Clipper City Heavy Seas Red Sky At Night

Brewed by Clipper City Brewing Co.
Style: Saison
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Total Wine. Mild aroma of Belgian yeast, hops and fruit. Flavor is pretty good for an American attempt at a saison. Not up to the level of a Du Pont, but tasty, enjoyable, and extremely drinkable. Notes of Belgian yeast, candy sugar, spicy hops, and a great alcohol hit buried inside. Really nice on a hot Florida day. Excellent.

(12 oz bottle) pours light orange. yeast is the dominant aroma and flavor. mild bitter. could taste some spice and orange on the tail end. well balanced flavor. the yeast isn’t pungent and doesn’t overwhlem the other flavors. doesn’t really hit that siason flavor though.

Bottle. Very yeasty aroma is sweet and spicy with some grain. Malty with Hefeweizen notes. Cloud yellow-golden pour with a short white head. Taste is all about the spice; light fruitiness and a thick sheen of yeast, lemon and apple with faint acidity. Vague angular sourness, but it doesn’t contribute much. Fullish body with a spicy, lightly warmed aftertaste. Faint candis in the bg. Somewhat disappointing - doesn’t really work as a Saison, and as a beer in general, is somewhere along the lines of a slightly-more-flavorful (but still generic) golden ale.

Mild for a saison, sweet fruityness. Not as carbinated as i would have liked. Could have been a little more fruity.

Pours with a nice small white head. Golden colored with a fruitiness in the nose. Lacks some of the punch of the european farmhouse ales, but a nice attempt at the style. A little bit of spice in the flavor with the fruit and a very clean finish.

Clear, golden amber appearance with an average size head and very good lacing. Yeasty aroma, spicy, sweet malts, fruity. Moderately hopped taste with a lot of residual sweetness and threaded with fruity esters and spices. Smooth, medium-bodied, decently carbonated mouthfeel with a herbal finish that is a little drier than at the start.

Had it on tap at Boulevard Woodgrill in Arlington, Virginia. It was a clear, pale, golden yellow with a white head and some lacing. The aroma is banana, clove, yeast, and tropical fruit. The flavor is spicy and very fruity. The alcohol is petty well hidden in this. I really enjoyed it - great summer brew.

Rerate; poured a gold color. Aroma was nice with some musty elements and some good banana/yeast; some sugar and fruit. I like the flavor more than most of the raters; probably due to the heavy wheat/weizen elements. Not a "true" version of the style in my opinion, but more of a hybrid. Right amount of must and spice and bitterness. Surprisingly better the second time. 3.4 to 3.6. Bottle; poured a gold with not much white head. Aroma of banana/yeast, spice and possibly some fruit. Alot of carbonation in the mouthfeel; pretty light body. Flavor was refreshing, if not great. Flavor was slightly sweet, with some banana and spice. Flavor was a little muted. For the style, I liked it more than most.