2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Saison? ewww, not much of one in my opinion. On tap at the winter beer festival. Pours a cloudy orange with a white head, ok so far. Flavor first of all wasn’t dry at all, very fruity and hoppy, tastes more like a pale ale. Then where was the spice? so mild it was almost missed, faint orange. Not pleased with this one.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: DEC 13, 2005 Eric-pours hazy orange with a big sudsy/fizzy white head. aroma of oranges, big spices, ginger, a touch of saison yeast, with a huge seltzer carbonation note. flavors are very tart, too much! oranges, ginger, very dry, priclkly yeast note that becomes metallic and astringent. some toilet bowl cleaner in there as well. palate is fizzy but akin to the saison style.
keith-Nice golden color with a cloudy look if you drain the bottom. Sweet aroma and the first taste bites the tongue. The spices combine and make this sweet with a hint of tartness. The orange steps up a little in the aftertaste. Pretty tasty, but not balanced and not all that smooth.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pour is a hazy amber with a huge frikking white head. It takes awhile for that sucker to calm down. Aroma is hard to detect untill the head goes down but there are some spices and clove in there. Flavor is a bit bready and spicey. Ok but prob not a saison, more like a hefe. Reminds me of Sam Adams summer ale.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Aroma is very yeasty, floral hoppy, some pear and green apple, lots of cobwebs. Appears a cloludy apricot color, with an enormous orange-cream head that dissipates though not quickly. Flavor begins very sweet and malty, and then gives way to sweet orange, only to finish with a bready, yeasty, finish. Palate is thick, chewy, and somewhat syrupy at the end. Overall, this beer is even less than the sum of its parts. This is the first Rogue offering I have had in some time, for good reason.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 oz bottle
Pours all foamy head over a clear golden yellow body.
10 min time out while it settles down so I can pour some more............
The aroma is musty funky yeast and citrus with a peppery spice note.
The flavor is lightly sweet with tangy fruits. Light body dry finish.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(2005 Winter Ale Festival – Portland OR)
Good Job Rogue. A great winter warmer with a nice flavor of hops and malts. I get a Belgian feel out of this beer. Nice color with a great hard I get a caramel flavor off the first taste and a great finish to this beer. Can I have more?
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
22 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with a 1" fluffy almost white head. Aroma is of Belgian yeast, grassy hops, and ginger. Very fruity overall. Funky fruity and yeasty flavor. Definate orange peel and ginger notes, but I don’t know about the rest of the crazy ingredients. Dry finish with some hops present. Finish actually became pretty rough and overly spiced as I got further into the bottle and as it warmed. Lively carbonation, medium bodied. Rather fizzy on the tongue. Not sure this is a Saison exactly, more like a Belgian Wit with a little bit more spicyness. These guys make some good beer, pass on this one and get something else when you’re at the store.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
22oz bottle. Pours a dark cloudy orange with a big off-white head. Smells spicy and yeasty. Taste is more of the same, and I must say there is a crapload of sediment @ the bottom, which I didn’t enjoy on my second half of the bottle. Not impressed with this one.
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