3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(12oz. bottle) Pours a cloudy golden body with a small white head. Aroma of apple, mustiness, ginger, banana, florals, pear, grass, coriander, and clove. Flavor of apple, yeast, and hops (grass, floral, citrus).
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Captain Cougar. Love saison. Thanks a bunch Tom. Hazy orangey color with a spritely white head. Aroma of sour citrus and maybe funk. Near medium body with prickly carbonation. Flavor is a bit of grain, citrus, and I’d say clove. There’s peppery hot bits. Finishes dry and clean. Nice saison. Lovely ale.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle... Cloudy, pale yellow ale with a small, fizzy, white head. Decent retention. Yeasty, estery, phenolic aroma - banana, pear, clove and lemon peel. Medium-bodied and lightly creamy with lively carbonation. Sweet, fruity and spicy. Mild bitterness provides proper balance. Lengthy, spicy, gently bitter finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
KSBF ’08. Poured a medium and cloudy golden color with a small sized white head. Aromas of citrus rinds, cereal, yeast, and fruity. Tastes of citrus, cereal, lightly earthy, grassy, and fruity.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a big white head covering a golden colored body. Aroma is floral with pepper, bread honey and a few fruity esters. Taste is apple, spice, dryness and pears. Dry mouthfeel, medium levels of carbonation.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: APR 11, 2009 Wow what a beer. I think this came from beachbum25 and a HUGE thanks. Very cloudy yellowish color with a small whitsh head. Aroma is super yeasty, fruity and a bit spicy. Flavor is so smooth and yeasty. Some spices, some bread, wow....simply wow. The mouthfeel is amazing.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a hazy golden yellow with a clingy-lacing froth of white head. Aroma of sweet biscuity pale malts with some clove and banana esters. Body starts with good fullness and sweet maltiness balanced with a lightly peppery spice and some doughy Belgian yeasty character before a drier, crisp finish with some grassy floral hop bitterness. Pretty true to style and enjoyable with extreme drinkability.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks Dr. Jay. Aggressively carbonated and bold peppery saison. Pours a very white prominent head, with some lace. Spot on spicey aroma. Medium mouthfeel, after the full felt carbonation. Good background bitternes.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours with a heavy cloudiness, the color is soft orange, similar in appearance to witbier. Has a mild pepperiness on the tongue, some of your standard coriander, orange peel, white pepper, flower pedals, a little soap.... Belgian yeast character isn’t that clear. Body is hefty and chewy, further suggesting witbier with a chuncky sort of wheat character throughout. No noticeable flaws, well-made, but a bit boring. Still, pretty easy to enjoy.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
A: The beer pours a clear golden orange color with a nice big white head that clings to the glass.
S: A mild funkiness to the nose with a big time floral aroma. A touch of honey on the nose with some mild grass and earth to it as well. I get a little bit of spice, particularly white pepper and some light fruits.
T: Sweet fruits, lots of pears and apples, with a little bit of white grape. Some white pepper notes, a little bit of coriander, orange zest, and an overall earthy and grassy aroma. Plenty of yeast and some pale, bready malts.
M: Medium in body with a fairly high level of carbonation.
O: A really nice surprise. This beer is fantastic and easily one of the better Scratch series beers I’ve had.
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