Ancient Grains Cereal Saison Brew Session

Saison alone - pours half a finger of foam that dissipates quickly with a mahogany color. Aroma is sweet bread pudding with raisins and a slight alcohol aroma. Flavor is sweet raisin with some maple syrup bread pudding in the background, followed by a little bit if alcohol heat, but quickly overtaken by a sweet raisin breath. Body is a bit thin but not terribly watery and then a bit of sharpness from the carbonation. The flavor is great, best I've achieved with a Belgian. I am disappointed with the carbonation, and I feel like this is holding it back. 4 out of 5 due to carbonation issues.

Pineapple version - pours very dark orange with about 1 finger of foam. Aroma is fig and some spicy yeast phenols with a sweet element that is pineapple like. Flavor follows the nose but with a slightly vinegar or vinuous quality that I don't care for. The body is thin with a bit too little carbonation. Overall, this is an okay beer but it's not something that I'd be pleased with at a bar. I'll give it 2 stars.

Mango version - pours little foam so likely undercarbed. Color is on the verge of brown and opaque. Aroma is sweet malt and mango, more sweet malt than mango though. Flavor is a sweet bread pudding with raisins and then mango as a backdrop. Body is fine, a little heavier than I'd expect of a saison but not quite medium. There's some nucleation sharpness but not as much as there should be. The beer overall is pretty much what I hoped for, a malty saison with little more than subtle mango flavor. The base saison is just okay, not really what I wanted, and the lower carbonation is a technical flaw. In the end, I'll go with 4 stars.