7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pretty hazy and funky blonde and light peach coloured body with a nice, thick and frothy three centimetre tall off-white head that stays afloat for a while. Aroma of very funky, soured, bretty and lactobilly funky yeast notes with a lot of tartness here (especially for the style) and a subdued malt and hop presence, but the yeast takes over in a good way, with only a dash of grass, hay and barnyardie funk - most of it is the soured yeast. Light-bodied; Pretty crisp, grassy and herbal flavours do show up at first with a noticeable tart and funkiness, all from the yeast, of course, but the grass and perfumey qualities go far, with a light bread and yeast finish with the bretty funk very noticeable in a good way, that adds to the complexity. Aftertaste shows a lot of grassy and perfumy qualities with a good layer of the hops here on top of the bretty and lactobilly funk from the yeast, but this is pretty clean and easy-drinking in terms of a saison, which makes sense at less than 5,0 per cent alcohol. Overall, great to try and well-recommended for the style with an added complexity from the yeasts here - this was nice to have and perhaps would have been worth it to carry on a plane, but luckily I didn't have to do that! I sampled this 37,5 cL, wax-sealed bottle, purchased from Glen-Ro Spirit Shoppe in Monroe, Connecticut on 18-December-2021 for US$8,99 (as part of a buy one, get one, free promo!) sampled at my house here in Washington on 19-December-2022, just a year later (and a day later) after purchase.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2022
at 09:55