Cigar City Brewing’s Cucumber Saison might have a bottle home in the future. The beer has previously only been available on draft. (Ed. Note: Such a great hot weather beer. Tastes like fresh cucumber.) Summer anyone?
The humble gherkin. Usually we encounter this unassuming green fruit pickled or sliced and flung atop a salad. But the cucumber has so much more to offer us. It is a remarkably refreshing gourd with the power to cool a dry tongue and when just two sliced wheels are placed atop the eyes of a lounging lass in a stock photo ad for a spa the mystical cucumber has the magical ability to justify obscene spa service fees. Truly an amazing botanical gift to the world! We chose to employ the cucumber in a low gravity Saison to create a refreshing seasonal ale redolent with notes of honey, tropical fruit, lemon bitterness and of course cucumber. Brewed as a survival tool for the Florida Summer this cucumber creation features Citra and Sorachi Ace hops. So put some cucumber wheels on your eyes, lean back, relax and enjoy. Ahhhhhh.
Style: Saison (w/ Cucumber)
Availability: 750 ml bottles, Draft
Bottle Arrival: TBA
5% ABV
note: The above is tentative. Subject to change at whim of the brewer, the beer, or the barrel.
The release is tomorrow!