3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from secret Santa 2012 - blutt59. Pours hazy dark golden color with white head. Yeasty and earthy aroma with some fruitiness. Doughy and fruity flavor with a slightly medicinal finish. Medium body with lively carbonation. Thanks Bob.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
GABF, 2012, Friday Evening. Light hazy gold color. Yeast in the aroma and flavor. Lightly spicy flavor as well, giving some fruit flavor. Good.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, 11/22/2012. Pours dark burnt orange, dense fizzy white head, excellent retention. Aroma is yeast, earthy spices, soft apricot and peach along with other white fruits, mild sweetness, hay, white pepper. Taste is sweet saison malts, a bit metallic, light apple and peach fruitiness, herbal spices with nice subtle smokiness, yeast on the end. Medium creamy palate, dry finish. Really interesting, was pleasantly surprised. A bit more character than the average saison.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours completely cloudy amber yellow with a large off-white head that mostly dissipates quickly leaving a small creamy residue that laces nicely. Aroma is typical saison with strong yeast and lemon notes plus some spiciness. Flavor is quite smoky, woody, and yeasty, with notes of lemon and pepper. Very light sweetness leading to a dry smoky finish. Medium body, prickly carbonation. Quite interesting, actually.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured an amazing hazy yellow with a thin head. Slight spice in the nose but really drinkable. Love all the yeast.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from Arlington Whole Foods drank in TN. Sweet, wax on the cap...that means you can charge $2 extra per bottle! Big time carbonation makes a huge head. Kinda soapy aroma and flavor. Meh.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cloudy golden with a large white head. Aroma is of peach, apricot, light smoke, yeast. Taste is of leather, smoke, peach, yeast, light pepper.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. The look is cloudy, off white head, very cloudy, and peach colored. The smell is yeast, fruits, slight smoke, malt. The taste is fruity, smoke hints, yeast, well balanced.
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Hazy orange color and white med head. I smell pepper, citrus, and fruity sweetness. I taste the same with smoke, yest and orange. Damn nice!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dirty gold with a lasting white head. Aroma of earth, hay, sourdough bread, and pepper. Flavors of earth, hay, sharp cheddar, dust, pepper, and a slight champagne-like quality. Finishes dry and citrusy with a linger earthy funky bitterness on the throat (lemony in the nose). Highly carbonated, it’s too much so to be creamy in the mouth cause it’s too darn bubbly! Otherwise, easy to drink. A damn good take on a saison from a brewery who is pretty new. I expected less, but this is good. Unfortunately, it’s not nearly as unique as all that "smoked spelt over 4 fruit-woods" talk makes it sound.
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