3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22 oz bomber purchased at brewery in August 2007. First had this after my son and I climbed Grays Peak 14,270 feet. Needless to say I was very thirsty after that romp. Pours bright yellow and very carbonated with a big white head. Nose of horse blanket, spices, funkiness, nice. Tastes comes through bitter and dry with pepper and spices. Good thirst quencher and well done for an American version of a Belgium farmhouse beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber poured a clear gold with a lasting white head. Aromas of straw, spice, citrus, pineapple and a hint of banana. Palate was light bodied crisp and slightly dry. Flavors of straw, fruitiness, light spice and a hint of carmel with a crisp slightly dry finish.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Had this beer at the All Colorado Beer Fest on 11/10/2007. Aroma is a sweet scent with banana back tones. Color is a hazy yellow/gold with ok carbonation and a thin head. This is good but not great. Its a very Hefe like Saison with a sweet body and banana back tones.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at All Colorado Beer Festival. Pours hazy yellow with a small, fizzy, white head, lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is average malt (grain, hay, straw), average hops (flowers, citrus), average yeast (dough, barnyard, earth) with notes of banana and pear. Light bodied, sticky texture, lively carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
[GABF, Denver Co - 2006]
Golden copper color with a thick creamy head this was a great session beer. I love these types that do not try to kill you will too much alcohol. This was a very good beer.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
golden/copper pour with many rising bubbles. thick creamy white head. banana, yeast, psice and vegetable aroma. very spicy and tart. banana, spicy. balance is all off and this is difficult to drink. nice lacing.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draft: Clear light-orange. Noisy head fizzles into nothing. Uninteresting nose of baked apples, lightly toasted malt, and unripe banana. Very yeasty. Soft and fuzzy carbonation. Sweet and tacky upfront, with honey and toasted malt being the primary flavor. Airy phenols do make an appearance, but any positive influence is minimal. Touch of acidity and honeydew melon increase, but are overrun by the sweetness. Lightly toasted malts dust the palate before finishing overly sweet and uncleanly yeasty with lasting notes of bubblegum. Just another Americanized Saison that’s too sweet, wet, and saturated with yeast.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Head is mostly diminishing.
Body is clear dark yellow.
Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly hoppy (flowers), with light notes of clove, pepper, and lemon zest.
Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter.
Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter.
Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation.
Aroma started things off somewhat promising, despite being pretty light there were some nice fermentation characters in there. But the clear body and nearly unmatched sweetness keeps this in only the most mediocre tier of American renditions.
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