On tap at George Keeley’s, salty lemon-rotted orange souring and floral primrose oiling lie above pasty-like lager malts. Dried oats, alfalfa and spelt graining protects light citric souring.
Tag Archives: saison
RIGHT PROPER / FONTA FLORA / JESTER KING SPIRITS REJOICE SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, interestingly idiosyncratic collaboration between DC, North Carolina and Texas breweries. Gin-inspired saison leaves juniper branch-watered briskness upon dry-hopped citrus bittering. Zesty lemon juicing picks up dried lime souring and sharp yellow grapefruit rind piquancy. Like sippin’ on gin ‘n juice.
AVERY PERZIG SAISON
On tap at Sogo, “classic” saison adds mild peach adjunct to usual lemon-soured herbal musk and floral white-peppered hop spicing as well as cotton-candied banana and clove sweetness (and wispy mandarin orange sedation).
CROOKED STAVE VIEILLE ARTISANAL SAISON
Soft-toned oak-aged saison lets lime-soured lemon rot and musky herbal notions override mild spelt-like graining and grassy hop astringency. Subtle brettanomyces acidity increases sour side while lemongrass-basil-thyme triage spice up oak-barreled farmhouse ale.
BROKEN BOW RIVER MARKET SAISON
On tap at Bronx Alehouse, sweet ‘n sour saison fruiting sits atop ‘snappy’ pepper spicing and herbal ginger notions. Advertised peach, pear and apple illusions pick up sour orange-rotted lemon snips.
OXBOW GRIZACCA SAISON
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, citrus-laden dry-hopped ‘grisette’ retains stylishly clean flavor profile as zesty lemon and orange tartness picks up sour peach-pineapple-papaya wisps and musky horse-blanketed rusticity above musty mineral grain salting.
CARTON HANGJU
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, desirous hybridized saison allows mellow Sichuan peppercorn bittering and tea-like chrysanthemum blossoms to coalesce floral-perfumed citrus zest. Lemony mandarin orange and tangerine tang brightens the dry finish as wispy juniper, chamomile and honeysuckle illusions flutter below.
STILLWATER SHOEGAZE
On tap at Taphouse 15, “distorted farmhouse pale ale” contrasts herbal black-peppered barnyard rusticity against grassy-hopped lemon souring, grapefruit seed bittering and tangy orange peel sweetness above mild spelt-grained oats dryness. Tertiary pineapple, peach, guava and passionfruit tropicalia regales the back end.
UNIBROUE A TOUT LE MONDE
On tap at Grand Cru, completely unassuming saison soothes soft-toned thirsts while leaving metal fans to contemplate why this ethereal lightweight was named after a Megadeth tune instead of a pristine acoustic number? Mild Seltzer spritz delicately prickles lemon meringue, mango, lychee, passionfruit and curacao orange subtleties as well as recessive sugar spicing and grassy herbal hop snip.
GRIMM NEON LIGHTS
On tap at Ambulance, crisply clean, ‘delicately complex’ (and nearly bone dry) farmhouse ale loads acidic lemon rind and grapefruit pith sourness atop lingering rustic-grained pungency and dank herbal hop musk, masking any sugar-spiced melon, pineapple and pear subsidies. Tongue-lashing Hallertau-hopped citric bitterness gains latent black-peppered coriander assertion.
SIXPOINT FARMHOUSE RENOVATION
On tap at Growler & Gill, mellow red wine-barreled farmhouse ale brings delicate brettanomyces yeast acidity and leathery barnyard funk to mild lemony strawberry tartness. Simmering red grape esters add subtle warmth.
FOOLPROOF LA FERME URBAINE FARMHOUSE ALE
Pleasurable saison settles softly on the tongue with spritzy lemon zest and orange-spiced lemon meringue sweetness whisked away by herbal white-peppered salting above earthy rye-oats-spelt spine. Alongside the citric surplus, green apple tartness and mild banana ripeness pervade the rustic farmhouse Belgian yeast.
