Sunlight Park Saison - Left Field Brewery

chris_schryer · Post by **chris_schryer** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:07 pm

Hey guys. Mark and Mandie have this as their summer offering, and it's a beauty. Grapefruit is there but not dominant, the saison could easily stand on it's own. Just lovely. Here's my full review:
http://www.torontobeerblog.com/beer-rev ... d-brewery/
Get it at OCB Week events.

liamt07 · Post by **liamt07** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 4:49 pm

Less of a saison, and more of a wheat ale. I thought it was pretty wheat heavy. Good beer, but it doesn't rank too high in terms of "saisons" for me.

groulxsome · Post by **groulxsome** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:34 pm

I'm picky about saisons and this really didn't do it for me. I really love the dry Dupont-style saison and not the more wheat infused style that starts to bridge into a Witbier (most Quebec takes on the style tend to this).

I had a pint at Bar Hop and I thought it was fine for the current line up of Ontario Saisons, but so far from what I expect from the style to be a little bothersome. It could stand to be more dry, more bready, and more rich in classic hop-derived spices rather than the more novel grapefruit juice approach. It's a great style, can't we just have a clean, not peppercorn or spice or lemon/raspberry/everything and whatever else, adulterated version from Ontario?

I wouldn't order it again as a saison. As a grapefruit wit, maybe. But as a saison, it's pretty far from what I love about the style. (I really like the brewery otherwise, and their approach, just a picky guy for my favourite beer style.)

#saisonsnob #nowheat #styriangoldingsonly #nospices #nopeel

atomeyes · Post by **atomeyes** » Sun Jun 15, 2014 9:38 pm

groulxsome wrote:I'm picky about saisons and this really didn't do it for me. I really love the dry Dupont-style saison and not the more wheat infused style that starts to bridge into a Witbier (most Quebec takes on the style tend to this).

I had a pint at Bar Hop and I thought it was fine for the current line up of Ontario Saisons, but so far from what I expect from the style to be a little bothersome. It could stand to be more dry, more bready, and more rich in classic hop-derived spices rather than the more novel grapefruit juice approach. It's a great style, can't we just have a clean, not peppercorn or spice or lemon/raspberry/everything and whatever else, adulterated version from Ontario?

I wouldn't order it again as a saison. As a grapefruit wit, maybe. But as a saison, it's pretty far from what I love about the style. (I really like the brewery otherwise, and their approach, just a picky guy for my favourite beer style.)

#saisonsnob #nowheat #styriangoldingsonly #nospices #nopeel

ditto.
not bad, but not great.
better than Nickelbrook's mess. but where's my dry, grassy or peppery saison?
crisp is the key for saisons.

El Pinguino · Post by **El Pinguino** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:04 am

This was very lightly spiced and refreshing, agreed not a typical saison - very subdued. I enjoyed it as a fine beer to drink during a hot summer day.