Rogue FestiveAle

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Saison
Newport, Oregon USA

Serve in Tulip

Poured a slightly murky rust color with a huge foamy head. Smelled of spice, slight hops, vanilla and a little yeast. Yeasty and grainy flavor. Flat and a little dull. A little too yeasty for my taste.

BA BBF 06. light hazy orange. Aroma is alot of spices, yeast, some citrus notes. Taste is the same as the aroma, with earthy notes. decent saison.

650ml bottle from Rogue, Portland. Cloudy orange/gold, lasting beige head. Nice orangey Belgian yeast aroma. Lovely fruit, bit of passion fruit, vanilla, orange, gorgeous. Hot summer day drink. Great Belgian style fruity, wheatish beer. Belgian yeast is everywhere. Good beer.

Pours an unspectaclar clear orangey amber (becoming murkier with bottom third of the bottle pours) with a big foamy white head. The nose is subdued, which struck me as odd for the style. Sour apples, some light vinegar, a hint of ginger, and a light sweetness. The palate is a little sharp, with perhaps a bit too much carbonation, but it’s hard for me to hold it against the beer too much, as it seems to fit this particular brew. Also a bit watery. Also, a little gritty? The flavors are the strength here. Sour apple, peppery spice, a hint of vinegar, and some very earth flavors predominate. The gingery sweetness is balanced by ample sour character, though the whole thing is a bit muddied by those earthy flavors. The lingering bitterness is earthy, almost dusty, perhaps becoming like old hops? This beer tears me apart, some aspects I like, others I could live without.

Looks orange with a very large fluffy white head. Smells like apples and pears, spices, and bread/dough. The spicyness and hops both come out more in the flavor, and the apple is still there along with other fruits like cranberry/plum/etc. The ginger is not overpowering, and adds a nice touch. Its a bit watery, and I feel like these flavors really come out best in the end/ lingering aftertaste. Also, its a bit over carbonated. The flavor combinations are good though, and I enjoyed it!

Pours a cloudy golden with a huge white fizzy white head. The aroma is spicey. Flavor is akin to champagne with a fruitiness and spicy quality.

This isn’t wonderful but hardly a 47th percentile beer. It looks great, cloudy, some floating sediment and a large and long lasting off white head. Flavor isn’t weird enough for a saison, but there is Belgian yeast and weird spices. Flavor has some grass, mild yeast and spices. Flavor is a little sharp and lacking complexity, but not bad. Dry finish. I don’t understand the festive thing.

this is a really unique beer. nice spicey aroma, yeasty, spicey flavor with a little malt flavor. as it warms, many other flavors arise, stone fruits, dried fruits, and the spices, ginger. very interesting beer.