Saint Somewhere Lectio Divina

Brewed by Saint Somewhere Brewing Company
Style: Saison
Tarpon Springs, Florida USA

Bottle courtesy of daknole long ago, which I took in and shared with some work buddies. I’m surprised I didn’t put out an eye with this. The moment the cage came off of this the cork shot out of the bottle with a deafening sound. Pours a murky brown with a large tanned beige head which falls off fast. Apples, pears, caramel, raisins. Big caramel notes throughout, spicy and fruity. Not sure if this is how it was intended to be, but it was still tasty, and everyone else seemed to love it.

Bottle 75cl. @ Chris O’s Night of the Gaylords.
Clear medium amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, lacto, fruity, moderate yeasty, glue, woody. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, light to moderate acidic and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091229]

Pours a mahagony color with amber highlights. Tall fizzy head. Aroma of vinegar, dark fruit, and candy sugar. Flavor is slightly tart with hints of dark fruit, yeast, and sugar. Different and interesting.

Bottle. Aromas of moderate cookie for the malt, light perfume and flowers for the hops, soap for the yeast, and hints of dark berries and oak wood. Head is large, fizzy, off-white with good slippery lacing and is fully lasting. Color is sparkling clear mahogany that turns murky on the second pour. Flavor starts lightly sweet and heavily acidic, then finishes moderately acidic and bitter. Palate is medium, watery, with a fizzy carbonation and has a pretty dry finish. A nice tart Saison with some interesting earthy aspects.

A Mes rate. Bottle at Chris O’s Night of the Gaylords.
Following the saison this just wasn’t even close. A strange one for sure. Hazy amber orange with a reasonable white head. Very fruity plus a good hint of sourness and plenty of oak. Plenty of bread, yeast and spice too. Sadly a huge dollop of glue holds all the goodness back and spoils it a touch.

750 ml caged cork bottle. Big pop, and then the beer flows and flows. A gusher, and even after my first pour foam keeps rising out of the bottle opening. Cloudy amber-orange pour, the head fades. Fizzy at first, then a bit flat, maybe because of the gushing. Taste is very fruity (tangerine and whatnot) and too sweet and not tart. Cloying, really. I have to think I may have gotten a bad bottle that screwed up the carbonation and took away any balancing tartness. I’d like to give it another shot, but I paid $13 for this.

Bottle at Chriso Gaylord tasting 09. Cloudy orange/brown colour, lasting beige head. Airfix glue aroma. And malt vinegar. Bit better in mouth, but pretty bad. What a difference from the Saison Athene which was stunning.

Had out of bottle, purchased from belmont station. Obviously belgian influenced with loads of yeasty goodness.