Rogue FestiveAle

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Saison
Newport, Oregon USA

22oz bottle. Pours an orange hue...Marshmello head dies after a short show...lively carbonation...Aromas of earth, flower petals, pepper...a very weird mix...rustic? a bit of rubber or plastic...certainly nothing pleasant. Drinks with more of the same, and a long lingering bitterness that seems to be alcoholic hot. Something of a chewy earthiness to this, but not in a good way. I just don’t like this. I guess my first impression was right..."Rogue...a saison? why?" the bottle says a "delightfully pleasant Belgian-style saison" Well, I’m not delighted and I can’t think of a Belgian Saison that tastes like this...aargh...the most remarkable thing about this beer is the yeast slurry caked into the bottom of the bottle...its gotta be a good 2oz of solid yeast down there!

Lots of foam, Pale yellow, smells a little like malt liquor. SMells like corn. Tastes like saison though. Flavor is lemon zest, lime, some grapefruit, some apple. Lots of carbonation, lots of fizz but is thin underneath.

A golden appearance with a large head. The aroma sucks on this beer, it smells like a Colt 45. A very mild beer with some faint citrus and a lot of spice and alcohol in the flavor. My last two Rogues have been crappy.

This beer offers a hearty aroma of yeast, wheat, and oranges. It is a soft copper colored solution with a decent white head. This beer enters the mouth with a nice zest of wheat and has the flavor of orange come out during swallowing. The aftertaste is a sweet nut taste that lingers well. The acidic level in this beer makes it both dry and bitter. The taste is of mildly sour fruit and nuts.

Aroma of the space between the scrotum and the bunghole. The aroma is so disturbing that it distracts from a great tasting, solid (yet unspectacular) saison. Great dry finish, with just the right amount of fizz.

Wow, Rogue didn’t use the Pacman yeast and instead used the appropriate yeast for the style. It shows. Heavily hazed amber with a large, foamy head. Floral, herbally aroma. A bit of citrus. Fairly similar to the Fantome Pissenlit.

pours a cloudy amber with an average fizzy white head and fair lacing. aroma of grassy hops, earthy, leaves with a dry taste. slightly sweet on the finish. decent but certainly not their best.

bottle. this one reminds me of my third homebrewed batch. not bad at first but as you get into it you want to drink it less and less. it pours a lot clearer than my homebrew did. pours a clear golden with a huge pillowy head. aroma is dusty malty and yeasty. taste is rubbing alcohol way over spiced with a bit of old stale orange peel. couldn’t drink but one of these.