Oxbow Harvest: 7.0 – We’re perfectly sure if given the same beer where one is dry-hopped and the other wet you could tell there’s something different about it. As for what exactly that is bringing to this saison though – it’s hard to say. This is mostly because by being an Oxbow saison it’s pretty freaken good, and you’re not sure if that’s typical oxbow character or specifically whatever magic wet-hopping does.
Price Average: $5
Website: https://oxbowbeer.com/
Suspicious Delicious: 6.5 – With a ‘thing’ like that going on the bottle you’d expect this to be mind-blowing – but it’s not. We will give it the suspicious delicious because while tart this does manage to find a nice balance between that tart and the saison making it less of a sour and more of an interesting saison.
Price Average: $11
Website: https://collectivebrew.com/
Sunset Saison: 5.5 – It’s an ale aged in Sauvignon Blanc Barrels, and you do get a white wine sort of carbonated aspect pervading this saison. As for the overall tastes it’s okay, but while this makes a nice sort of bubbly beer – we don’t need a bubbly beer.
Price Average: $16
Website: https://www.harpoonbrewery.com/
Wake up the Sun: 6.0 – It is a bit like a sour and there is a long bittersweet like aftertaste. Overall it fits the ideal of a sun shiny beer.
Price Average: $11
Mary of the Gael: 7.5 – It is simply a delicious farmhouse ale. No faults, lots of easy flavors, and a nice balance of spice citrus and hops.
Price Average: $12
Website: https://www.mystic-brewery.com/
Dandelion: 4.5 – The saison backing this is pretty damn good, but if the bottle’s log wasn’t a dead give away – strap in for some flowers. This has that summer floral notes in spades, and because of that – there’s a problem. For most people this is simply not for them, and really meant for a hyper niche group of folks, and we have to judge it as such.
Price Average: $12 for 4-pack
Website: https://www.norwaybrewing.com/
Swift & Changeable: 7.5 – Not perfect, but a very well executed saison. There isn’t a bad mark or thing to say about it really.
Price Average: $14
Website: http://www.honestweightbeer.com/
Life’s a Beach: 6.0 – Sort of hoppy for a saison but the beach style makes this a clear winner in a battle against a summer Corona.
Price Average: $6 draft
Website: https://www.norwaybrewing.com/
Ghost in the Stairs: 6.75 – It’s a French saison its almost like a cleansing mint in there and it’s super refreshing because of it. THe other aspects of the saisonhold up as well.
Price Average: $12 for 4-pack
Website: https://www.norwaybrewing.com/
Crooked Stave Vieille Artisanal Saison: 6.0 – It’s a little on the tart side. The oak aging has done some good things here, and overall it’s a tasty saison.
Price Average: $4
Website: http://www.csartisans.com/