Great Divide Saison Ale
Saison Ale! One of my favorite summertime beers. Great Divide! A pretty great brewer. I hope this works out well…
This saison pours a luminescent golden color with lots of tiny bubbles floating up from the bottom of the glass. This is much clearer than most saisons you run into, demonstrating a bit of filtering perhaps. There is a bit of dense debris to the beer, but it’s nearly crystal clear up to a light. There really isn’t any head to speak of on this beer – it is pillowy and dense for just a second, but then fizzles down to just a tiny ring around the edge of the glass. In the nose, this is full of citrusy sourness. It slightly burns the nose, but that’s a good thing. There is a great sweet note, too, to balance out the aroma. Now, the taste. Maybe I just haven’t had enough saisons lately, so I’ve just forgotten how much I like them, but this is really good. There is a heavy blast of sourness on the tip of the tongue that burns all the more due to some heavy carbonation. This piques the tastebuds to prepare them for some lemony sourness that soon comes down the line. Along with this sourness, there is a great sweet addition that makes the flavor akin to a lemonheads candy (though not quite that sweet). On through the mouth, the beer never loses a light burn on the tongue, and the flavor just keeps on, while attaining a light malty flavor and a rather silky mouthfeel. Even after the beer is gone, a refreshing lemony sweetness sticks around the back of the throat for ages. This is a mighty tasty beer. I can’t remember what it costs, but I feel like I probably got my money’s worth. The only downer of this is how refreshing it is. If you pop this open outside on a hot day, you’re liable to kill it pretty quick, so try and take it easy, okay?
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You beat me to it. I recently had this beer along with Saison De Lente from The Bruery. The Great Divide reminded me of a hefe-saison mix (hefe in the middle with a lightly sour finish). It was not bad, but when compared with the De Lente, it could not compete. The Breury Saison De Lente is a great Saison beer. Hopefully a review will be posted shortly.