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Clipper City Heavy Seas Red Sky At Night

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 Shag (1923), Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
May 19, 2006  
A golden appearance with no head. A vinegary lemon aroma. The flavor is corny with some hay. The mouthfeel is rather oily. Not a very good saison


wintersdying (49), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/55/103/510/20
May 17, 2006  
aroma is heavily yeasty with some hints of the pasture... pours faint gold with almost no head. mildly carbonated. flavor holds hints to Belgian yeasts, grass, a hint of spice... and is honestly a bit metallic in the finish.


 sfontain (506), Columbus, Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/512/20
May 15, 2006  
Pours a pale, flat gold with nearly no head. Aroma of caramel and Belgian yeast; a touch metallic. Flavor also of Belgian yeast, slightly spicy, and a little fruity, with barely a hint of breadiness and a slight hop bitterness in the finish. Light, airy, but slightly sticky. A lame saison.


 OldRaspy (292), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 11, 2006  
Poured from a 12oz bottle a clear yellow with a small white head that quickly disappeared. Aroma had some banana in it along with lots of spices (clove and ginger) and hops with a malt undertone. Flavor pretty much followed suit with a touch of bananas and lots of hops and spicies. The 8% is not noticable.


 ryan (1775), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
May 8, 2006  
Pours pale with a small, white head that fades very quickly. The aroma is Dupont yeast all the way, pepper, lemon, peach, banana, cloves and some alcohol. The flavor is moderately sweet, pepper, pears, apple, lemon and clove, becoming slightly tart at the end. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Tasty, but in need of a higher level of attenuation to be special.


 sammy3D (114), Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
May 3, 2006  
Pours a nice coppery golden with a nice but quickly dissipating head. Aroma is composed of lemony apple tones with hints of a peppery belgian yeast quality. Flavor is quite saisonish with a banana spice and a hop dry finish. Doesn’t seem to be an 8% ABV brew as the alcohol is well blended. Nice and fizzy in the mouth with a refreshing feel to it. This a great gateway brew as the saison complexity is there but in a mild way that will not overwhelm your BMC drinking buddies.


 Odeed (1673), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
May 2, 2006  
semi murky yellow with little head.hay,horse blanket,wheat,and lemons made up the aroma and flavor.although the flavor did have a little sweetness to it.


 Terminus (1955), Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 1, 2006  
12 oz bottle-bright orange with a very small soapy topping. Big ginger, spice and with some grainy malt undertones. some faint tobacco notes as well. pretty nice nose from an american version of the style. flavors are a little lite and on the grainy side. The finish is firmly tart with a nice drying feel on the tongue. the 8% is nowhere to be found. body is crisp and sweet. Makes for a very good session belgian beer if you ask me. Nice!



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