3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
18/05/2011 75cl bottle @ home - BB: 4/2013 (2011-213)
Somewhat cloudy deep orange beer, under an off-white creamy and "crackling" (sound) head. Stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of spices, staranise, cloves, some cumin, liquorice, alcohol. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: anise, liquorice, some bitter oranges (English marmalade) and a little citrus and lemon zest. Aftertaste: more citrus, some hops, a chemical bitterness. Very unbalanced, and me not being a fan of anise, this one gets an F in taste.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a dark orange color with a foamy white head. Aroma is really spicy mostly notes of star anise, with some malt sweetness and subte funk. The flavor is also quite spicy with alot of star anise, some clove along with some sweet maltiness, slight tart note hay and funk. The body is medium with a dry mouthfeel. Overall a different, yet good Saison.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared by mdfb79--thanks, Dan! 1995 vintage served in a snifter.
Pours a moderately-darkened golden color with a thin white head and not really any retention or lacing. Can’t fault it too much given the age. The nose brings forward some really nice funky notes with a lot of barnyard. There’s also a bit of burnt rubber in the background, though it works. The rubbery component is stronger in the taste, which also isn’t nearly as gueuze-like as the nose was. Body is medium with a really dry finish. It’s also ever-so-slightly metallic, though all around drinks quite well and has held up nicely.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 01-28-2011
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
a little disapointed only because of the description in michael jacksons 500 classic brews when he mentions that this is more of the spicy peppery variety of saisons. aroma is of apple, maybe pear, some pepper, none of the effervescense of most saisons, perhaps a bad bottle that has lost some carbonation, no tight carbonation that is reminiscent of most saisons. I guess ill stick with saison dupont.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Thanks Henrik. It’s dark-amber with a rapidly vanishing head. The aroma is sweet with notes of syrup, raisin and a little portwine. The flavour is sweet with notes of sirup, candy-sugar, light fruit, and the finish is dry and refreshing. Yes, I believe you are right, this is too old, it has lost is saison character.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
In bottiglia da 75 comprata su ilbeershop.it a 6,70 € (facciamogli un po’ di pubblicità, ha prezzi ottimi!). Colore arancione carico, schiuma cremosa seppur poco persistente, il naso percepisce subito le varie spezie utilizzate e al palato è buonissima, ci sento frutta matura, direi prugna, una saison davvero fantastica.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Brown-orange hazy body topped with a minimal white head. Overwhelming aroma with over-ripe fruit, bread, grass but mostly sour notes. The flavour matches with a strong sourness being most apparent and a light bitterness trying (but failing) to balance this. It does have lots of taste to it, though. Not quite my beer, I suppose. (4,55 EUR, 75cl bottle)
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 0,75lt: Hazy orange coloured brew with an slightly farmy smell, peppery taste. Quite good decent Saison.
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