From Oct 2006 Poured from 12oz bottle(best by Jan 26-07) a clear light gold with a very small head of foam that dissipated almost immediately....just a little bit of lacing hugging the side of the glass for a while and that disappeared shortly after. The smell is mostly fruit and yeast. The taste has good malty notes up front with yeasty and fruity flavours following closely behind. Fruitwise, I sense mostly apricot and plum wsith *some* slight notes of clove and a bit of funk. The body *is* a bit on the thin side for the style but over all....I like it. Bottom line: It's the only Saison that I can get in town and it's a pretty good one.Give it a try.

More Belgian Ale than saison, to me asnyway. Fruity esters and a little dusty. Dry finish. Not bad, but not a huge fan.

Bottle at my in-laws.

After a long day of air travel followed by a long drive, I needed a beer. And it seemed that I had two options: A Leinenkugel summery shandy (from last summer, or maybe much earlier), or a Sam Adams Winter Lager (Christmas spices!). I was going to go hunt around for an old bud light or something, when my father in law pulled a couple of these out of the downstairs fridge. I doubt I’ve ever been so happy to see the words "New Belgium."

Now, it’s a not a great saison--probably not even something you’d call a good one. Sort of classic American saison, esters forward, a bit sweet, yeasty, sticky with alcohol. But it was a real beer, and under the circumstances I was real happy to have it.

Bottle. Pour is hazy gold/light orange. Aroma of yeast and some spice notes. Decent

Moderate body, adequate mouthfeel, slightly ambivalent flavors, dry with some evidence of hops, lacking the robust fruitiness and spiciness and funkiness and fun of a proper saison. Bottle.

Pours hazy yellow with a big white head. Aroma is funky yeast, malt, saaz hops. Taste is surprisingly like a Pils with a decent yeasty finish. Good, satisfying mouthfeel. Good overall, but nowhere near the best Saison that I’ve had. Tastes like an overly yeasty Pilsner.

Hazy lemonade with a nice white head. Bready, sweet spices, Belgian yeast aroma. Belgian yeast, spices, mild bitterness, mild malt taste. Not what I was expecting when I picked this saison up. Good beer

Nice phenolic bend. Kick of hops. Lucky, peasant Belgian farmhands! Drink your ovaltine ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle shared with adnielsen, Thanks Aaron! Pours a golden color with white head. Straw, yeast, bread aromas. Belgian yeast, straw, grainy, bread flavors. Pretty nice.

pale gold color, hazy, moderate carbonation. off-white head, not long lasting. aroma has herbal hoppiness, bit floral and spicy. flavor seems a bit too hoppy for the style. lightly sweet, but not a delicate beer.