Good, widely available saison

tank 7 from boulevard is not widely available but out there for distro its my first choice

 

Hennepin for sure
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I agree with ^!

 

Saison Dupont is probably the quintessential Saison and should not be hard to find. Good place to start.

 

I haven't had too many Saisons but I did recently have Saison Dupont, The Bruery Saison de Lente, and the Lost Abbey Carnevale and they were all great. You shouldn't have a hard time finding them either.

 

i will 2nd that and add Foret

 

Hennepin, GI Sofie, GI Pepe Nero, Smuttynose Farmhouse Ale, and Ithaca Ground Break are a few of my favorites.

 

Bruery Saison Rue is fantastic as well!

 

this one is a hoppy saison and delicious Avec Les Bons Voeux

 

I'd add Lost Abbey Red Barn to the growing list.

 

I would consider that one to be the best example of the style, love that beer!

 

Yes if almost every green bottle of DuPont saison wasn't skunked . It's a gamble.

 

Definitely Fantome. It can be a bit of a risk because there is so much bottle variation, but when they are good, they are some of the best. The original is a good place to start. They are pretty widely available around here, so I imagine you can grab them somewhere in California.

 

Dupont puts their regular saison and the Foret in small brown bottles now. Try those.

 

Never had a bad bottle of Saison Dupont.

 

Victory Helios is a good, widely available saison. It's cheap too.

 

Victory Helios for under $5/bomber. All of the other suggestions are top notch saisons, and many of them may be rated a bit higher than helios on here, but it's very good and the value can't be beat IMO.

 

beat me by seconds.

 

Agreed. First and only bottle I bought was skunked. I'll stick with lesser American iterations for now if it means avoiding skunked saisons. Hennepin, GI Sofie, New Holland Golden Cap, Lost Abbey stuff are all pretty good.