Shakedown Street

From Savannah, Georgia’s Southbound Brewing Co., Shakedown Street is a “dry hopped tart saison”. It comes in loud 12oz cans, contains 5.2% alcohol, and has a cloudy, yellow gold colour with a thick white head.

Shakedown Street has a peppery, yeasty, and slightly perfumed nose. For a saison, the beer is quite mild-tasting, but it has some depth of flavour. It tastes yeasty and dry, with a floral  quality. As a dry hopped ale, I expected a bit more bitterness. There is a decent hops profile, but not an assertive one. 

A fun and playful saison with a bit of subtle flair, Shakedown Street is a pretty decent little beer. It could be hoppier and more aggressive, but I liked the end result pretty well.

Rating: 8.0 out of 10.