Smoked Knot Saison
Dave's BrewFarm

Dave's BrewFarm Smoked Knot. A smoked variation on the Rye Knot saison. 6.1% ABV. Actually, no, I just remembered, it's a mistake, Dave was intending to make Rye Knot and reached for the Smoked malt instead. Oooops. It's an ooops bier.

Appearance: clear, amber to crimson coloring, full, flowering chalk white head, leaving lace.

Aroma: lightly sweet and bready, delicate hop profile, smoked malt presence faintly felt, if at all, but that's BrewFarm balance at work.

Taste: Caramel malt felt first, then a smattering of hops, played low-key, suffused with a subtle sweetness, and an even subtler smoke. Don't let names fool you at the LaBrewatory, ingredients and names aren't high indicators of some bludgeoning your palate will soon endure. This will be here, they say, and so will this, and they will connect and intermingle. Most of the times, it will be harmonious and pleasant, but not overbearing. Sometimes it will still be harmonious, with moments of cacophony, but also measures of pure pleasure and sections of sweet seduction. A bitter, a sweet, sometimes a sour, and once in a while, a hint of a smokey symphony.

Tasty as heck this, and a complicated concoction, but delicious all the way.

The official word from Farmer Dave: "French saison yeast, couple with both pale, German smoked and Cara red malts. Well hopped with Palisade, Aurora, and Vanguard hop varieties."

I'm liking this.