6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

(Tried again to get a better read - still pretty muddled and simple, but on the tail end there is some spicy, citric hop character, and there are very mild pineapple esters - some potential, but needs a lot of tweeking) Tap at the brewery - I got all excited when I saw a 5.5 Saison on tap - sadly, this was pretty disappointing - pours a turbid gold - aroma and flavor are subdued, bland - dull yeastiness, some soft wheat character, moderate tartness - other than that, not much happening - no snappy malt character, no phenolic yeast expression, no esters - just yeastiness and bland malt character - nothing off, at least, so it’s not offensive in any way - I’ll try later batches and hope for improvement.