[pete b]

Too bad Pretty Things is closing down.

I did not know this!

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nor did I! I wonder if whistle blowing on pay to play in Boston got them blacklisted.

[JJeffers09]

I'm not particularly dazzled by most of the saisons I've been tasting.

I agree, Pete. While I think Tank 7 is a pretty good beer, it doesn't stand up next to the saisons I've had from Belgium. It's a good, drinkable beer IMO. The thing I find funny is that saison is the new style du jour right now, but many of them that I've had aren't actually made with a saison strain. Can't count how many brewpub and even bottled American versions I've tried that seem to made with 3787 and finish mildly sweet - pretty annoying and innacurate. Whatever.

So I think for being American Tank 7 is good,  now by no means comparing Belgian to American versions, that would be a waste of time IMO,  BUT I still think it is a damn good beer.

[HoosierBrew]

I'm not particularly dazzled by most of the saisons I've been tasting.

I agree, Pete. While I think Tank 7 is a pretty good beer, it doesn't stand up next to the saisons I've had from Belgium. It's a good, drinkable beer IMO. The thing I find funny is that saison is the new style du jour right now, but many of them that I've had aren't actually made with a saison strain. Can't count how many brewpub and even bottled American versions I've tried that seem to made with 3787 and finish mildly sweet - pretty annoying and innacurate. Whatever.

So I think for being American Tank 7 is good,  now by no means comparing Belgian to American versions, that would be a waste of time IMO,  BUT I still think it is a damn good beer.

Don't get me wrong - I buy it and like it. It's easy to find and tasty.

[mchrispen]

Too bad Pretty Things is closing down.

what?... I have a saison from the swap from Pretty Things. That is sad.

I actually like Tank 7 given it is at least reasonably dry and spicy. Seems like a hard thing for a commercial brewery to really dial in here in the states given the love of fairly clean ale yeasts. Especially if they are being told to ferment at outlandish temps like many homebrew saisons seem to be heading.

[curtism1234]

I actually like Tank 7 given it is at least reasonably dry and spicy.

And 8 1/2% 

[dilluh98]

I'm not particularly dazzled by most of the saisons I've been tasting.

I agree, Pete. While I think Tank 7 is a pretty good beer, it doesn't stand up next to the saisons I've had from Belgium. It's a good, drinkable beer IMO. The thing I find funny is that saison is the new style du jour right now, but many of them that I've had aren't actually made with a saison strain. Can't count how many brewpub and even bottled American versions I've tried that seem to made with 3787 and finish mildly sweet - pretty annoying and innacurate. Whatever.

Agreed. The local Belgian-style brewery here does a saison and I always thought it was pretty far off style. I asked the head brewer what yeast they were using and he said they use a mix of saison and wit yeast. Now I know why it's off.

[ethinson]

I had a bottle of this on Super Bowl sunday and I'll have to try it again.  By itself it was pretty good, decent saison, I liked it, my wife hated it, which is usually key to a good Belgian-style, although it did not at all pair well with what I was eating that day.  Saison and nacho cheese apparently don't mix.  I laugh sometimes with food and beer pairing but this was a bad bad pairing.. a lot of fatty greasy food with a light spicy beer.. didn't work at all. 

I'd be willing to try it again on it's own.  Disappointed but it wasn't the beer's fault, it was mine.