3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Kinda cool, this was cracked by Kyle, I lost it and then found the bottle later. I really dug it. A nice nose of intense apple sweetness. The flavor doesn’t match a ice cider (what does?), but is damn good with a burst of sugary sweet apples, light dry earthy yeast and more sugar. Damn nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
The Saint indeed! Pours deep gold with a slight head, aroma is sweet apple and honey. Tastes of balanced sweet and tart fresh apple, with some complex maple syrup and Belgian yeast flavors (fruity esters). This is really good stuff, has the right balance of flavors, highly recommended.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a deep golden/ orange color with almost no head. Nose immediately reminds me of sake. Nose is fruity yet musty and sweet with some woody maple flavors. Thinner mouthfeel. Not bad.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hazy yellow. Looks like a hefe with no head. Stinky aroma. Sweat, gym clothes, etc. The flavor is sweet, then finishes bland. Overall sweet like a lemon lime soda gone flat. It does have a good bitter quality and is easy to drink.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Musty, yeasty, earthy/woody, light apple, and maple aroma. Hazy pale yellow with a ring of white bubbles. Sweet maple, tart apple, earthy yeast flavor. Light body, very slight dry finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared with family at the cabin, NH. Pours very cloudy (end of bottle) orange-yellow with a small, white head. Big fruity nose, hints of apple and alcohol. Big sweet flavor, faintly tangy with a bit of honey on the back of the tongue. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Sweet finish with very moderate warmth, sugary apples, subtle yeasty dryness and musk, light notes of sweet maple syrup. Nice stuff overall.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared with my wife on the train on the way home from seeing Louis CK. Color is a fairly hazed straw gold with a thin white head. Soft musky yeast, maple, Belgian yeast, musk. Medium bodied, sweet, soft yeast. Tart apple, a bit of maple. Long warm alcohol, soft and mellow never hot. Sweet and tasty, nice musk into the finish. This is great, the maple is noticeable, but never overpowering.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From a bottle poured a straw color with almost no head. Sweet cider flavor with a lingering sweet finish.
3.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAR 8, 2013 22 oz bottle. Murky off-yellow, looks a bit like banana juice. No head (but I’m not deducting points). It’s actually very good. More sweet than tart, but not like fruit juice or soda. The apples come through and just faint amounts of Belgian yeast esters and maple. I don’t sense alcohol. Tasty yet still thirst-quenching.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours opaque yellow with yeast sludge at the bottom. Very fizzy. Tastes like apples plus a wheat beer-like yeastiness, some cloves, maybe a little banana. Pretty good.
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