3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sample @ Brewpub, Capitol Hill
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, dried fruits and yeast. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at brewpub. Pours a hazy orange-yellow with little carbonation. Dry with note of bubble gum, clove, and banana. Floral and dry. Bitter finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a cloudy dark yellow with a thin white head. Aroma is close to homebrew, with some pale malt, yeast and citrus notes. Flavor is kind of like an immature homebrew with that sweet wort dominating - also in the mix is some light fruit, citrus and a sourness in the end that was probably the only interesting thing about this brew. No carbonation to speak of. Meh.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the downtown brewpub. Pours a cloudy light yellow with a thin white head. No lacing or retention. Aroma is a bit skunky pale malt along with cloves, bananas, bubblegum, pineapple. Taste is very similar to a cross between a hefeweizen and abbey tripel: a bit creamy on the palate with lots of wheat, bananas, coriander, nutmeg, cloves, canned pineapple, light candied fruits, white sugar. Watery body and finish. Not a saison in my opinion though: no yeasty, funky notes. Too much like a witbier.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Capitol Hill location: Hazy bright golden with a well-lacing airy white head. Aroma of sweet biscuity Belgian malt with a touch of clove and lemon citrus. Starts with good fullness and semi-sweet wheaty pale maltiness with an authentic blend of clove and citrus spice before a drier crisp finish. A pretty good saison.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
sampled at brewpub. pours a light carbonated very pale yellow/gold with mild head. sour wild yeast aroma. yeast tart anad sour thruought sticking in the aftertaste. dry aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Shirlington location. Slightly dark copper color, with a nice white head. The beer had a decent aroma, with a slightly fruity body. Flavor was well spiced.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
A weak example of the style, poured amber colored with a very small head that didn’t lace well. The aroma was mostly of caramel, not much farmhouse funk in this one. The flavor was built on a backbone of caramel malt and had hardly any peppery spice going on. A forgettable experience, but not terrible.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Small head, but it sticks around. Nice and bubbly. I don’t know why that struck me when I was drinking it, but it did. Nice amber color, but clear, I didn’t see any haze like other folks are writing about. Lingering aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: JUN 26, 2004 (Shirlington 6/25/04) Opaque copper with minimal off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, coriander, some wheat. Taste is medium sweet, with overspiced coriander that overwhelms any other flavors hat might be there. Medium body, lightly sticky. (6/3/4/3/9)
(Downtown 5/14/04) Hazy amber body with medium off-white head. Aroma is mild sweet, yeast, spicy, light lemon. Taste is mild sweet, spicy yeasty, some herbal/floral, lemon, coriander. Finishes herbal and yeasty. Light body with some crispness. (6/4/8/4/15)
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