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Brewed by Wild Beer
Style: Saison
Shepton Mallet, England
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RATINGS: 48   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.36   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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Epic by name, epic by nature, this Farmhouse Ale is a transcontinental fusion of Belgium’s eclectic beer culture and the feisty hops of North America brought to life with the aid of West Country artisanal brewing wizardry and judicious use of the US-grown Sorachi Ace hop. On the nose, the hops deliver a big splash of tropical fruit, followed by ripples of well-seasoned spiciness spreading outwards. In the mouth a tangy, bittersweet fruitiness holds sway, while tangerine oranges tap dance their way across the tongue in the finish.


JohnCook101's rating

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
JohnCook101 (110) - - FEB 16, 2013
330ml bottle. Pours cloudy amber with a good white head and lacing throughout. Incredible aroma, tropical fruits, citrus and a touch of malt. Flavours of mango and papaya give way to citrus, intense hops and a little spice. Ends with very late bitter finish that lasts. Smooth, with moderate carbonation. Surprisingly complex and delicious.


most recent ratings

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
ration (1651) - Tampere, FINLAND - APR 26, 2013
260413. Bottle at home. Pours hazy golden with a frothy head. Aroma ripe fruit, Belgian yeast, spices. Nothing really saisony about this product. Mode like a spicy Belgian blond.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Hanoi (74) - - APR 24, 2013
Bottle. Nose is grain, pineapple, grasses, slight yeast slight spice. Taste, is citrus, spice, herbs slightly floral. The hops are all powerful in the palette, slightly overpowering for the style. Finish is very grapefruit and sharply bitter. A bit of a disappointment, being much too (American) IPA in it’s style. It’s also competing in a style with some of the most accomplished beers, so there is little reason to return.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
hopbomber (96) - Manchester, Greater Manchester, ENGLAND - APR 22, 2013
Refreshing citrus, floral and orange with aromas of barnyard funk low carbonation and moderate bitterness and watery mouthfeel. Good interpretation of the style, with a low abv. At twice the price of Saison Dupont unlikely I’ll be buying this often. Would make a good bbq or festival quaffer.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
MalcolmTucker (513) - SCOTLAND - APR 12, 2013
Bottle. A gusher when the bottle was opened but a quite flat beer appears after all the fucking cleaning up. A bad start for this beer but my mood soon lifts after one sniff - soap (not bad though), lemon and spice. Flavour has much the same as the aroma with a hint of the saison funk and a pithy orange finish. Very good.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
firedog23 (29) - Suffolk, ENGLAND - APR 10, 2013
i like the flavors that come through and though it wants to be a Belgian style, it comes off as its own beer. Nice head retention and a lovely hop nose to it. These guys are another English brewery who have decided to do something different than the already done over and over, brown beer. Keep up the good work.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
BeerLuvver (34) - Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, ENGLAND - APR 7, 2013
Pours initially clear golden with some haziness later. Big white head of tiny bubbles and good meringue-like finish to the head. Lively bubbles rising up from the centre of the glass, remeniscent of Saison Dupont. Huge overpowering hop scent from Sorachi Ace. Perfume, lemon blam, wild flowers, tangerine scent. Soft sweetness quickly gives way to the enormous whack of hops resulting in a very brief spell of farmhouse ale characteristics, only to be overpowered by the hops. Rosemary, tangerine, and grapefruit with a strong bitter finish like biting into the skin of a grapefruit. Great attempt to a Belgian style Saison but overpowered with huge hops creating a slightly unbalanced beer.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
zacgillbanks (957) - Tyne & Wear, ENGLAND - APR 6, 2013
Bottle from Rehills, Newcastle. Cloudy yellow coloured with lemon and floral hoppy flavours, earthy notes and a warming, creamy spicy finish.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
FatPhil (7496) - Tallinn, ESTONIA - APR 6, 2013
330ml bottle - thanks Janne and rosenberg
Nice cloudy pale orange, persistent head. chunky sinky bits. Rotting grains aroma, some eggy farts. Grainy husky body, crisp carbonation. Only saison in that it’s grungy, but not in a good way. Dry. finish peppery and bitingy bitter. Homebrewy, and messy. Yeasty. Dear UK brewers, don’t brew saisons.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
rosenbergh (4653) - Helsinki, FINLAND - APR 6, 2013
330 ml bottle. BB 29/05/2013. Courtesy of VastActiv. Hazy yellow orange colour with a small white head. Tart berries, yeast, grainy malt, sourness and mild bitterness in the aroma. The flavour grainy malt, yeast, bitterness and something quite bad. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
VastActiv (805) - Oulu, FINLAND - APR 6, 2013
Bottle 0.33l from alesbymail. Colour is hazy yellow with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, citrus, yeast, some sourness and spices.


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