3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft. Pours hazy gold with thin white head; decent retention and good lacing. Aroma is bread and cookie malt, spice, and earthy hops. Flavor is sweet malt, spice, and light citrus hops. Medium/light body, medium carbonation, and low warmth.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap. Pours hazy straw yellow with a small, fizzy white head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is light biscuit and straw malt with black pepper and spicy hops. Flavor is malt dominant with medium hops and bitterness, black pepper and a dry finish. Light body and warmth, medium carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Growler served in a tulip. Hazy golden orange with a medium sized off white head. Ginger, spice, yeast and lemon citrus aromas. Fluffy, light sweet flavor. Light body, bubbly carbonation, light yeasty texture, and a dry finish. A well made saison.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Hazy Golden-Orange pour with big glistening white head. Nose is spicey-pepper or ginger. Lots of fruity yeast notes, slight citrus, light bodied. active carbonation. quick bitter finish. An average saison. Agree with other rater that it is almost more of a wit.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at Toad in the Hole. Cloudy orange with medium melting head. Pepper, overripe fruit, and a squidge of sulfur. Tasty, beery, and coherent with soft sweet malts, light Belgian esters, and pleasant phenolics. Fairly dextrinous and low carbonation for style; a little yeast bite is welcomed to go away. I taste this as if it was a witbier and criticisms ease!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Monks Kettle. Pours golden with a pretty white head and a fruity aroma. There is a slightly sour fruity flavor with a heavy yeast presence.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Nice golden with a creamy white head. Sweet Ginger corriander and citrus aroma and taste with an almost sage like presence. Very good.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On Tap: Pours a clear golden with a minimal white head. Fruity pear/peach and ginger aroma. Nice yeasty flavor with a slightly sweet fruity ginger finish. Medium body.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at the 16th Annual California Brewers Festival. Pours hazy gold with a large foamy off-white head. Mild barnyard and pepper aromas. Same for flavor, except lots of pepper. Finishes dry, bitter and perhaps funky. Very nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draft at Pete’s Brass Rail & Carwash in San Ramon, this was a nicely done saison. Some spiciness & fruitiness made this a good beer
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