3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20The most recent bottle release. Pours a yellow gold with a thin head. The aroma is light on the Belgian spicy yeast and heavier on the herbal, citrus, and pine hops. The yeast is pretty mellow in the flavor as well. Not too much of that barnyard, hay, or earthiness flavors that you might be expecting. But the pale malts have both a nice bitterness and spiciness near the finish. Especially as this warms those herbal pepper spices from the hops and yeast are not overpowering but really good. Tasty.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Mostly clear orange with big, foamy, flotsam off-white head, strong legs / Mellow, floral nose of orchard fruit, citrus, spice, soap / Light to medium body, very lively carbonation, dry with astringency and fruit somewhat lacking, and bitter finish / Stylish, dry flavors of grain, straw, chrysanthemum, marigold, orange peel, apple, coriander / A bit unduly dry and bitter, without enough fruit for support, but all in all an elegant and complex brew.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Aroma is citrus, yeast, spices and a small hint of bubblegum. The flavor is citrus, spices, malts, bubblegum and a tart/mildly sour finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Turbid straw colored pour with a white head. Grassy nose with some pine and citrus zest. Aromas of green apple and solvent with a bit of sweet caramel malt. The flavor is a bit better, but still not terribly enjoyable. Heavy grass character, some pine, light vegetal notes, and lots of green apple. Mild malt sweetness, light citrus, and a touch of bitterness.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a bright and hazy golden with a big, foamy white head. Aroma contains floral hops, Belgian yeast, orange, lemon, and touches of banana. The taste isn’t extremely complex, although I find plenty of flavor. It is big in lemon, spices, and yeast initially, while I find some apple and melon flavors underneath. The aftertaste is quite yeasty with hints of fruit. Mostly dry throughout. Medium body, a sudsy, bubbly texture, and some very fizzy carbonation. Maybe its all of the bubbles or something, but even though it isn’t very potent, the alcohol content makes itself readily known. This is good.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
This is a good, solid and interesting beer-- far safer, more interesting, and more reliable than the intersection after which it is named.
It’s pretty much just a great fusion of "hoppy ipa" and "saison". One of the rawer, more bitter edges I’ve ever tasted in a saison.
But since it still has that wonderful belgian sweetness to it, you get to really savor the sharp hops playing off the sugary belgianness.
Good stuff, and another interesting truly new beer from pipeworks.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours golden orange with big fluffy white head. Nose and taste of dried citrus, yeast, lemongrass, Asian pear, orange peel and dried spices. Medium body.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 oz. bottle shared by Tmoney99. Pours a hazy golden brown color with a medium sized off white head. The aroma had Belgian yeast, a medley of fruits, citrus, pear, melon with light resin, herbals and pale malts. The flavor has good bitterness behind the yeast, fruits, mild white pepper, citrus and pale malts. Very nice and easy to drink.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a hazy brownish orane with a soapy off-white head that leaves wide bands of lacing on the glass. Aroma is grassy, hoppy with typical spicy saison yeast character. A little sweeter than expected with a sugary character layered with significant bitter, spicy hoppy character. NIce level of carbonation and mouth feel.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Poured clear golden copper color with an average to large frothy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Medium to heavy yeast complex floral aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. This is a solid beer.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 19/20
22 oz pour into a mason jar. Fluffy white head. Great lemon grass nose. Great dry crisp earthy slightly hoppy slightly spicy. Well balanced. Everything I was looking for and more in a beer tonight!
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
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