Saison Meer: Purple Plum
Afterthought Brewing Company

Bottled on 10/6/2021; consumed on 6/10/2024

Pours a foggy, orange-tinged golden body capped with just over a finger of sudsy, eggshell-white foam; solid head retention leaves a wavering finger of cap, slim, soapy collar, and virtually no lacing holding to the walls of the glass.

Aroma offers a milky twang to vitamin-esque funk, with zested purple plum and bits of toasted oak trailing into secondary whiffs of apricot, peach rind, and a passionfruit trail.

Taste shows wet straw and a tinge of apple core upfront, dry champagne essence coursing as grain silo inflection meets musty plum over a quietly developing profile.

Mouthfeel brings a light body met with an airy, highest-end carbonation; briefly taut, carrying crispness and a clean, level acidity past the mid-palate as a soft prickle settles to a bright back end.

Tenuous funk finds orchard essence joined by a sly, oaky inflection; a steady, if largely basic, fruited saison.

Murky orange pour with a full white head and spotted lacing. Smell features floral notes with sweet plum and wild yeast with a kiss of oak underneath. Taste starts with an emphasis on the sweet yet playfully tart plum with flowers, oak, wild yeast, and a bright citrus whisper on the finish. Depth is limited on both as it is a delicate sipper with mild pucker, oak presence is constant but very light, finishes dry but wispy. Like what is going on here a lot, but want more intensity of depth to be rated higher. Still would have again in late spring