I meant to post this review last night, but this is a saison with sweet orange peel, rose hips, and El Dorado hops, brewed for Trader Joe's 50th anniversary. Honestly, it raised red flags - a 'saison' brewed by a brewery known for mostly hoppy beers, with orange peel, rose hips (which have to be used in tiny amounts to keep me from spitting it out), and El Dorado hops which aren't my favorite and easily dominate. A recipe for $5.99 down the drain.
But it's a surprisingly good beer. First off, amazingly enough, it actually uses a saison strain , a huge pet peeve for American beers labeled as saison that.....aren't. 3711 by my estimation. It's very well attenuated, another frequent pet peeve. Thankfully, the orange peel is subtle and the rose hips as well, thankfully so (worried me considerably). And the El Dorado are far from up front - definitely no IPA/saison. I really like it and will buy more. Don't get me wrong - it won't overtake Dupont any time soon, but it's an actual legit American saison at a nice price point.