2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Courtesy theisti. Darkish golden, lightly carbonated. Aroma is spicy with candied fruit, honey and bubblegum. Flavor is simlar. Sounds complex but it comes across as tightly stuck together, a tad cloying, and a little overdone, not refreshing. More phenolic than it needs to be, perhaps.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Kuma’s. Was pleasntly surprised to find this one on tap. Pour is a golden color, very clear. Nose of light fruits, especially banana and spices. Taste is very nice, and really grew on me. Bananas and cloves, some pepper and cinnamon. Honey notes. Nice and earthy sweet finish. Overall, a nice summer beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured a pretty nice golden color with a pillowy white head; good retention and lace. There is some clove and other spice in the aroma, some earthy hops, and maybe a hint of bubble gum. Taste starts out much like the smell, but there’s maybe a little more bubble gum in the middle; has an earthy finish. Nice medium body, carbonation is about medium. Sits on the tongue pretty nice and doesn’t get cloying. I think I like this a touch less than my ratings will show, but it is another well made beer from the guys at Surly.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
pours a dark orange-gold with a medium white head. Aroma is yeasty peach, herbal hop.
Flavour is nice, more bitter than I expect a saison to be, though I’m learning that fits the surly profile.
Peppery spice, earthy herbal hop flavour. Light fruity malt. Very interesting.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap @ The Maproom. Small sized off white foamy head. Aroma is citrus, floral and spicy. Very nice nose. A medium bodied saison. Malts are fruity and sweet. Hops are floral and earthy. Nice balance. Lively carbonation. Fruity and just spicy enough for a saison.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Derek’s can from a trade in WI. Yellow to grapefruit with a good head, lacing. Really easy drinking, 35 IBU but show more. A great summer deck beer. Restrained spiciness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
16oz can from Mrthirstyneck - thanks, Shane! A lovely amber pour into my Hennepin glass. Lively carbonation, medium head and minimal retention. Very pleasant aroma of yeasty funk and some mellow fruits (maybe apricot). The flavor is dominated by slight elements of pepper but mostly yeast. And while I’m hugely impressed at Surly - what balls, doing a saison in a bloody can - the beer ends up being perhaps too one-dimensional.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
from a 16 oz can shared with hyde and sammy. hydes can. poured golden with a small white head. very hop driven fruity aromas. flavours are hopped up begian ale without any hops bitterness. i didnt really get and saison flavours but this was a very good hoppy belgian blond. a very enjoyable brew that i didnt fully take in. id love to try it again but a big thanks to hyde for sharing.
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