8/10
Fair isle nailing the grape funk as always, super drinkable funk, fruity floral notes with slight dry brett notes, hints of juniper.
20251025, perfect for brunch, +.10
20251025, perfect for brunch, +.10
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2025
at 16:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @MBCC 2025, Blue Session. Cloudy pale golden white head. Mild fruity hoppy aroma. Bitter, sourish? hoppy flavour, citric, citrusy.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Sep 2025
at 17:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @MBCC 2025, Blue Session. Clear red amber, offwhite head. Sourish, funky red berry aroma. Creamy, sweet red berry flavour, some funk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2025
at 17:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can, undiscernable date stamp, but 2024 canning, drunk 8/28/25. Batch 3.
Clear, lemony-brassy-golden. Big, fluffy, white head.
Bright, hoppy, lots of gooseberry and stone fruit with rich, bready, biscuity malts and plentiful acidity from oak. Dainty strawberry character lingering. Lots of bright piquant berry and a gentle sweetness. Oakiness a bit forward but it's minimally buttery, though a bit strongly tannic.
Piquant and oaky, with the oak rather unrelenting throughout, though, again, it isn't bad. Strawberry and honey-like malt does give a rather strawberry shortcake character though the acidity keeps it from being too sweet. Soft, deep, malty palate, maybe a bit mushy at times, which is kind of surprising given all the oak. Fun stuff, though, if rather not traditional. Not really getting much in the way of saison character. Just vague Belgian/mixed ferm house yeast, which is fine too. I feel like this would have done better with just Sacch. instead of mixed culture.
Clear, lemony-brassy-golden. Big, fluffy, white head.
Bright, hoppy, lots of gooseberry and stone fruit with rich, bready, biscuity malts and plentiful acidity from oak. Dainty strawberry character lingering. Lots of bright piquant berry and a gentle sweetness. Oakiness a bit forward but it's minimally buttery, though a bit strongly tannic.
Piquant and oaky, with the oak rather unrelenting throughout, though, again, it isn't bad. Strawberry and honey-like malt does give a rather strawberry shortcake character though the acidity keeps it from being too sweet. Soft, deep, malty palate, maybe a bit mushy at times, which is kind of surprising given all the oak. Fun stuff, though, if rather not traditional. Not really getting much in the way of saison character. Just vague Belgian/mixed ferm house yeast, which is fine too. I feel like this would have done better with just Sacch. instead of mixed culture.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 28 Aug 2025
at 21:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can, undiscernable date stamp, but 2024 canning, drunk 8/28/25. Batch 3.
Clear, lemony-brassy-golden. Big, fluffy, white head.
Bright, hoppy, lots of gooseberry and stone fruit with rich, bready, biscuity malts and plentiful acidity from oak. Dainty strawberry character lingering. Lots of bright piquant berry and a gentle sweetness. Oakiness a bit forward but it's minimally buttery, though a bit strongly tannic.
Piquant and oaky, with the oak rather unrelenting throughout, though, again, it isn't bad. Strawberry and honey-like malt does give a rather strawberry shortcake character though the acidity keeps it from being too sweet. Soft, deep, malty palate, maybe a bit mushy at times, which is kind of surprising given all the oak. Fun stuff, though, if rather not traditional. Not really getting much in the way of saison character. Just vague Belgian/mixed ferm house yeast, which is fine too. I feel like this would have done better with just Sacch. instead of mixed culture.
Clear, lemony-brassy-golden. Big, fluffy, white head.
Bright, hoppy, lots of gooseberry and stone fruit with rich, bready, biscuity malts and plentiful acidity from oak. Dainty strawberry character lingering. Lots of bright piquant berry and a gentle sweetness. Oakiness a bit forward but it's minimally buttery, though a bit strongly tannic.
