2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle from bauermj. Thanks man! It pours a hazy light orange color with a quickly dissipating white head. The aroma is underwhelming with only hints of wheat, pineapple and orange peel. The flavor is better with more of the peppery yeast that you’d expect, but with an odd doughy sweetness to the malt that just doesn’t work for me. Saison should not be doughy or sweet. It also brings out a very alcoholic finish. Some light tropical fruit flavors saves it from utter disaster. I love Three Floyds, but this was my least favorite by them. It’s not even close.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bomber. Hazy light orange with a quickly diminishing creamy white head. This seems like a blend between a light saison and a witbier. Get a bit of pepper, some coriander, orange peel, wheat, alcohol, bit of belgian yeast and farmhouse. Smooth, some alcohol, bit of nail polish, above average carbonation, dry with some spice and farmhouse at the end. Ok - but have much better saisons, and better beers from FFF.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught @ Mikkeller Bar, during 3Floyds Night 2011. Hazy orange with a small white head.Sweet malty with tons of yeastiness. Malty taste, some honey, and some unpleasant sourdough taste. Dry finish. Not a fan...
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22 oz. bottle, pours a cloudy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma of oranges, citrus fruits, coriander and light yeast - though much less yeasty and funky for a saison. Flavour is quite spice-heavy, with coriander upfront, followed by orange peel, dry citrus and a slightly funky, dry orange peel, spicy finish. Solid saison but nothing special.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Fall 2011 Ratebeer gathering. 2008 edition. +++ Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a bright golden color with tons of chunks and a small white head that left some lacing. The aroma was sweet and tart orange, ginger and bubblegum. The flavor was ginger, clove, chamomile, lemon, Sweettart candies and cardboard. Medium length lemon, ginger and chamomile finish. Medium body. Eh.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Chunky floaties, amber orange-yellow, whitish cover. Aroma is chamomille, ginger. Taste is similar, chamomille tea, ginger, lemon. Spritzy.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap @ Mikkeller Bar. The aroma has spice, coriander, yeast, light butter/malts. Cloudy, yellow coloured beer with a white head. The taste is citric, yeasty, has coriander, some pepper, malts. Dry finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A Lablework that is out of this world - a furious rabbit stranguling a Christmas gnom. A hazy orange pour with a inch high White head that slowly fades. A nose that is dominated by yeasty notes with hints of melon and pepper. The taste is pretty close to a belgian trippel somehow. A mouthfeel that are a bit creamy and lively. Slightly bitter finish.
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