Yards Saison (pre-2009)

Formerly brewed at Yards Brewing Company
Style: Saison
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Tulip

Hazy yellowish pour in the glass with lots of sediment. Nose is candy and malt. Taste is citrus and light hops. Rated 12/11/2000

A- nice cloudy amber/yellow with fluffy white head that fades to a pretty strange lacing that looks almost like curdles floating around on the top. S-kinda gross. very macro-malty. T- nice yeasty taste with hints of citrus; very mild hop afterbite. P- light carbonation with light body...very smooth. nice. O- Saison by definition is supposed to be drinkable and this beer sure is. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 04-13-2007 17:42:59

Bottle. Pours a hazy golden body with a white head. Citrus and pear juices, some bread y sweet notes with a yeast y body. Hardly a saison more like a sweet Belgian style ale.

12oz thats been in my cellar for a long time. Pours orange with bubbly carbonation and a tan ring. Nose is swet with a nice fresh scent. Taste is yucky yucky bland.

[1277-20080410] 355mL bottle. Floral toasted yeast aroma with a mild hint of off-ness. Clear, medium yellow body with a quick white bubbly head. Sweet flower petals flavour is toasted with a bit of vegetable and a sweet aftertaste. Light body is a bit thin. Fair, boring.
(c/o GregClow, w/ blankboy, HogTownHarry, jerc, tupalev)
Overheard: "Smells a little like toast in all of them... Toast Juice!"

THOUGHTS: Really nice. Especially when it warmed up. I don’t know why I tasted and smelled vanilla, where no one else seemed to, but I did and that made it even better. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a light orange or dark yellow with tiny body particles of average thickness and a very small, fizzy, off-white head that mostly diminished. The aroma was light citrus hops, light doughy yeast and vanilla. The initial flavor was moderately sweet and lightly acidic; while the finish was heavily acidic and very sour with an average duration. there was citrus, slight vanilla and a little funk then a ton of sour lime. the light to medium body was watery then dry with tingly carbonation and a moderate to heavy astringent finish.

Bottle at the no Greg tasting, courtesy of, of course, Greg, shared with Hogtown Harry, Blankboy, Jerc, and Mabel, Mild malt aroma - not much else.Medium to light yellow, small white head. Really bland taste - mild malt, somewhat sweet. What a bland bland beer - no saison type characteristics at all here. Not good.

Bottle (12oz) shared with HogTownHarry, tupalev, jerc & mabel -- courtesy of GregClow. Pours a hazy pale yellow with an average size diminishing white head. Aroma of toast. Yup, simply toast. Flavour’s also of toast along with vegetal notes and caramel malt. Light to average bodied. i didn’t like this at all.