3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: APR 10, 2010 Bottle.
Pours a light yellow with a beautiful white head. Nice grassy saison aroma with a hint of apple. Flavor is gently tangy, restrained grassiness, lemon, pineapple juice (Amarillo?). Very much in the Dupont vein, but without quite the level of funkiness there. Nice to have US breweries producing such a classical saison. It could not be more drinkable.
Revisit 4/10/10. All of the above, definitely a peppery thing going on. Very sad that this one is retired. I wonder how it will age....
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Gold pour with a 2 finger thick white head. Dusty lemon, apple, citrus, and pepper aroma. Finishes fairly dry. Quite refreshing brew. Nicely carbonated. Definitely a solid saison for a North American beer and true to style. Two thumbs up!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a super hazy pils yellow with a humongous white head that is slow to dissipate. Aroma is of clean spices/phenols, belgian yeast, and some hints of apple/pear. Taste is extremely clean and well balanced. Extremely refreshing. Very reminiscent of Saison DuPont (but cleaner). A very solid offering, and I wish it were distributed here.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Rocky foam head diminishes quickly to a skim. Nice golden straw color. Coriander and some lite peppery spice notes make my mouth salivate in anticipation. First sip: Oops!, wrong hops. This one’s American all the way. Medium body is pleasing on the palate with some carbonation. Some weedy citrus notes as I try to draw the taste out to some length. It’s certainly decent , but where the Red Barn nailed the style, this still shouts ’copy’. I certainly hope to get to try the Saison Brett.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
My first Saison...which was not bad. Aroma has some notes of lemon, earth, yeast and malt. Flavor is malty, with notes of citrus, yeast and spice. Not bad.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: Rich golden pour with a large, creamy white head. Nose is very dry... Floral and earthy tones. Tastes dry and floral too with more earthy notes, floral hops, and a light malt character. Light amount of Belgian spices, namely cloves. Citrus and straw. Fun. Thanks Ditmier.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Color is a hazy yellow gold with good carbonation and a tall loose head. Aroma is a sour scent of corn and citrus. Taste is spicy and bitter. Starting bold light body it goes down creamy with a crisp spicy feel on the end. Finish is spicy with some lemon and a faint hint of yeast that show a little banana then a bold bitterness. After taste is a lingering of the citrus and bitterness. I like it, there’s a lot more to it then most Saisons.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
2008 Bottle, thanks mreusch!- Pours golden with a large off white head...aroma is belgian yeast, citrus...heavy carbonation, flavour is spicy and biscuit like, a little citric bitterness on the back end...very tasty, but not like any saison i’ve had previously...
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