3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
16 oz. can - thanks to tytoanderso for the trade; straw gold with slight haze and eggy white head; lemons, honey, hay, pepper; fizzy texture with slight spicy finish; sweetness is there with earthy, bitter finish; pretty nice overall
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
16oz can courtesy of theisti. Pours a orangish yellow with a white head that dissipates quickly to a thin layer. Floral, some fruit esters, oat, pepper and some wet hay. Nice carb up front, dry and peppery with then some light sweetness and faint bittering grassy flavor. Very enjoyable and I just love that it comes in a can. I would buy this frequently if it was local to me. Thanks Tim for sending the Surly assortment my way.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Served from tap. Clear, yellow-orange color with zero carbonation and a pretty thin but dense white heat. Aroma is lightly grainy, a very strong fruity note-lots of esters, apple, rose; light spiciness to it and a light sourness with some barnyard funk to end. Flavor has an early grainy/straw note that quickly fades to a spicy hoppy presence with the funky sweetness of apple, grape and a bunch of barnyard character. A light yeasty note finishes it off. Density is very light with almost zero carbonation but there is decent head retention and lacing with the brew. A bit watery in flavor and the very low carbonation didn’t really help it out any . A very good sweetness to it but overall just an okay brew and was just a bit disappointed about this brew from Surly., who’s generally really reliable.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: OCT 8, 2009 16 oz can from Crystal Liquore Barrel. Cloudy yellow color, foamy white head that quickly dissipated. Wheat, yeast aroma with a hint of citrus. Wheat flavor with a slight hoppy note, lingering tangy finish. I enjoyed this much more than I did at the brewery tour. It stands up much better alone than in a lineup.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Fresh green leaf aroma, little white pepper spicy character too. Yellow gold, persistent white head. Herbal thistle nectar sweetness, starchy red potato center, black pepper, chopped jalapeno, nearly gritty finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
An interesting saison out of Minnesota. Dark gold. Some stone fruit notes in the aroma, similar to the BitterBrewer. Sweet and quite peppery. Mild astringency in the finish. I’d like to revisit this one in isolation. Felt like there may be more here than my fading palate could detect at an extended group session. (Can courtesy of Oslo - thanks buddy - at the Milson Point park session September 09)
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
600ml can, courtesy of Oslo, Ratebeer tasting under the Bridge 12/9. Cloudy golden with a small off white head. Undercarbonated for the style, probably just been this can, it had travelled half way round the world in a suitcase i guess. Sweet and fruity, with banana and apricots coming to mind.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Can. Thanks, Kosko! Pours a murky, creamy, toffeeish amber. Nice creamy white head, fairly surging at first but settles soon enough to film and strings. Nice nose, some dry leaves, wheat husk, maybe some toast and crackers. Creamy medium body, well-placed but subdued carb. Dry leaves, wheat husk, crackers, toast, and a bit of darkened caramel on the mid-palate. The leafy thing is way more like a brown ale than a saison IMO, but not in an unpleasant way. Just a nice twist. Not getting any of the black pepper, apricot, peach, or floral notes that the brewer advertises.
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