Conflicted winter ’09 release closer to funky fungi-scented farmhouse ale than ‘saison yeast’-injected amber ale (with strangely off-colored tan-headed brown-bodied appearance). Leathery smoked salami snippet fades out rapidly as inadequate prune-date souring and perplexed brown sugared banana-clove trifle prove less fruity than Saison styling indicates. Leafy earthiness lambastes warbled spicing, resinous backdrop, and cigar ash hint.

Pour slowly hazy golden summery saison or billowy foam will coat glass of moderate-bodied compost-scented Belgian-styled farmhouse ale. Fulsome carbolic spritz indulges black-peppered grassy-hopped bittering, nearly overwhelming candi-sugared lemony grapefruit tang glistening above creamy mildness and dry earthen floral nuance. Tart lemondrop finish lingers over tertiary peach, apricot, and green grape illusions.

Polite light-bodied Belgian-styled farmhouse ale retains lemongrass aroma and pepper-spiced herbal-floral emphasis. Perky citric hops create wispy curacao orange tease saddled by gingery cayenne tingle atop raw wheat spine.

Brewed in medieval castle, coppery bottle-conditioned saison layers buttery vanilla malts above tangy floral-hopped citric blight and mellow allspice-cardamom tingle. Metallic finish deadens green apple, pink grapefruit, and white peach zing.

Spicy 6.2% alcohol version connects orange-quince waft to white-peppered ginger-allspice-sage rage. Residual candi-sugar spunk dots citric endurance belying cinnamon-spiced pumpkin-pied finish of turbidly burnished copper dilly.

Bottle fermented pale straw hazed saison with fluffy pearl head brings hefeweizen-like banana-clove-coriander intricacy to candied Belgian-like yeast epoxy. Mint-y tongue tingle shelters lemony orange-tangerine-pineapple payoff.

Wobbly saison tries to be all things to everyone but half-asses the attempt. Honeysuckle-kissed apricot-tangerine-mango-pineapple tropicalia counters sour apple-cherry tartness and white peppered cinnamon-nutmeg spicing for impressive initiation, but metallic acidity decreases herbal-floral latency ’til astringent grassy-hopped barnyard-hay-horse blanket funk damages any lemony grapefruit rind remnant. Dry vermouth finish picks up misplaced medicinal mote.

Summery yellow-hazed Belgian-styled witbier juxtaposes wafting banana-grapefruit-apricot esters and prickly-hopped sunny lemon frontage against bubblegum center. Eventually, green apple souring picks up white-peppered coriander-honeysuckle illusions impaired by slightly acidic maize finish.

Silken-spiced straw-hazed Belgian-styled Saison gains white-peppered spearmint-basil momentum and grassy barnyard hop dryness to counter floral grapefruit-pineapple-apricot tartness overriding lemon-bruised orange peel bittering. Mellow butterscotch-marshmallow creaminess sweetens ginger-clove-dabbed herbal center and earthen mineral-grained bottom.

Sunny glow consumes soft-bodied summery citric seduction. Dry lemony orange tang begets peppery herbal bitterness and minor ginger assurance as yeast clumps settle at glass bottom.

Savory up-front bruised orange souring gains noticeable alcohol riff as syrupy malt resilience counters engaging juniper bitterness of uncommonly rich summery Saison. Banana, grapefruit, and coriander illusions excel along the way.