 tytoanderso (1183), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
May 14, 2008
750ml bottle. Highly aromatic. Chamomile and lavender come to the fore first. Honeyed malt, wet spring time grass. Smells like a field of wildflowers after a gentile shower. Beautiful. Pours a rich copper with a decent sized and stable chalky white head. Plenty of honey malt on the tongue. There is enough herbal and floral notes to keep the sweetness at bay. Mild grassy hop notes balance out as well. Earthy, juicy, floral. Delicate and quite balanced. Medium bodied with the right amount of carbonation. Finishes with a lengthy amalgam of of spices, herbs and sweetness. Thanks a ton Eugene for this wonderful example of this style!
General_Gao (2480), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Aug 27, 2008 750ml bottle shared by badbeer. Poured a slightly hazy medium orange color with a bubbly white head. Fruity, spicy aroma including the likes of apple, pear, light cinnamon, and clove. Medium bodied and semi-sweet with mild hop bitterness. Lots of spices in the flavor giving the beer an almost mulled-wine like note. Spiced pear and toffee also came out in the flavor along with a dash of salt in the middle. Interesting beer.
pepsican (708), the beer wastelands of, Iowa, USA
Aug 26, 2008 big thanks to badbeer for this one. Amber pour with a small white head. Aroma is sour tropical skittles, flower, melon. Similar flavor, add pepper, mint, and a bit of lavender. Finishes mildly spicy, quick and refreshing.
Ibrew2or3 (1685), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
Aug 24, 2008 Courtesy of tpd975. Pours deep deep mildly hazy gold with very thin white head. The aroma is pretty bold with candi sugar, dark fruity esters of hard candy cherries and prunes to go along with lots and lots of spices, some sweet honey and a hint of herbs. The taste has a solid bolt of sweetness going along with fresh picked rose pedals and honey. I also get tasty notes of spices and additional dark fruity esters. Lip smakin’ goodness.
fishingnet (803), Brandon, Florida, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Bottle courtesy of tpd975. Pours a hazy copper with a small white head. Aroma is very floral with spicy yeast and a hint of sweet malt. Taste is the same as aroma with the sweet malt realy coming through. Medium silky mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness and spicy finish. Very good.
LilBeerDoctor (475), East Setauket, New York, USA
Aug 12, 2008 Bottle from the brewpub. I was very excited to try this beer and it didn’t disappoint. Pours a burnt orange with no head. Aroma of lots of spices, vegetables, pumpkin pie, and lemon meringue. Flavor most strongly of pumpkin pie (canned pumpkin), some cinnamon, nutmeg, and citrus. Sweet and spicy. The flowers add interesting flavor to this beer and it was quite unlike other saisons I’ve had before (except for maybe some Fantomes). Definitely worth a try (and I’d like some more).
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