brewfest, Boston. 24 September 2026. Hazy yellow color, weak white head. Aroma mild Brettanomyces, hints of citrus, light haystacks.

Flavor has some barnyard, funky white grapes, notes of floral character. Crisp mouthfeel with a light dry zesty texture. Softer mouthfeel.