Saison (French for “season”) is a beer style originating from Wallonia, Belgium, originally produced to provide beer to workers during the farming season. Traditional Saison beers are refreshingly dry with notes of fruit and spice. The Saison beer style is defined by the yeast strain. Traditional Saison yeast can ferment larger sugars (through expression by the STA1 gene) and producing fruity esters and phenolic compounds that impart the characteristic pepper and clove flavors. In our best practice, we offer solutions for achieving traditional styles both with and without traditional (Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. diastaticus) strains. ​Explore our Saison Best Practices to learn ​more.