Sierra Nevada Brown Saison

nice beer, brown appearance. I thought it had a bit of a sweet taste, spiced a bit, good body.

Had it on tap at the Pony Bar in NYC. Pretty good beer. Pours a dark brown with a medium head. Nose of yeast and roasted malts. Flavor is interesting: a plethora of fruity notes atop a malty foundation. Slightly sour. Finishes crisp and clean.

Draft @ Village Beer Merchant. As a fan of the saison style, I wasn’t impressed with this strange hybrid. It’s like a sour dark hefeweizen with lots of roasty brown ale-type notes, and lots of spice/banana/wheat-yeast characteristics. If it was labeled something other than saison, my brain might stop trying to make sense out of it and therefore enjoy it more. Ehhhhh....

On tap at Rohrbach’s. Dark brown with orange highlights, nice head. Toffee, butterscotch, some sour yeasty notes, I also noted the banana/clove hefe notes, fine by me, as I’m not real sure what the saison style is anyway. Sour palate, complex stuff, nice mouthfeel.

TAP: clear red/amber pour, Belgian yeast nose, taste is coriander, orange, and spice.

Sampled at the Great Tucson Beer Festival. Not a fan of this at all. Didn’t really find the saison in here...in fact, tons of hefe characteristics with strong banana and clove presence. Dark ruby brown color with a small eggshell head...medium mouthfeel. Don’t really understand this one.

on tap. atlanta hotoberfest. brown under a small tan head. nutty aroma. flavor has notes of nuts and caramel. spicy. solid. i would like to re-rate this.

On tap at Three Floyds served in a tulip. Mahogany brown pour with some ruby highlights and a lasting cap of tan foam that produced some nice lace. The aroma included cloves, orange peel, some wheat, and some bready yeast. The flavor also had some noticable wheat notes, and also some clove and spicy yeast. Kinda weird for a saison. Medium-bodied. Light, crisp carbonation. Drinkable, but not one of their best efforts.