Sitty’s Honey & Orange Saison
2C Family Brewing Company

Crowler from Toby. Pale golden, light haze, spotty head. Light saison notes in the aroma accented by the titled adjuncts. Yeasty flavors, light orange and honey sweetness.

a more advanced version of the other saison i had in here last time, still a familiar french type saison yeast with some clean esters of pear, green grape, and fruity wine in the fermentation profile, but this time the beer is fleshed out a little more with the addition of some orange and honey, both of which add a lot to the aroma of this, and are nice accents in the taste. the orange is in front of the honey in both, its almost like at orange soda intensity when i smell it, sweet and obvious, but good, and nice with the yeast, while its got some bitterness from the peel in the finish, and some natural juicy sweetness in the middle, it fits in well here, and is boldly dosed, but it works. the honey is softly floral in the aroma which makes the yeast seem less one dimensional to me, and its nicely fermented down in the taste, this never gets real sweet, and it works super well with the orange, very natural synergy there. it feel a touch heavy to me, dense and wheaty, and without quite as many bubbles as i want in a saison, but the flavors are bright and natural and keep this easy enough drinking. a neat build up from their first saison, good balance with the extras, and tasty overall.