Saison
Savour Beer

L- Poured very slowly with final 10ml left in bottle in the hope I'd avoid some of the heaviest sediment, apparently not, it's a very hazy mid amber. It pours with a HUGE pillowy white head that must be 10Cm high!
S- Ooh! I wasn't expecting that, it's has a very distinct fruity smell of... peach with perfumed (Mandarin?) orange.
T- Ooph, it's bitter, and it's also notably very sour! My wife has the gene that gives many Asians supertaster receptors vs bitterness; and there is no way, zero, that she could take a sip of this without immediately spitting it out. That said after the first swig my [non-Asian] mouth does adjust to it somewhat. The fruity angle is to me like peach/lychee/mandarin.
F- Well it's quite unusual, it's very bitter/dry and sour, but it also has a decent medium level of body to go with it, perhaps a touch above what you might expect from a 5%ABV.
O- Refreshing. Perhaps not for people who don't like hopping around the higher end. Interesting to try but it's too sour for me to wish to buy again. I think it's an example of a fashionable contemporary 'hop-bomb'. For me though the flavour is entirely unbalanced by the hopping, and it ends up completely dominating the entire experience.
Bought at Waitrose, Windsor. BB: 01-Jan-2020 £1.99 for a 330ml bottle.
The head was HUGE for me, luckily I was using a pint glass, and you might consider it prudent to do the same...

bottled and possibly bottle conditioned
so pours a slightly hazy lemon jello body with good white head
aroma is lime , semolina and gooseberry
tart and fruity
solid body

 

I'm not too familiar with this style but after downing a few at a barbecue I positively had to review one.

Unlike the Belgian examples I've tried it's not sickly and yeasty, despite having a humongous head. It's dry, bitter, extremely toasty and has a lovely woody character with orange squash in the finish. That's all.

Very nice indeed. It's like a really nice bitter with a giant head and cloudy feel.

Pale amber colour. Hazy, orange copper when held to the light. Lots of carbonation. Two fingers of foamy, lumpy, off-white head with staying power. Lots of lacing. Very attractive beer.

Nose has plenty of yeast. A little mineral. Floral notes.

Floral. Honey. Lemongrass. Tangerine. Excellent balance of sweet and sour. Long, dry finish.

Light to medium body. Spicy. Good level of bitterness. Lots of carbonation. Super refreshing.

Excellent beer. The complexity is understated. Very nicely balanced. Exceptionally drinkable.