I was a bit hesitant to buy this beer. Lately, Stone beers have been all Seahawk defense aggression which is not where my palate is right now. Secondly, the story behind the beer is sad and I didn’t want them to make a bad beer in the memory of one of their brewers.
Thankfully, this was a really well balanced and restrained beer. I enjoyed it from the first sip to the last. The underlying saison was still there in it’s Belgian glory and was nicely accented by the cherry wood smoke on one side and the darker malts on the other. The kicker was the higher ABV which also really worked here
I would love to see more saisons and fizzy yellow beers from these guys ’cause they can knock it out of the park when not obsessed with over hopping and the hottest peppers on earth.