Piquant and oaky, with the oak rather unrelenting throughout, though, again, it isn't bad. Strawberry and honey-like malt does give a rather strawberry shortcake character though the acidity keeps it from being too sweet. Soft, deep, malty palate, maybe a bit mushy at times, which is kind of surprising given all the oak. Fun stuff, though, if rather not traditional. Not really getting much in the way of saison character. Just vague Belgian/mixed ferm house yeast, which is fine too. I feel like this would have done better with just Sacch. instead of mixed culture.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 28 Aug 2025
at 21:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
On tap at Threefold. Pours murky dull gold with a white head. Tons of that rye/bourbon character on the nose along with some fermented fruits and spicy saison yeast. Flavour has a fairly rich spicy yeast profile, lots of rye, orange zest, gentle acidity. Full-bodied. Initial reservations about how well the rye works here have faded as the beer comes to temperature. Nicely done.
Tried
from Draft
at
Threefold
on 28 Aug 2025
at 19:48
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pale amber, very slight haze. Thin head. Oaky and slightly floral with deep vinous notes. Mellow bugs, moderate acidity. Quite tannic, but that might be undermining the grapes and certainly the elderflowers.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2025
at 14:22
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750mL bottle batch 1 drunk 8/21/25.
Gushing bottle produces a lemony brass body with a big, white head.
Fruity, round, easygoing Brett. Comet hops I guess. Berry and citrus rind. Funky and earthy with light band aid.
Fruit, earthy, funky, lots of sulfur. Lemon and tangerine with Brett and mineral. Tart, malty, attenuated. Wheat and chewy textures with fruity, citrus forward hops.
Gushing bottle produces a lemony brass body with a big, white head.
Fruity, round, easygoing Brett. Comet hops I guess. Berry and citrus rind. Funky and earthy with light band aid.
Fruit, earthy, funky, lots of sulfur. Lemon and tangerine with Brett and mineral. Tart, malty, attenuated. Wheat and chewy textures with fruity, citrus forward hops.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 22 Aug 2025
at 02:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Yellow orange and fairly large retried white head. Nose is thick citrus and white grapes. Tastes of wine, apricots, flowers, gooseberry, white bread. Brett and funky. Enjoyable.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2025
at 01:49
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
375mL bottle, blend #2, drunk 8/17/25.
Mostly clear, blonde-brass. Small, dense, white head, good retention.
Oh SHIT! That IS saison. The real deal Belgian stuff. Don't get any "bugs", just pure, authentic Sacch. evocative of Dupont. Haven't had much of Otherlands, so I don't know know their lager yeast character, but I assume the saison strain quite trumps it in terms of aromatics. There's a very gentle, fruity Brett presence, but make no mistake, this is classic Saison yeast through and through. Lemon pepper from the hops feels equally authentic and rustic grains finish off the perfect view of Belgium.
No surprises that the flavor is, then, equally authentic. There's a pinch of lactic or Brett (can't quite tell), with earthy and herbal hops. Brett on the finish and something redolent of Styrian Goldings in there, as well. Body is lighter and more grain-focused than something like Dupont, but probably in the realm of Blaugies, if a bit less full and fluffy in overall texture. Lager yeast, I assume, contributes to this somewhat. One hell of an homage to the Belgian saison, though, and I'm probably buying every Fair Isle saison I can from here on out (was already buying most of them, but this solidifies it).
Mostly clear, blonde-brass. Small, dense, white head, good retention.
Oh SHIT! That IS saison. The real deal Belgian stuff. Don't get any "bugs", just pure, authentic Sacch. evocative of Dupont. Haven't had much of Otherlands, so I don't know know their lager yeast character, but I assume the saison strain quite trumps it in terms of aromatics. There's a very gentle, fruity Brett presence, but make no mistake, this is classic Saison yeast through and through. Lemon pepper from the hops feels equally authentic and rustic grains finish off the perfect view of Belgium.
No surprises that the flavor is, then, equally authentic. There's a pinch of lactic or Brett (can't quite tell), with earthy and herbal hops. Brett on the finish and something redolent of Styrian Goldings in there, as well. Body is lighter and more grain-focused than something like Dupont, but probably in the realm of Blaugies, if a bit less full and fluffy in overall texture. Lager yeast, I assume, contributes to this somewhat. One hell of an homage to the Belgian saison, though, and I'm probably buying every Fair Isle saison I can from here on out (was already buying most of them, but this solidifies it).
Tried
from Tavour
on 17 Aug 2025
at 21:18