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Clipper City Heavy Seas Red Sky At Night

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4253.24/5.03.23/5.0Summer8%30.1Tulip
Commercial Description:
Pils, Carapils, and wheat malts, Belgian candi sugar
Magnum and Styrian Goldings Hops
This beer is brewed in the Belgian Saison style (country farm house ale). A potent yet delicate ale, brewed with a unique Belgian yeast which develops a spicy, fruity flavor. Enormously complex. Available from May to around August.
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 BuckeyeBoy (1654), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Apr 21, 2008  
12oz bottle thanks to Acknud. This one pours out a hazy gold topped with a white head. A very nice aroma of sweet spice. Tast of spice yeast and fruit. A pretty good brew


 kiefdog (1586), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/512/20
Apr 20, 2008  
On tap at the Oldsmar Tap House on 4/18/08. Pours a clear golden (like a pilsner) with a thin white head. Minimal lacing on glass. Aroma: some spice, some fruit, maybe hints of honey. Slightly sour tasting with a hint of complex cheeses. Slightly sweet throughout with a somewhat thin, watery finish.


 dkachur (2352), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/55/102/511/20
Apr 18, 2008  
Bottle from Whole Foods Charlottesville. Pours a golden straw color with a medium head. Good lacing and retention. Big malt aroma with Belgian yeast, red apple and spice. Taste has very little sourness or bitterness, and is almost cloyingly sweet.


 RichJ7 (1175), Cullman, Alabama, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Apr 18, 2008  
Gold with a small white head. Big Belgian yeast nose with some banana and clove. Sweet fruitiness coupled with that slight saison tartness and some spice. Very light for 8%. Very nice.


 Uglyradio (775), Greenville, South Carolina, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/55/20
Apr 16, 2008  
Drinkable...not a very well done saison compared to others...Not bad though...very subdued flavor aroma etc...


 dmtroyer (409), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/512/20
Apr 15, 2008  
12oz. Poured light orange with no head until I poured right down the middle to get a small white head that quickly settled. Nose is subdued, some candied cherry and banana but not much else. Body is similar, with the slightest notion of spice but nothing too unruly, hides the alcohol well. Moderate carbonation and the finish is palate coating cherry cough syrup. A good try at a style that I’m guessing is not easy to brew.


 RCL (1460), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Apr 14, 2008  
Light amber pour with a creamy white head. Sweet, fruity aroma. Candied peach and citrus flavors over a nice yeasty backdrop. The higher ABV is almost totally undetectable. Very pleasant drinking.


 IrishBoy (2705), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 14, 2008  
Bottle from acknud! Thanks! Nose of cloves, nutmeg, maybe a hint of corriander, some light yeastiness, and some banana esters; lightly hazy yellow with a medium pale yellow head; flavor has spiciness, bananas, light sweetness, and a tart hint!



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