Saint Somewhere Saison Athene

Brewed by Saint Somewhere Brewing Company
Style: Saison
Tarpon Springs, Florida USA

Bottle: Pours a clear golden color with an extremely active white head. The cork about took my eye out incidentally on this one...be careful. Light malt nose with notes of lemongrass, hay, light floral hops and a mild pepper tone. Very interesting brew, unlike any other saison I’ve had but not in a bad way. Slightly sour start leads to a funky sweet finish with notes of flowers, pepper and sweet malts.

75cl bottle from Jans Wine and Boos #2 (Tampa, FL). Rated on 3/11/08. Pours a cloudy golden color with one finger white head. Reasonable head retention and glass lacing. Aroma is slightly musty with notes of dandelion, sweet malt, honey, spice, flowers. Flavor notes include lemon, banana, kiwi, other ripe fruit, spice. Medium-bodied with a slight bitter finish.

bottle corked and caged. A very nice example of a saison. Peppery and spicey. Beautifully engaged with the hops and malt profile. From florida this is an amazing beer, the warm weather permits!

Thanks to BeerLando for the 750ml bottle. Cloudy amber color with a medium head. Aroma is intensely floral with spice (chamomile, ginger, cinnamon) and yeast. Some lemon and pepper in the taste. There’s some brett, and a lot of lite fruit. This is a very intense and endlessly interesting saison.

Cloudy gold appearance, classic saison look. Well carbonated. The aroma has nutmeg and clove. Complex flavor with cloves and grass, cinnamon, and dandelion. One of the better American saisons.

The most interesting beer I have ever had. We tasted this beer at Oldsmar Tap House with Bob the brewmaster of Saint Somewhere. He let us in on the secret to this brew. He adds camomile, rosemary and black pepper. Very good and very different. Thank you so much for taking a risk and making a great beer Bob.

After getting through cheap cage wire and an exploding cork, the fizzy saison overflowed with carbonation and appeared to be more like 7-11 Champagne than the style it proclaimed to be. The opaque yellow tint did nothing to bolster the image of the beer, which tasted a touch sour with minor spices in the background. I kept trying it just to get over the first part of the taste to see if I was missing the point. Nothing there to report, except a light fizzy beer wanting to be a saison.

750ml bottle @Noogfest4.0-pours a white head and cloudy yellow color. Aroma is wheat, vinegar, lemon, yeast. Taste is cinnamon/apple, wheat, vinegar, lemon, yeast.