3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
BCTC 2011, medium golden pour, great floral aroma. pot pourri, chamomile, lemon zest notes. Great flavor, spicy & floral. solid saison
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
BCTC 2010 on tap. Orange with ring. Toffee spicy gummy yeasty aroma. Spicy toffee caramel with rye spicy yeasty bread and slight carbo bite. Pretty good.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
22oz bottle, thanks ygtbsm94. Medium beige head that mostly dissipates atop hazy light amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, rye, some orange, lightly spicy. Taste is medium sweet, orange, rye, some floral. Soft light-medium body.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
BCTC 2010. Tap. Pours a hazed deep amber, woody brown with a a decent off white head. Aroma is slightly spicy with phenolic yeast, but also has a mix of rye and fruity esters as well- spicy earthy malts, with light caramel and fruit- slight apple. Flavor is toasted malts, rye, spice, fruity ester, spicy phenolics, light oiliness in the end- mostly dry and nutty in the end. Ok.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
In short: Rye bread in a bottle. A very nice rye beer, but not much of a Saison
How: Tap + Bottle. This rating for a 22oz bottle consumed very fresh about 1 month after bottling.
The look: Clear golden body topped by a large off-white head
In long: The pleasant nose has a nice rustic side and also a nice spicy rye bread side. Taste is a bit of a letdown. Very much focussed on oily rye bread, and then more oily rye bread. Some apricots and other light fruity notes. Light spiciness sensation that often comes with rye based beers. Body is juicy/oily with a carbonation that is too soft for the style. It is unfortunate that the nice rustic character did not make it to the taste at all. Good beer. Yet another rating for me. I find that typing ratings is very time and beer consuming.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle pours a hazy orange with a frothy, white head. Nice, spicy aroma, cloves, orange peel, yeast, perfume. Flavor is where the rye really shines through, sweet, spicy, yeast, a little clove, honey. Medium bodied, lightly dry.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pouring from their booth at BCTC. Pours a hazed golden orange with a thin white head. Spicy citrus and rye, caramel and toast. Caramel, sugar maple, spicy rye. Long and smooth, night grapefruit bitterness with some lingering toast and quinine.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Wash. DC tasting.
hazy golden, white head.
aroma, full on rye goodness, sweet and some spices, strawberry like nose, pureed fruit like apricot.
flavors, plenty of rye, light spicy mouthfeel is thick with the Saison yeast being a tad drown in the whole rye aspect of the beer. Mouthfeel is grainy with some mild caramel malts for a dry finish.
4.1 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber at DC local tasting. Nice aroma of pumpernickel and rye bread. Taste is sour with a bit of orange peel. Very tasty stuff.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber at a tasting.
Appearance : Hazy amber with a small head.
Aroma : Nice yeasty esters with some spicy rye. Nice esters.
Taste : Quite light with yeasty esters. Nice spicy rye. Finish yeast and rye. Carbonation quite soft.
Overall : Very interesting mix between rye and saison yeast. Very clean and very drinkable. Carbonation may be a bit too soft. Taste is also borderline watery. Very interesting but maybe needs a little tweaking. Thanks to sflpunk for saving one of these for me.
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