Lucid Summertide.
Cloudy, pale golden coloring, slim, white head, settles to a taut ring.
Belgian yeast funks it forward in the aroma, wheat detected, too, and then citrus and spice. Nice enough.
Taste: soft, mellow, smooth…to a point. There's something off, here, something from the yeast, perhaps, that just throws the flavor in an unpleasant way. Further in, …not that unpleasant, just off. Okay, another couple sips, and it's unpleasantly off, again.
Let's look at the label, for fun: " Lucid Summertide Saison Ale, 5.5% Alc./Vol., The unique yeast in Summertide gives this beer a fruity, peppery aroma and flavor with notes of banana, bubblegum, and cloves. No spices were added to this beer! Smooth and balanced this Belgian-style beer is perfect for the season." Brewed and bottled by Lucid Brewing, Minnetonka, MN."
Isn't banana and clove mainly a hefe wizen thing? I can't remember getting much banana from a true saison. And bubblegum? Always with the bubblegum! Fruit and pepper, yeah, I'll give it that. This ought to be leaner, crisper, and brighter. Instead it's rather dank, dense, and murky. Not what I look for in a summer saison.
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