3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at a local. Pours a thin white short duration head with a bit of lacing, over a slightly hazy, dark yellow (SRM 4) body....nose is spice including hints of clove, pepper, coriander, allspice, clove.....taste is light malts, biscuit, ending with spices which include allspice, slight clove, coriander and a hint of sweetness...mouth feel medium, carbonation high. Let this warm for fullest aroma and flavor. This is a fairly typical Saison, meeting the style quite nicely. It has malt, yeast characteristics that are quite nice. BJCP 7/3/13/4/7
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Draught) Pours a lightly hazy yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of pepper, herbs, florals, grain, and grass. Flavor of pepper, grass, herbs, caramel, and citrus.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pour on tap in Foco at Mayor of Old Town, pour is hazy orange with white head. Aroma brought notes of biscuit, pepper, hints of fruity esters, slight other peppery spices, touch of earthy notes in there as well with grass in there. Taste is a mix of caramel, biscuit, some slight pepper, fruity esters and earthy grass, finishes fairly dry and slightly sweet, the fruit comes out fairly well. Fairly nice!
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap. Pours with a clear golden body and a small white head. Aromas are very spicy, lots of phenols, fruity, lavender. A bit wit like (coriander), grainy and a touch grassy. Flavors are quite bitter, fruity, melon, juicy, herbal, lavender and jasmine like. Medium bubbles, dry.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap @ The Mayor Foco. Hazy, golden appearance with a fluffy white head. Black peppery, spicy yeasty, lemon-orange citrusy aroma. Bready, spicy, property yeasty, orange citrusy, coriander, dry, belgian golden ale flavor with a dry, almost vinous finish.. Not bad!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft @ taproom. Warm dark gold. Aroma is spicy, herbal, and weird with some tang and coriander seeds. Flavors are mellow white pepper, not black as expected. Soft palate. Nice yeast character. Malts add good body and sweetness
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids. Pours hazy pale gold with a medium, fizzy white head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is straw and meal malt, citrus notes and black pepper. Flavor is malt dominant, Belgian farmhouse yeast, pepper, citrus, and lightly sweet then dry finish. Light body, low warmth, and medium carbonation.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Straw. Big perfumey yeast character. Slightly spicy, floral and a bit sticky. Doesn’t come together particularly well.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
On tap during 2011 Great COntenders. Hazy light gold. Aroma had funky barnyard aroma with some herbal spicy tone. Bright funky flavor of peppercorn, yeast, pale malt, and general saison spice. A little too average I guess.
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