7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from Craft Brewed. Pours a milky looking straw color with a full 2 fingers of foam that dissipate quickly. Lots of pear, clove and star anise in the nose with green pineapple, papaya and apple coming out as it warms. Good Belgian yeast character as well. Body is a touch too rich and oily for saison though. Slightly too well-rounded. Missing that crisp and clean carbonation and mouthfeel. Lemon custard on the finish with some prickly peppercorn character and lingering hoppy bitterness. Well-done, but different for the style for sure. Still I think a lot of people will be like "Bearded Iris should stay in their lane" or whatever, but still this is a solid take on a saison that tries to keep what Bearded Iris does well in play.