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Clipper City Heavy Seas Red Sky At Night

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4273.24/5.03.23/5.0Summer8%30.9Tulip
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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 hopscotch (5490), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/513/20
Jun 2, 2004  
Lightly hazy, golden ale with a small, creamy, white head. Spicy aroma with notes of pear, coriander, banana and bubblegum. Fruity, spicy flavor as well. Baked, spiced pear and warm cinnamon-apple cobbler. Medium-bodied with medium carbonation. Short, spicy, sweet finish.


 jcwattsrugger (5393), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 25, 2008  
12 oz bottle-pours a foamy white head and yellow color. Aroma is spicy-coriander/clove, yeast, light malt/wheat. Taste is sweet light malt, spicy-coriander/clove/pepper, yeast, herbal. Semi dry finish. Occasional.


 Hildigöltur (5109), København, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Feb 3, 2005  
Dark golden coloured. Sweet and fruity aroma. Fruity flavour with some sharpness. Not very interesting.


 Cletus (5057), Connecticut, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Sep 11, 2008  
Pours pale gold with a thin white head. Smells of residual sugar and has some saison aualities, but they are all garbled. Tastes fruity and overly sweet for the style.


 MartinT (5055), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/513/20
May 13, 2005  
The Lure:
No head whatsoever atop the citrusy hop dough. Malt husks appear, but aren’t sure of what surrounds them.

The Festivities:
The quiet mouthfeel points much more towards bière de garde to me in its maltiness and carbonation level. Pineapple sweetness blends well with the coriander and the miscellaneous hops. Diplomatic alcohol warming accompanies the quizzical serenity.

Transcendence:
After the storm, a strange, soothing calm looms over the scattered debris.


 ¾ (4999), Colorado, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Jul 22, 2006  
Draft at the James Joyce pub, labeled James Joyce Ale something-or-other. Clear orange color, light appearance. Tastes a little like cheap lager, like a Miller Lite almost. Crisp, fizzy, sweet malts, citrus and cherries, pale and simple, though. A bit sour in the finish. Like an American pale ale.


 yngwie (4970), Kristiansand, Norway
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/511/20
Nov 28, 2007  
Bottle, shared by papsoe. Orange-yellow pour, with a white head. There’s sediments in the bottle. Pale malt, citrus and a sweetish note in the aroma. The flavor is sour and sweet, quite malty, with some spice notes and hints of orange. Medium to thin body, and a fruity finish with a little acidic touch. Drinkable and refreshing, but the beer didn’t convince me it was worthy. (071006)


 madsberg (4966), Søborg, Denmark
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/59/20
Sep 12, 2004  
Bottled: Golden coloured. White medium sized head. Sweet, malty and light hoppy aroma. Flavour is light sour and malty and ends up in a quickly diminishing fruitsweetness. Boring



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