Bottles and draught upon debut.
Pours a brilliant golden-bronze with fiery copper hues and a good clarity. White head atop is large and slowly recedes to cover.
Hops are pretty prominent in the nose and decidedly American which contributes citrus rind and very light pine. I think the reason Belgian saisons work so well is because the noble hops used don't overpower the yeast character, but rather complement it. Not so much here. Not that it's some crudely done, all hops monstrosity. It's pretty well-done on the hops, to be fair, but I still think they overpower instead of complement. Bread and honey and biscuit from the malt underneath forms a good structure and pepper, apple, light clove and nectarine emanate from the yeast. No alcohol or flaw.
In the mouth it's the same, with more bitterness than I'd care for and even more malt than the nose suggests. More like a vaguely Belgian-American hybrid hoppy pale ale than any saison I'd ever encountered from Belgium. Carbonation is high, with good attenuation and maltiness, but too much bread, biscuit, clove and orange for my liking.

Draught at Deep Ellum, 2010.
Mostly clear, lemon-brass-golden with some light amber hues. Fluffy white head showing modest retention, atop.
Nose is full of bitter herbs, yellow fruits galore, vegetal notes and plentiful grass and pepper. Malts show white bread and light honey, balancing the hops gently while still leaving it quite hop-forward. No alcohol or flaw. Not resinous but definitely some spruce and bitter herb-like character lingering on.
In the mouth it's soft and supple, with good attenuation and strong malt notes of white dough, biscuit and honey. No heavy bread, sourdough or caramel, thankfully and the hops range from heavily yellow fruit-laden to strongly herbal and heavily grassy. Bitterness is firm but not overdone and I think, mostly on account of the supple yet not overbearing malt, this one was a big success. Moderate, engaging carbonation and no alcohol or flaw.

Draught at Deep Ellum, 2010 and onwards.
Mostly clear, bright brassy-maize-golden with strong carbonation and a frothy, white head showing modest retention.
Smells malty with plentiful biscuit, honey, a touch of sourdough and various other bready notes lingering. Spicy phenols with peach-nectarine esters are all augmented by herbal, peppery hops. A hint of citrus (light lemon) on the end, as well. There's definitely some alcohol here, probably coaxed out by the esters, and it comes off pretty rich and strong, though dry.
In the mouth it's soft and malty with plentiful grain/bread notes, as Pretty Things seems often to have. Light honey and white bread-like base malt notes soak up some strong phenol and ester while alcohol dries the finish alongside herbal/grassy/peppery hops that linger on, yet don't add much bitterness themselves. Very well-carbonated and well-attenuated but just strong, stiff stuff at times. Aged bottles were probably much, much better, but I never tried one.

Draught at Deep Ellum, 2010.
Brass-to-amber-golden-orange. Lightly-to-minimally hazy. Off-white head is medium-sized, slowly falling to cover.
Tons of cereal and various grain notes in the nose ranging from light sourdough and biscuit to honey. There's a light, Belgian-like yeast character which adds a pleasant, mild fruitiness (nectarine, apple, pear) with strong, nutty, wheat-like notes to continue to the mild trend. The hops are strongly grassy, however and seem to work against this. Heavy dried herbs, pepper and strong, dried grass don't really brighten so much as acidify the nose. Alcohol is well-concealed and there's no flaw, but I'd much rather see something like Styrian Golden or hallertauer here.
In the mouth it's soft, supple and shows bland, nutty wheat and big biscuit and cereal notes with light citrus growing alongside lightly bitter, herbal and grass-filled hop notes. Gets rather bready and almost shows too much bitterness, bordering on astringent between hop and phenol, on the finish. I think the soft texture and malt character does bail it out, but I would have loved to see this thing dominated by soft, round, mild flavors. With its good attenuation, it doesn't really need the heavy bread, phenol and hop character.

Bottles and draft since debut.
Dark mahogany with dark violet highlights. Dark beige head atop is small and recedes steadily to a ring. Good clarity.
Dark fruits galore mixing with light but not sharp alcohol, strong phenols (big black pepper, light clove) and tons of plum, cherry and light vanilla on the end. Malts seem very well-attenuated from the nose and with warming produce very light honey-caramel character. Pretty low dark malt character for its color.
In the mouth it's soft, malty, quite well-attenuated and strong with a plethora of esters, phenols and alcohol drying the finish. Raisin, prune, plum, licorice, very light roast and gentle honey and caramel from the base malt. Plummy and highly fruity on the finish with low, engaging carbonation, light alcohol warmth and no flaws.

Draught at Deep Ellum upon debut (2009).
Pours a minimally hazy, deep brass-maize golden with a small-to-medium, white head that is dense and shows pretty good retention.
Nose is hoppy and very fruity in that regard. Ripe nectarine and peach with light grapefruit, lemon and marmalade. Very hoppy, though I had it when it was extremely fresh. Malts show light sourdough, honey and white bread with a fair amount of sweetness. No alcohol but definitely some resin from the hop.
Soft and very malty, with moderate, engaging carbonation and plentiful sourdough, honey and white bread with a good deal of sweetness, though not overdone there, and certainly more than balanced by the explosive amount of hops here. Nectarine, pine, pineapple and a plethora of citrus and strong herbs with moderate-to-strong bitterness, resin and lingering pine. Just too much hop acid for me.