 ogglethorp (776), Ohio, USA
May 2, 2008
04 Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown copper color with a decent sized, dense, tan head. Aroma is caramel, sweet fruit, vanilla. FLavor is spicy, like maybe coriander, caramel, sour apple, nutmeg, vanilla, yeast. Palate is medium to full bodied, medium carbonation, finished somewhat earty and dry. Surprsingly very good.
DuffMan (1915), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Aug 16, 2008 Orange brown, chalky, transluscent appearance with an explosive foamy brown head. Incredibly rich spicy malt aroma. Rich malty palate with complex spiciness-- bitter orange, ginger, jasmine flower. Crazy stuff! Really really nice.
tennisjoel (716), Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
Aug 3, 2008 Pour is thick reddish brown and muddy appearance with spacious bubble structure. An uneven head, which is kinda different and cool. Aroma is saison like with some more spices than typical. Flavors are sour apple, perfumy hops, spice, and overall a nice sweet and sour combo. A unique brew for sure. Like a sugary saison, I think it works here. Definitely some belgian influences in this brew. I liked it quite a bit.
douglas88 (708), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Jul 22, 2008 Bottle from Sams in Chicago. Pours a cloudy copper color with a thick and powerful off-white head. A powerful yeast and spice profile in the nose. The taste was mostly a strong dose of spices; orange peel, cinnamon, and nutmeg, along with some dry yeasty flavors. A full mouthfeel, quite interesting. This brewer does a lot of good work.
JohnQPublic (147), Brooklyn, New York, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Bottle. Pours a hazy dark amber with a big, rocky off-white head that takes a while to settle down long enough to finish the pour. Aroma is interesting - sour vinegar, vegetal, with a bit of spicy yeast coming through. Taste is - wow. Sweet malt at the beginning quickly moves towards citric sourness and vegetal notes with a bit of barnyard in there also; tomato sauce. Finish brings out some individual spice notes more clearly, notably nutmeg and coriander, to complement the sourness. Mouthfeel is largely defined by a very biting carbonation that couples with the sourness to give the beer a notably sharp character. Interesting, completely unorthodox beer.
TURDFERGUSON (1116), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
Jul 6, 2008 Bottle from mgumby. Thanks Mike! Pours a hazy orange amber with a small, champagne-like head that fades fast. Nose is vinegar, french fries, spices, tomato, a bit of sourness, and a whole lot of weird. Flavor is also very interesting. Slightly vegetal, with some nutmeg, and some carbonated fruity sourness. Mouthfeel is way too carbonated kind of irritating in my throat. This beer is all sorts of weird. I would not say it is soothing. This is an interesting beer, but in this time and place, I was not a huge fan.
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