Cisco Island Reserve Saison Farm House Ale

Brewed by Cisco Brewers
Style: Saison
Nantucket, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Tulip

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Pours hazy gold into a tulip. Bright white head with good retention recedes to coat surface. Sour citrus and oaky rye aromas. Sour pumpernickel upfront turning to lemon in the lasting finish. Age may help.

Location: 750 ml bottle from Buy Rite, 4/20/12

Aroma: The nose has notes of peach, lemon, pepper, other spice, and a little brett
Appearance: This one pours a cloudy bright orange color with a white head and light lace
Flavor: The flavor is decently balanced between the fruity sweetness, spice, and the tart/sour yeast
Palate: The body of this one light-medium, it has lively carbonation, and a dry, tingly, acidic/tart finish
Overall Impression: This is a pretty interesting Saison. I thought they did a nice job with this one. All of the various components seem to work pretty well together, and it drinks pretty nicely. The tartness really comes out as it warms.

The pour is a cloudy golden color with a large white head. A pretty nice aroma. Lemon is prominent, good citrus peel to it with a touch of yeast and some white pepper. Quite a bit of bready malt and a little bit of straw. The flavor is lightly tart with some big time lemon and green apple. There’s a really strong barnyard character to it as well. Heavy on the yeast, too.

750ml bottle in a tulip. Pours golden/copper with a lacy, off-white head. Aroma of caramel malts, light fruit, some spiciness, and a little sourness. Flavor about the same. Pretty interesting. Average texture. Not a bad beer, but it’d be hard to drink a lot of this.

750ml bottle. thanks to lushawn for sending me a beer that’s available to me locally. ass.... pours a mostly non-transparent earthy orange brown hue and topped with a considerable milky white head... aroma is a bit phenolic with a degree of a minerally antiseptic nature, a little minty almost with added spice, followed up by some grassy notes. an airy type of earthiness also surfaces with the aforementioned. a bit lacking in cohesiveness it seems overall... flavors add a modicum and mild degree of tartness that continues to grow as the beer warrms. previous notes pair alongside soft grains and mild grass but are definitely more subtle in nature. mouthfeel is light and fluffy. carbonation is fairly lively and active. finishes on a lightly dry and fluffy edge.

Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity spicy floral yeasty citrus aroma. Fruity spicy yeasty floral citrus flavor. has a sweetish malty spicy yeasty citrus finish.

22-MAR-2012, bottle @Papsø. Golden/orange. Sour spicy, yeasty nose. Extreme taste with citric and yeasty elements - cardamom. Like "citronsodavand". Funny.

Bottle 750ml.

Hazy medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate fruity, spicy, peach, coriander. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet, light to moderate acidic and moderate bitter with a long duration, fruity, peach - apricot. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120322]

Bottle at Papsø. Hazy amber coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma of cardamom, citrus and hops. Fruity and light acidic flavour of citrus and cardamom. Fruity finish.

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is spiced, ginger and herbal. Citric, light peppery and soapy citric ginger. Smooth citric and refreshing into a dry and slight citric finish.

Bottled. An unclear golden beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of fruits, spices, lemons, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of brettanomyces, lemons, straw, and bread, leading to a tart lemony finish. The body is light.