Category 12 Brewing Simplicity Ale Saison at 5% ABV (C$8.25 at Sundance Wine Market, 650 ml, no bottle date or best before, acquired 28-May-2016, reviewed 1-Jun-2016)
Appearance: hazy pale straw with one finger of short-lived loose white head, patchy lacing. (3/5) Aroma: grassy, yeast, lemon, coriander, floral, citrus, slight catty. (6/10) Taste: moderate-low sweet, moderate bitter, light peppery spice. (6/10) Light body, moderate carbonation, dry bitter and mildly spicy finish. (3/5)
Easy drinking but fairly unremarkable. Although there’s not a lot of depth of flavour, it finishes clean and dry, making it a reasonably effective example of the original style, albeit still somewhat high in ABV for something farmhands would drink five litres of per day. I wouldn’t say no to another, but I wouldn’t go looking for one, either. (12/20)
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