Cucumber Saison is an early summer release for Cigar City that is distributed normally throughout their network. Unfortunately, that doesn't include California, so I had to trade for this one. I couldn't find brewer's notes for it, but it's a 5% ABV saison brewed with -- you guessed it -- cucumber.
Appearance: The beer is a rich, cloudy amber color with an aggressively thick head that recedes only very little as I drink and leaves tons of dense, pebbled lacing on the sides of the glass.
Smell: Do you like cucumbers? Then you'll love this nose! There's some of the usual saison character, and notes of clove and grain, but the cucumber is the star of the show.
Taste: This beer tastes like it smells. It's a tasty -- but standard -- saison, yeast forward with barnyard character and Belgian-style spice. The cucumber elevates it, but at the same time, it is the dominant flavor and doesn't allow for much complexity.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, with lightness from the carbonation, and a dry finish.
Overall: This was a good and enjoyable beer, but not a particularly enlightening one that's exemplary for the style. I love cucumber, so personally, I really enjoyed that aspect of the flavor profile, but if I'm being honest that is pretty much all there is. It's like eating a mediocre dish with bacon -- you don't mind that the rest of it is just okay because you love bacon so much. (I'm assuming you love bacon. Because if you don't, we can't be friends.)
3/5
Appearance: The beer is a rich, cloudy amber color with an aggressively thick head that recedes only very little as I drink and leaves tons of dense, pebbled lacing on the sides of the glass.
Smell: Do you like cucumbers? Then you'll love this nose! There's some of the usual saison character, and notes of clove and grain, but the cucumber is the star of the show.
Taste: This beer tastes like it smells. It's a tasty -- but standard -- saison, yeast forward with barnyard character and Belgian-style spice. The cucumber elevates it, but at the same time, it is the dominant flavor and doesn't allow for much complexity.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, with lightness from the carbonation, and a dry finish.
Overall: This was a good and enjoyable beer, but not a particularly enlightening one that's exemplary for the style. I love cucumber, so personally, I really enjoyed that aspect of the flavor profile, but if I'm being honest that is pretty much all there is. It's like eating a mediocre dish with bacon -- you don't mind that the rest of it is just okay because you love bacon so much. (I'm assuming you love bacon. Because if you don't, we can't be friends.)
3/5
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