This saison from the Waterford brewery, Metalman, is spiced with sage and white pepper to give it an extra savory spicy kick. It pours a clear gold color with a fluffy 1 finger white head out of the can. The aroma on this beer is very intense and diverse. Immediately you get the sage along with a slight sweetness, some peppery spice, and even a little white grapey. The flavor follows similarly, but has a little less depth as the sage takes over in dominant fashion. It has a very herbal, spicy flavor with just a hint of grainy maltiness. It has a nice mouthfeel which isn't cloying, but has enough body to hold up with the heavy spicing.
Overall, this beer is very savory, almost like you accidentally spilled some kitchen spices in your beer, and by the end, it is a bit overwhelming and you are very ready for it to be over. Essentially it is spiced way to heavily for my taste, but I am a believer that any spices should be there but not in the foreground. If you want a beer that really tastes like sage then give this one a try, but if you are looking for just a hint of sage on a nice saison, maybe look somewhere else. An interesting concept, but just taken too far.
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