Stillwater Import Series Vol. 2 ’A Saison Darkly’

Stillwater Artisanal
Brewed at Huisbrouwerij Sint Canarus
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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On tap at City Beer. Pour is deep murky brown with a fluffy tan head and great lacing. Roasty, caramelly, slightly spice, somewhat herbal, dark fruits, berries, woody, slightly hoppy, and brown sugar in the aroma. Taste is dark fruits, light spice, roasty, graham crackers, nutmeg, somewhat earthy, and tannic with a lightly tangy finish. Medium body with medium-to-soft carbonation. Roasty, spicy, tangy, and smooth. Pretty cool beer.

On tap @CBC13. Dark brown with light brown head. Aroma with yeast, funk, and hibiscus flowers. Taste of dark malts, funk, lactic notes and more hibiscus. Fresh, tangy and sweet impression, nice.

Sample @ CBC 2013. The pour’s deep brown with a small head. The aroma’s roasted malt, Belgian farmhouse yeast. Brown sugar. Dark fruits. The taste is mild herbal bitterness. Some candied apple. A bit of slick diacetyl. Plum and pear jelly. Medium body, soft carbonation. Overall, OK.

On tap at city beer pours dark ruby with white head. Taste is lots of dark fruits and sweet

A steady pour into my Teku glass produces a massive, four-finger thick, light brown colored head. The beer is a dark, concentrated brown color that shows a touch of ruby-amber hues around the edges when held up to the light. The aroma has a fully, toasted, nutty, dark straw leaning, malt character. This is backed by a supporting fruitiness that smells of hibiscus, berries, fresh red grapes, as well as a soft musty note, perhaps a touch of clove, and even a touch of cocoa powder in the finish.

The flavor is a nice mix of fruit and toasted / dark malt; flavors of hibiscus, red grapes, currants, roasted dark malt, touches of cold coffee, roasted cocoa, nutty dark malt, burnt straw, and touches of bitter roast character. The body is light, but does have a soft viscosity to it that coats the palate just a bit, before being dried out by roasted / burnt malt notes in the finish. There is a soft mustiness here that accentuates both the malt and fruit, soft, slightly medicinal phenolics in the finish.

This is a nice beer, it has a really good balance between the hibiscus, the dark malt and the light yeast character. A nice dark interpretation of a Saison that disappears quickly.

Draught @ CBC. Pours dark brown with a huge offwhite head. Aroma of light malt, yeast, flowers, grass, light fruity hops. Flavor is malt, yeast, caramel, flowers, grass. Thin body, lively carbonation. 030513

Draft pour black with ruby tint. Nose malt and dark fruit. Taste Belgian sweet candy, floral, rose, and bitter finish. Interesting mix of flavors.

Overly carbed right off the bat. Strong malt character is way too sweet. Effervescence ruins the mouthfeel and overall sensation. Spicy, yet still too sweet. Pass.

Pours dark brown w medium white head Aromas are earthy bready malty Nice sweet taste hints of sourness ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

aroma is fruity with tea and roast. dark brown with tan head, great lacing. Bight fruity berry flavor with some yeasty funk but its low. interesting beer, but not my favorite from stillwater.