 BlueDevil0206 (122), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Jul 4, 2005
750 mL bottle. Pours a surprising dark, but light penetrable, black color with a small off white, short lived head. Also effervescent looking pour with pleasent lacing. Aroma is malty/bready with a musty sourness looming. Fruity esters of banana, citrus and pears present in the aroma along with some moderate roasted chocolate notes. Flavor was Bretty sour with some upfront sweetness. Roasted barley and chocolate to complement and mild spicy and earthy hops. Esters playing a larger role than in the aroma with big banana notes along with some more citrus, apple, pear and raison. With everything going in this beer, everything is in balance and complements one another. Finishes bone dry and slightly astringent with the high carbonation level of most saisons. Interesting and complex beer.
Dedoulequeen07 (116), london, Greater London, England
Oct 7, 2008 Bottle Chris O’s. Caramel dark malts some sourish tones but nothing to overpowering. Flavour is brown sugar, fruity with slight funky wet dog character. Quite like a porter.
santoslhalper (205), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 3, 2008 Thanks to dpjuart for sharing! Dark brown with a nice tan head. Smells sweet, funky, grainy and gristy, with molasses and soy sauce. Strange taste. Chocolate, molasses, sweet cherry, plums, oranges. Craziness. Super complex with a lot of funk, but not all mixes well. And what is this brown crap around the rim of the bottle?
fonefan (4888), Ulfborg, Denmark
Oct 2, 2008 Bottle 75cl. @ chris_o’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008.
Clear dark brown color with a huge, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is caramel, chocolate, sour berry, raisin, prunes, wet dog notes, some very nice and delicate sournesss. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, moderate acidc and bitter, sour with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. (020808)
dpjuart (572), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 1, 2008 9/13/08 - 750 bottle shared with Exec Board. Pours black with fizzy/foamy khaki head. Nose is like a sweet stout, lactic and caramel. Tatse is roast and chocolate with lingering sour, lactic and oddly sweet chocolate taste with odd citrus/lemony after. Weird taste. Mildly sour/citric, roast and lots of chocolate. This bottle opened with a ton of gunk under the cap. Um, interesting.
Nate (2256), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 21, 2008 Courtesy of dpjuart. This was a nasty looking bottle with gunk all over the cap and some blocked sewage pipe rusty crud in the neck after opening. Funky yeast sulfur aroma that lasted for quite a while - different people had different aromas around the table depending on when they poured the beer. Quite a lot of chocolate and mild alcohol once the nasty aroma fizzled away. Light body with heavy carbonation. Dark brown, a bit cloudy and a thin tan head. Watery tart start, with a bit of chocolate. Not what I’d call a typical saison, and I don’t think it aged that well. Not a fan of this one.
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