Advanced Cicerone - Beer Styles Practice Exam 2026 - Free Beer Styles Practice Questions and Study Guide

The clue is pointing to a Belgian farmhouse ale that’s bright, dry, and highly attenuated. A saison is brewed to be refreshing in summer, finishing fairly dry and with a lighter to medium body. Its aroma typically blends fruity esters (things like citrusy, pear-like, or peachy notes) with a spicy, peppery character from the yeast, and an earthy, grainy undertone from the rustic fermentation. The yellow to orange hue described fits many saisons, and the overall impression—refreshing, complex fruit-spice aroma, plus earthy notes—is quintessential for this style.

Geuze tends to lean sour and funky because it’s a blend of old and young lambics, so sourness and funk dominate rather than a pronounced fruit-spice aroma. Oud Bruin is a darker, malt-forward, often sour beer, so the color and profile don’t match. Berliner Weisse is German, pale and tart with a light body, and while it can be refreshing, it doesn’t carry the Belgian farmhouse yeast-driven fruit-spice complexity that defines a saison.