Summer Saison
Postmark Brewing

 

 

 

 

650ml bottle - 'Bright | Fresh | Orange' - everything a summery Saison should be, so let's see.

This beer pours a slightly hazy, yet bright medium golden yellow colour, with three fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and fizzy eggshell white head, which leaves some approaching storm system lace around the glass as it slowly and evenly subsides.

It smells of gritty and grainy wheat malt, estery yeast, mixed citrus and melon fruity notes, white pepper and coriander spice, and some plain earthy, leafy, and floral green hop bitters. The taste is crackery pale malt, a fairly dry wheatiness, kind of acrid yeast, some muddled orange, white grapefruit, and banana chip fruitiness, aerosol pepper dust, earthy coriander, and more gentle floral and dead grassy hoppiness.

The carbonation is quite active in its swirling and probing frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and mostly smooth, just a bit of phenolic yeasty astringency mucking about. It finishes pushing dry, the crackery malt, lingering spice, and yup, yeast calling the shots, as such.

Overall, not a bad version of the style, crisp and quaffable, with a nice, almost thirst-quenching quality. I'm a little bummed that I didn't get more of the Huell Melon hop's fruitiness, but that's ok, there's lots of other good things going on in this brew to easily make up for that!

Appearance - Pours a warm golden apricot with two fingers of foamy white head. I expected a little less clarity.

Smell - Fruity and spicy French yeast, orange peel, coriander, spicy and lightly floral hops, wheaty malts, cracked black pepper.

Taste - Starts with tartness of the yeast and orange, followed by spicy hops, coriander, and black pepper. The wheat malts linger in the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate-to-high carbonation. Crisp, dry finish.

Overall - An incredibly refreshing saison with bright flavours. Well-balanced, crisp, and well-executed. Always looking forward to what Postmark brews next.