2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20
Brown amber color with a medium sized, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted coffee, spices, and some banana. Taste of coffee, some cocoa, spices, vanilla, banana, and a semi-sweet finish.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
On tap at Bullfrog last weekend. Reviewed from notes.
Pours a fairly-dark brown color with a thin light tan head and not much in the way of retention or lacing. The nose brings forward quite a bit of coffee plus some odd Belgian yeast character. It sounded like it could be an interesting combination, but the coffee overpowers the saison yeast rather than complement it, so the finished product ends up being more like a coffee beer that has some strange Belgian character to it. Flavor is a bit more odd. Body is medium with decent carbonation. A bit strange in the finish as well. Overall, I just wasn’t a big fan of this one.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Date: September 16, 2011
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting
Appearance: hazy amber, wispy beige head, streaks of lace
Aroma: big roasted coffee aroma, light spicyness
Flavor: sweet and spicy flavor, lots of coffee
Overall: an interesting concept but not a good marriage of flavors
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: ** /4
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
growler fill from bullfrog - Burnt copper colored pour, aroma is coffee roast, with light barnyard notes and cheese. Yeasty notes with chocolate and coffee. Dark toasty malts. Smooth bodied with some fruity notes. Earthy with light tart note and more funk on the finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pint at the brewpub. Hot summer afternoon on the way back to NY and this was delicious! Taste of coffee in a murky light brown saison. Little touch of vanilla.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Alright, coffee saison. It really works, light saison strain. Good coffee roasted flavors. Bitter long finish with some coffee
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Capones, pours a very deep and murky cranberry color. Aroma is filled with so much coffee its hard to pick up anything else. Maybe some clove, dark cherry or other spices in there as well as a little yeasty sour saison aroma. Taste is if you took a pretzel and soaked it in colombian blend coffee, sour cherries, wood, cinnamon. Finishes gentle and tasty. Weirdest saison I have had to date but a pretty good one.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Growler courtesy of Kramer in the campground at BCTC Saturday, starting the day off right. Pours a clear light brown with a thin white head. Coffee, light jalapeno notes, light fruit. Sweet coffee, roast and toast, chocolate and vanilla. Light coffee finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draft at Capones. Pours a deep dark ruby red amber with a medium sized white head. Aroma of light coffee, dark fruit notes, light spice and earth. Taste is much the same as the aroma.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured amber wirh white head. Aroma is coffee and spiceyness. Taste is cffee bitters with a sweet caramel finish. Veey interesting for a saison. I enjoy coffee and enjoyed this.
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