BBNo - 01|07 Saison Nelson Sauvin

I mean the next sentence in the nicest way possible. 01|07 smells more like fancy soap than it does beer. I hate that I have to justify this, but I will.

We, as men, have little regard for things we cannot eat, drink, fix or kill and therefore the world of soap beyond the basics (dove, imperial leather, a brick,) is utterly baffling to us. This is why, whenever we are forced (by a broken shower) to actually take a bath, half of the scented body butters and bath salts will invariably go missing. This is because we will either attempt to eat them or turn the bath itself into some sort of stew, comfortable in the knowledge that we may never drink the stew because the main ingredient is our very own sweat, grime and effluence. That being said, though the body butter with jojoba beans (whatever the hell they are) and guava faces may taste like regurgitated ass, it'll smell good enough to draw us in... In some cases time and time again. In the case of 01|07, I reckon this would be some sort of apple and tropical fruit facial scrub that'd go well on toast or as a substitute for Nesquik.

Luckily this has the added bonus of tasting as good as it smells. It has a much more rounded body than many Saisons but retains a little hoppy zing that really gives you a kick if you fancy chugging it, which will invariably happen because the mouth feel is just the right shade of medium. The speckling is light but it spreads like a forest fire. There's a slight medicinal hint in the background which I don't think I'm entirely weird for liking, mostly because it helps with this kind of beer. It's like the ghost of salt living in the house that fruit built.

Another summer beer due to it's deeply refreshing nature but the rounder body means this beauty can be enjoyed all year round. Definitely worth the money, time and calories if you're on some sort of diet that involves counting them... Another example of something we don't understand.

Food Suggestion: Onion rings. Greasy ones. This beer almost tastes good for you, it really needs levelling out with something awful.

Drink this if you like: Similar mouth feel to the Saison Dupont but tastes more like the Dupont Biolegere. If I made a Saison, I'd settle for being compared to the big daddy of the breed.