Flix Brewhouse Saison de Walt

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

We're coming up on Walt Appreciation Day (the 20th anniversary of Walt joining ratebeer, March 28th). Thought I'd slide my old rating in here to help me remember the good times. Cheers to Walt!....I saw this was available and heading over right away and giving it several tries was a no brainer. I finally met Walt in person at the last gabf I attended 2012 (my first gabf) at Falling rock along with markwise. My first gabf and finally meeting and talking with Walt for about 20 minutes was one of the highlight of the week for me. Cheers to you Walt! The saison pours with a pale gold body that has a slight haze and supports a nice looking bright white head. The aroma offers up plenty of saison like yeasty spices, more yeasty notes and then floral hops and fruity red apple around the edges. The taste smooth and crisp and light and punchy and pretty much everything I enjoy about a saison. It delivers modest yeasty spices and a little bit of fruitiness that’s kind of snappy and not really overly sweet. It then gets into floral hops and a bit of a flowery note as well as soft yeastiness. I love how light and crisp this is with just the right depth and richness.