Rogue FestiveAle

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Saison
Newport, Oregon USA

Serve in Tulip

A saison! How nice! I was expecting a spice/herb/veg beer -- pretty much because I don’t look at descriptions. Light fruity airy textures. Super head overflowing from cup! White grape light yeast pear nose. Fairly similar flavor. More of a light beer -- good, but not great. Not very saisony.

Any first impressions?
-A dense, big-bubbled bobbing head lasts over hordes of furiously rising carbonation.
-A subtle herbal, spicy hoppiness is able to pierce the foam dam.
-Honeyed fruity sweetness welcomes the gingery spiciness.
-The mouthfeel is a shower of bubbles, indirectly exposing its relative thinness.

What if you dig deeper?
-The short, herbal finish could’ve been a little hoppier.
-Tremulous toffee and yeast touch the fruitiness.
-Some oranges attempt to make up for the deficient aroma.
-The yeast pour is disgustingly murky, and the yeast sediment disturbs both the mouthfeel and the flavor profile.
-Not a bad quaffer by any means, just not able to standout in any Belgian style category.

Bottle; no date.

A somewhat bland, fruity body that is distinguished by a strong and unique spice finish.

Hazy dark golden color with a decent white head. Funky yeast aroma, with some scent of wheat. Sweet wheaty taste, some citrus notes, some spice. Average mouthfeel; nice sweet-spiced finish. This seems more like a summer beer to me. Not bad, but not a particularly good Saison.

Bottle. Purs a honey color with a white medium sized head. *Towards the end of the bottle, when pouring it poured a beautiful wispy cloudy haze in the foreground of the honey color. Aroma was somewhat spiced with notes of lemon and grapefruit. Lager-ish type nose finish. Flavor is refreshing with sweet malts with a yeast backing. Medium carbonated mouthfeel.

A hazy body and a scent with a good deal of cereal grain to it. There is also a decent amount of sugars present in this funky smelling brew. This brew comes off as a lot of carbonation and odd flavors. So, this is brewed with available spices. I do hope there was more though as to what ended up in this liquid beyond it being available.

Pours a amber colour with a white head. lacing is good, but what does that matter these days eh? Taste was sour/bitter honey and citrus. Bland saison at best, this was not what I had expected.

Draft. Dark amber color, will dripping head. Aroma of wheat, alcohol, and malt. Falvours of honey and some bitterness, light fruit flavour.