3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20Tap at brewpub june 2012-pours clear bright orange with a small white head. nose is spicy bright fruits. flavors are all spice and lite citrus. hmm, not really my type of saison here-mostly uses spice instead of wild/funky yeast. flavors are tart fruits and some belgian yeast qualities. decent not great though. wish it had more yeast quality.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Wine and cheese place. Nice cherry aroma mixed with a bit of yeast and yeasty spice. The flavor is mostly cherry, but it’s a dry, fermented cherry flavor. Not exactly tart cherry - just not very sweet cherry. Then the saison flavors come into play. Yeasty spice, pepper, lemon rind. I wasn’t sure about this one but did enjoy it thoroughly.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From Growler. Golden amber pour with a smaller sized off white head. Pinkish tinge. Citrus, vanilla, with also a lighter funkiness. Some bready and grassiness too.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap. Comes orange/gold with a small biege head. Aroma of malt, fruit, spice, and yeast. Taste is citrus, cherries, yeast, malt, spices, and grass. Decent.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours golden hazy peach color aroma is spicy belgian yeast, dough, vanilla, and cherries really nice saison !
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
It poured a golden orange color with a small white head. The aroma was of light cherry with a little yeast and malt. The taste was of hay, fresh grass and some cherry and vanilla. OK.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled at GonzoIllini’s Birthday Party (Western Springs, IL). Happy Birthday, Tony! Pours a richer glowing yellow orange hue, mellow haze, frothy whitish head atop that laces mellow. Aromas are dry funk and yeasty gentle spice. Some gentle lemon, pear, and crab apple. Touch of cobwebs, some touches of orange, yogurt and tart cherries. Initial offers gentle dryness, touch of tart fruit, lemons and straw. Gentle sweetness, apple, pear, touches of citrus. Some gentle spritzy carbonation, funky dryness, fruit elements, dry gentle spice. Middle shows gentle fruit, dry mellow sweetness, soft grains, and a kiss of cherry. Lingering gentle yeast, hops, spice into the back. Mellow yet inviting flavors. Solid. Different than expected
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at 4 Hands. This was opaque and a bit red pink. The nose was fruity with sone cherry. Cherry was also tasted but was subtle. Other fruit flavors including passion and citrus. A bit of a citrus hop bite at the finish. Not really much yeast or barnyard effects. It is not really to style but is tasty.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sampled at Midwest Belgian Beer Fest. Malty, spicy flavors. I didn’t get much cherry in the flavor or aroma. Overall, I thought it was a little bland.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Local Harvest Café, served in a shaker glass. Paired with a toasted everything bagel and herbed goat-cheese for a heavenly late breakfast. It poured a slightly hazy, light pinkish-orange color with small off-white head and Belgian lace. It had that exquisite earthy, wild, coarse fermented aroma of the best saisons: rising bread dough, fresh husky grains, maybe some marshmallowy pilsner malt and mild wheat, as well as some flowery hops and tart cherries, subdued spicy Belgian yeast phenols: black pepper, clove, bubble-gum. Flavors of white bread, crusts, crackers, slight citrus tang and cherry/plum-skin sourness, perfect balance of bitter and sweet, well-attenuated and "digestive" like a real Belgian. Some raters felt tricked by the prunus name, perhaps expecting something much more cherry-flavored, but I loved it the way it was, reminiscent of a slightly fruitier Belgian wit. Light body with a crisp, dry finish. The smooth but complex flavors, yeast characteristics, and spritzy carbonation gave an overall impression of freshness and life-energy. Delicious, a near-perfect beer. I could drink a lot of these in one sitting, especially during this heat wave.
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