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Rogue FestiveAle

Rogue FestiveAle - Saison

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 Percentile 
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Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Saison

Newport, Oregon USA

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3413.05/5.03.05/5.06.2%13Tulip
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A SAISON FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON! Made with traditional farm house brewing methods from the Flanders region of Belgium. A unique Belgian yeast coupled with avaiable spices, Belgian malts and European hops deliver a delightfully pleasant Belgian-style Saison. FestivAle is made from Weyerman Pilsner Malt, Belgian Malted Wheat, Saaz Hops, Grains of Paradise, Ginger Root, Sweet Gale, and Curacao Orange. No Chemicals, Additives or Preservatives. Measurements: 14.5 degrees plato, 18 IBUs, 12 AA, 8.5 lovibond, 6.2 ABV
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 Ungstrup (14754), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/103/512/20
Sep 26, 2007  
Bottled. A unclear orange beer with gunk floating around under a fast disappearing beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of fruit. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of spices, fruit, yeast, and coriander, leading to a dry and slightly alcoholic finish.


 Papsoe (14642), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Apr 27, 2007  
(Bottle 65 cl) Completely unclear orangey golden with a handsome, off-white head. Spicy, tart, citrusy nose. Medium body with plenty of fruit flavours - citrus in particular - and spices. Has this light and refreshing tartness. The finish is distinctly bitter. Another interesting American Saison. 230407


 yespr (11645), Copenhagen O, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Apr 26, 2007  
Sample from bottle. Pours unfiktered orange. Aroma of sweet, spicy, orange/citric. Carbonated. Flavour is bitter and citric/sour. Finish is fruity dry.


 joergen (8430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 29, 2007  
Bottle. Hazy orange coloured with an off white head. Fruity aroma of spices and citrus. Flavour of spices, citrus and fruits. Very carbonated.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 10/15/2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Summits - Sandy Springs

muddy orange, scant head, rich malt aroma with a bit of spicyness, hint of fruit, big body, good complex malt flavor, mostly dry, nice fruit character well mixed with an array of spices, touch of farmhouse funk that blends into a bit of bitterness in the finish, upon warming the fruit takes on a nice orange character

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Score: **+/4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.


 Oakes (8058), gone rambling, Vietnam
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/53/101/55/20
Nov 25, 2005  
Dull amber colour and big - a little too big - head. I hate when I have to take five minutes to pour a nice looking glass of beer. The aroma is rough as guts - musty with rotting fruits. I went back for a second smell and it was just as bad. A third try halfway through the glass was no improvement. Just a bad smelling beer. The flavour isn’t a whole lot better, though at least it bordered on palatable. It’s astringent, with faint orange notes peeking out from behind a wall of choking yeastiness. Way too much yeast taste in this one. There’s hardly anything else. Unbalanced and unpleasant. It’s been so long since my last Crustacean that I forgot Rogue can make horrible beer but now I’m reminded.


 fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
1.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/101/52/101/55/20
Dec 5, 2007  
Cloudy blond color. The aroma smells of malt but also of orange soda (Fanta?). Some malt body, but the spicy mix (and orange peels) makes of it a horrible brew.


 argo0 (6861), Washington DC, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
Oct 23, 2005  
(draft, labeled as Saison, at Max’s on Broadway, identified as 7% ABV) Cloudy amber body with off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, maple, grapefruit. Taste is moderately sweet, pine, caramel, maple, light herbal, herb, metallic. Medium body with some syrup. Seems more like a muddle than a Saison.



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