Clipper City Heavy Seas Red Sky At Night

Brewed by Clipper City Brewing Co.
Style: Saison
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Cloudy in appearance with an amber colored body. A nice balance of hops and malt with a touch of fruit.

Tastes kinda like a weizen, but there’s a reason this is called a Farmhouse Ale. Grassy, hay-y, maybe cow floppy flavor, but somehow it’s almost smooth. Probably wouldn’t get it again.

i think that this beer is a bit under rated. I enjoyed it. Pours out a nice light orange color with a slight bit of lacing. aroma was spicy and very fruity. Flavor was very much the same but reminded me for a belgian ale. I really liked this beer.

12oz bottle. Sipped on this while i rating the collection of beers from the night before. Aroma wasn’t jumping out at me but it was the usual banana, yeast, spice nose i would expect from the style. Color is light with tons of very small particles. Flavor is spice and yeast. Not very citrusy, but mildy fruity. Alc content reads 7.5 on the bottle. well hidden, but i’ll believe every bit of it. Real good.

bit of Belgian spice on the nose and also vegetable wheat. taste is nice enough with typical spice and a good yeasty body that fortifies the sweet and somewhat one dimensional taste that comes off a bit watery. sneaky alcohol that i like it is a bit bright, a bit refined and has a mellow actually meekish finish.

Thanks to Gregis for the beer. 12oz bottle, purchase by 10/07. 7.5%ABV, not the 8% the website lists. Served in my NB snifter @ 53°. Aroma is lemon, citrus, sharp wheat, yeast, and some belgian funk. Hazy gold color with a smallish head, but perpetual carbonation. No yeast evident in the beer or bottle, despite what the bottle says. Taste is fruity (pears/apples) with honey notes, yeast, vanilla, spice, and flour. Fruitiness gives the beer a sense of sweetness, without the beer being sweet. The finish is fruit and alcohol. This is a very subtle beer, and real nice depth of flavor. A little more carbonation would be welcome, but was not expected due to the 12oz bottle, they can only handle so much carbonation. A nice beer.

Pale golden body with a huge, clumpy white head. Aroma is sweet and bright, with notes of tropical fruits like mango and pineapple. Flavor has much of the same fruitiness and very little bitterness. The maltiness is heavy and sticky, almost too much so. Finish is spicy and tart. I enjoyed it aside from the too heavy palate.

12 oz. brown, longneck bottle from a six pack. Freshness date is of Nov 04, notched on side of front label. Fairly fresh. Aromas are of fresh malts, spicy corriander, yeasty bread, and slight, but subdued Belgian funk. Ishould have bought this beer when it first became available, because it would have been that much better. Poured out a brilliantly clear, straw yellow color. The color of a blonde’s hair in the summer sunshine. Fast fading, smallish white head, barely left a small ring of foam around the rim of the glass. No alcohol in the aromas or flavors, but you can definitely tell it’s there. After about 1/2 a glass of this, you start feeling all fuzzy and warm. Tastes are of spicy yeast, fresh malts, yeast, and the classic Belgian funk. Slight barnyard aromas and tastes. Slightly undercarbonated, especially for the style. Not a fault as such, just a warning not to expect too much here is all. Fruity aromas waft up to your nostrils as the flavors wrap around your tongue. Slightly sweet, but not to the point of being cloying. Slight salty note to the finish. A decent effort from the gang in Bal’more.