3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a transparent bright copper orange with a nicely-lacing frothy white head. Aroma of grassy earthy hops and sweet pale biscuity malt. Body starts fairly true to style with a nice, carbonated sweetness, a touch of lemongrass and decent complexity and earthy balance. A nice saison.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Huge, just off-white head, slightly irregular; fully hazy yellow beer with orange shine. Spicey farmyard odours, doubtless including coriander, but also more fragile perfumes. Citrussy, exotic fruit, yeast esters. Overly spiced-perfumed taste, sweet-sour, quite citrussy; yeast-laden, bit of human sweat, bananaester, proteins. Medium bodied, but the acid, and the very high carbonation make it appear way more light. Too perfumed for my taste. Perfumed saison - for the merry boys on the fields?
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
My Bottom Line:
The blossoming herbal wilderness and milky coriander spiciness of this perfumy Belgian-style Ale captivate the tastebuds, especially as they are able to join the bready cereals in forming a cushiony realm.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam covers the cloudy white.
-Is there thyme in here? Maybe rosemary? The complex spiciness sure is intriguing.
-A touch of brettanomyces is perceived amongst the tree bark allusions.
-The soft carbonation helps the mouthfeel.
-The flavor spectrum is wide and it amazingly works.
Bottle.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
750ml bottle (OPP, HBF2010)
6 Initialy wheaty, touch banana, but also white pepper
2 Very pale, hazy, witlike
6 Simple tasty saison, safe, few quirks, no USPs. However, there is some clove and white pepper
3 Finish does have traces of hop, and more spice
11 Not a phantom, but aspiring. Next one maybe.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
6th June 2009
Hazy amber beer. Soft palate. Light creamy malt with a soft orange tone. A pretty simple saison but goes well with some grub!
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber of smooth drinking Belgian, neither too sweet nor bitter. Pours thick foamy orangy off-white head and orangey-white body. Above-average creamy mouthfeel. Mild yeast understated spicy aroma. At the 5.5% stated on the bottle, most drinkable
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Blind rating. Pours hazy yellow straw with a foamy white head, very sticky head. Peppery, fresh herbal hops, some citrus notes, malt (meal, cereal). Medium bitterness and acidity, sweet maltiness and yeast flavors, clean finish, some sour citrus notes. Medium and creamy body, lightly fizzy palate, overall very good mouthfeel.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Hazy yellow colour with a big white head. Sweet light acid citrus aroma and a sweet light sour citrus taste. Medium body with a light dry finish.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours golden and hazy with a white head. Smells yeasty with some nice fruity elements. Tastes citrussy with a very nice spiciness.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Definitely one of the fruitier saisons I’ve had. Hazy gold pour with 2-finger off-white head. A lot of Bartlett pear, melon, apple, apricot, hopcitrus, and a big black pepper taste and smell, with a smooth, complex finish. Methinks this one is very underrated.
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