 RollinHard (761), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 22, 2007 Updated: Feb 4, 2008Pours a dirty straw-golden color. Aromas of yeast, flowers, and cheese. Promising. Flavor is almost a salty tripel malt flavor, very dy, poky bitterness (from the pepper maybe), lightly spicy in the finish, and very creamy. Good stuff, but perhaps it was too spicy.
Tried this a second time and sure enough, this beer suffered a bit by being near the end of a session. I thought it was all bitter spice, but there’s a nice dough sweetness in the aroma and flavor, it’s got a chewy body, and wonderfully funky and seasoned. There was something to the aroma that seemed a bit odd, but other than that, this is great.
stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 21, 2007 Bottle sampled. Pours hazy golden with a large white head. Aroma of spices, citrus, and fruit. The flavor is spices, citrus, honey, clove, and finishes mildly bitter. Good brew.
brianbuntz (49), Santa Monica, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 17, 2007 Aroma of malts and pear and citrus. Pours an opaque light brown. Nice thick head with good lacing. Reminiscent of a hefeweizen with a light clove element intertwined with honey. Fairly sweet and moderately hopped for West Coast beer. Good mouthfeel.
TomDecapolis (3208), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 15, 2007 Thanks to awaisanen for the trade. Pours a hazy golden orange with a large frothy/rocky head that left lots of spotty lacing down the sides of the glass. Aroma of various spices...ginger, orange, peppery with nice citrus notes and touches of floral honey. Heavy on the ginger...hard to cover that up though. Flavor of the same spices, spicy with nice hop bitterness, citrus notes, dry and bready. Spices a little more toned down in the flavor...but still fairly up front. Nice tasting and overall well made Saison. Spicy, dry and crisp with lots of various fruits and citrus like a nice Saison should.
jimbowood (964), Athens, Georgia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
May 13, 2007 Bottle courtesy of naven cellared for ~10 months. A nice beer w/ a spicy finish, but I’m just not a big fan of the style.
UselessGdTaste (363), Long Beach, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
May 13, 2007 I think this may be one of my favourite saisons. Clean, refreshing, and everything I could want in a nice warm weather.
Stine (1380), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
May 13, 2007 Beautiful opaque shade of golden yellow beneath a staying crown of off white foam. Aromas of apricots, lemons and lilacs. Unusually hoppy. The tangy ginger bite complements the quiet pit fruits perfectly on the tongue. Amiably floral. Aftertaste sours considerably with warmth, revealing a yeasty, lemongrass character. Golden palate for all seasons - refreshing, light, but robust. Subtle brilliance right here. Thanks John!
hopdog (5614), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 12, 2007 750ml, corked bottle. Poured a medium and hazy golden color with a large sized white head. Aromas of lemons (lemon peels), pears, spices, and a little earthy. Tastes of citrus, fruity, spices and bready. Crisp and clean finish.
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