Brewery draught, 2/4/23. Dark. Small, tan head. Very nice bourbon, spicy and rich without sharpness or coconut. Malts are seemingly well attenuated, with dark chocolate and mild coffee rosst-like character prominent. No booze, lots of vanilla. Soft, malty, well-attenuated. Bourbon is rich and spicy. Just a no frills, bourbon impy w classic chocolate, vanilla, roast profile. Not syrupy, not all that viscous really. Gets more rich and silky with warming. Great balance, no booze.

Lukr pour at the brewery 2/4/23. Clear, rich amber, large, off-white head, well-retained. Light base malt, light toast, low hops, low mineral/yeast character. Just a solidly-base-malted lager showing honey, graham cracker and toasted bread. Clean, no alcohol. Soft, very malty, low hops but a touch of herb. Honey, caramel, toast from the malt. Good minerality, very clean. Despite the double decoction, it's not too malty, or more than you'd want it to be. But is still soft and flavorful for its size.

750mL Armand 4 Seasons bottle (love 'em), undated, drunk 1/28/23. Clear, well-carbonated, rich hay-golden with a massive, well-retained, white head. Ginger and basil always make me cringe when I see it combined with the word saison (to be fair most any adjunct does), but Buttonwoods gets away with it and more here. Extremely tastefully done with ginger not even coming through much at all in the nose. Soft, well-expressed Brett with tart acids suggesting light lime skin. Sacch. yeasts show great saison character as well with mild yellow fruits and black pepper, hints of plaster/mineral. Rich, honey-like malts and just a hint of the adjuncts that you could easily take for a yeast ester/phenol. Soft, brett-forward but not dominated. Very tasetful adjuncts. Like the nose, it's very classy and balanced with rich malt and good attenuation. So much flavor for its size. Clean, excellent grain character. Juicy, light tartness and lots of fruitiness and pepper.

375mL bottle, undated, drunk 1/28/23. Rich amber, little, beige head, low retention. Good clarity, well-carbonated. Rich cherry pie-like brett with prominent acidity that almost gives acetic impressions. I suppose that's just the brett mixing with the caramel-like character of the barleywine. Tart and peppery with juicy red fruit and lingering vanilla. No booze. Soft, malty, slick at times but well-carbonated. High attenuation leaves no sugary/syrupy character. Tons of tart black cherry and raspberry impressions with dry caramel and raisin. Lingering leathery tartness with indeed more peppery tobacco. Lots of fruitiness. Quite interesting. No sign of the alcohol. Very rich.

375mL bottle, undated, drunk 1/28/23. Clear blonde-hay. Large, well-retained, white head. Crisp, fresh, varied, rustic grain with a smattering of herbal and fresh grass-like hops. But the yeast, as it should, steals the show and is quite jaw-dropping here. Hints of black pepper, touch of tartness suggested, no citrus, low fruitiness even, with plastery-mineral character. A bit difficult to describe, as saisons usually are, but this shows nothing crude. No lemon-lime, no white pepper, clove, banana, bubble gum. Clean, no alcohol noted. Soft, malty, incredibly flavorful and well-textured for its size with tight carbonation and rustic grain character. Just enough hop bitterness but it doesnt distract from the beautiful saison yeasts here. Would be curious to know what its a mix of, but it doesnt matter. Big plaster, mineral, just an ever so slight hint of tartness. Black pepper is soft with light apricot and peach skin. Best saison I've had in a long while.