2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
750mL at RBSG 2011 in Philly. The nose on this is fried mozzarella sticks and cheddar cheese. Taste is headache inducing with old candies, orange pancake syrup, old sickly sweetness. Gross.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A: The pour is a clear golden yellow/straw color with plenty of white head and a high level of carbonation.
S: Starts off slightly cidery. There’s a lot of lemon and lemon zest along with grass and wet oak. There’s a distinct honey aroma which is slightly sweet and quite floral. A little bit of white pepper and yeast.
T: Many of the same components exist on the tongue as well. Grass and floral notes with a mild sweetness of honey. Oak, yeast, and earthy tones give a nice complexity. Lightly bitter with more bread and malt flavor than expected.
M: Medium in body with a fairly high level of carbonation.
O: Wasn’t too sure about this one from the nose, but the flavor was good and I enjoyed it.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750ml bottle. Rating #63. Dark gold pour with a bubbly white head. Light fruit aroma, a touch of funk. Nice light flavor, more light fruit, nice beer. (1549)
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A: Champagne-pear colored body is covered with a massive white fluffy head. Recedes fairly quickly, before forming a thin skim. Slight lacing on the glass.
S: Apples, pears, orange-honey, grass, slight pepper notes, and some funky belgian yeast.
T: Slightly sweeter and less funky than I was expecting. Might just be a tad too much honey, over powering the barnyard funk, apples and pears. Not bad though, subtle flavoring.
M: Light-medium bodied with good carbonation and a clean finish. Not as dry as I’d prefer.
D: All-around, this is an interesting and tasty saison. The honey is a nice touch, but is perhaps a bit too overpowering as the beverage warms.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled 8/7/08 and consumed on 1/19/10 (nearly 1.5 years later).
Appearance: Pours an attractive hazy yellow orange...almost bordering copper. The head is butter cream in color and massive. The retention is very good as is the lace.
Smell: Not much going on in this department. Traces of apricots, peaches, and honey.
Taste: Still lots of honey, citrus, and malt but the yeast is really doing nothing for me here. Much more brett present in a fresh on tap sampling I had last year.
Mouthfeel: The bottle conditioned version is holding up nicely in this department. Carbonation is still nice and present providing a bit of crispness to go along with the massive creamy crown.
Drinkability: Easy drinker.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 01-19-2010
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
claasic corked bullfrog 750 ml....a great saison. poured a hazy yellow, lots of head. I don’t get as much brett as i would like, but this is a very good saison. I will seek out again.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, thanks to bu11zeye. Pours a murky yellow with fizzy white head. Aroma of light lemon and light honey. Flavor is very tasty, some citrus, light malt and light honey with some fruitiness. Mouth feel is light to medium body with fizzy carbonation. Overall, some tasty stuff!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
finally get to try this thanks to bu11zeye (the one and only). poured hazy yellow with a white head. aroma was lemon, grain, and wet diaper. flavor was lemon, some funkyness, and oak???. light body with high carbonation. i am so confused.
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