To me, as a farm boy, a saison is the perfect beer to end the day after a long hot mosquitoy day in the field.. however for most farmers, a Farmhouse Ale (Saison) isn't what farmers drink in this day and age.. now they're in an era of lagers... Bud (Light), Kokanee and the like..
Appearance: Thirsty Farmer pours a hazy lemon-orange peel, very beautiful saison with close to no sediment. Nice amount of off-white head.
Aroma: The mixture of "freshly harvested wheat & rye" helps give it a slight edge, a nice grainy aroma, followed by Belgium yeast, slightly spiced and very lightly smoked, very sweet like a good saison, hints of lemon & other citrus, very solid.
Taste: A very yeasty and grainy saison, the rye gives it a slight bite to it, while the yeast gives it that standard Belgian-style saison, a bit of spiciness that I can't put my finger on it. Very sweet, very yeasty, grainy, the kind of beer one SHOULD see a farmer scarfing down on a hot summer evening instead of a Bud Light.
Overall Thoughts: Apparently my LC still has a bottle of the previous saison available so I'll have to do a comparison sometime. This is what should be a real farmer's beer, a very grainy, nitty gritty, straight out solid saison, very sweet, very easy to drink and 6.2% ABV & 30 IBU. I'll drink this again. Very solid saison.
www.gib.ca/beer/thirsty-farmer-saison/
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