North By Northwest Saison 500

Bottle from footbalm. Thanks Eric! Was very excited to pop this at the carolina gathering. Pours a cloudy yellow with a thin white head. Still had plenty of carbonation. Aroma was earthy, some lemon zest, apple, yeast, spices, lightly bready malts. Flavor was very similar to aroma but ends very abruptly making the finish a little disappointing, but overall this is still a pretty darn good saison in my opinion.

bottle, at Carolina Crew get together provided by Turdferguson. Good aroma, Tart. Fruity. Apple and yeast spiciness. clean yellow golden color, little to no head or lacing. Sour fruity flavor. Minor sweet streak about it. Lite body, thin mouthfeel, dry finish. Aroma had alot going on, after that not so much with this one. I did get a clean pour as there was sediment in the bottle. Could of sniffed this one for a while.

Bottle shared at the Carolina Crew Gathering at Turd’s – thanks to Turd for sharing. Whoa, lots of swirling sediment in the bottle. Yeah, I guess this one has been retired for a good long while. Mild apple and spice in the aroma; coupled with the fact that the body looks quite thin, and the color is translucent gold, you could easily mistake this for a cider rather than a saison. Still it’s quite inviting. However, the body is really thin, and the flavors in the nose seem to have been replaced by an off-putting mineral quality. Average at this point.

Thanks a ton to turdferguson for sharing this at the Carolina gathering. Pours a pale gold with a thin white head. The nose is sweet, earthy, lots of apple and fruit. Very inviting aroma. The flavor is a bit of a stepdown. Soft and mild flavor, apple, earthy, a little sweet, crisp. Very soft palate with almost no finish. Very easy drinking beer.

heavily cloudy straw color small white head. aroma of some light fruits some orange peel and lemon zest. avg pal. flavor is lemon grass, oragne peel, and light breads. a very mellow saison that is easy to drink.

GABF 2006 post-party. Pours to a really hazy straw colored body with a thin white head. The aroma is straw, light lemons, sweet and sour lemons. Nice fresh palate.

Bottle, Logan’s pre-GABF party. Head is mostly diminishing. Body is hazy medium yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly yeasty (cobwebs), with a strong note of lemon zest. Flavor is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Ok, if rather one-dimensional.

Draft - Hazy gold, creamy white head. Spicy nose with touches of honey, bread, and a light orangey fruity overtone. Flavor was more fruity up front with notes of breadiness, corriander, and faint hints of pepper. Balanced nicely. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, spicy, frutiy finish. One of thier better offeirngs...