I managed to do a tasting with the very last glass of this! Talk about good timing.

• Appearance
  • Thick white head, with excellent persistence. The beer itself is medium gold, with a slight haze.
• Aroma
  • Tart aroma, with a hint of breadiness behind that.
• Flavor
  • Pleasantly tart and very slightly fruity, with a bready maltiness that is quite pleasant. This is a moderately bitter beer, although the bitterness has a slight rough edge to it. I’ll blame the wild hops for that.
• Mouthfeel
  • Light bodied, moderately high carbonation, and a nice dry finish.
• Would I brew this again?
  • This is a surprisingly nice beer! I’m not sure what I expected, but in the end it turned out pretty good, especially with a bit of maturation. In the future, I might play with the hop bill, to take a bit of the “edge” off (probably due to the wild hops), but as a ‘gimmick’ beer this ain’t half bad! I like how the yeast worked in this one — the dominant tartness with a bit of fruitiness behind that makes for a tasty combination. It’s a bit different from the slightly more clove-y flavor I get from traditional Belgian saison yeasts, and I rather enjoyed it. Thumbs up for the Mangrove Jack M29 saison strain!
• Overall
  • 7/10