cdeaton (66), Madison, Indiana, USA
May 29, 2008 Hybrid yeasts rear their heads again(?) Very nice dark golden/orange beer. Very sweet, fruity, and less-so malty. Honey adds nice dimension, making it a little more satiable and full.
 TAR (2087), Boulder Co., Colorado, USA
Aug 6, 2004 Draft: Bright golden with a honey haze. Creamy dollop of dusty-white foam. Juicy hop rind aroma laced with subtle phenols, orange peel, star anise, white grape, and Belgian yeast. Soft, spongelike carbonation. Flavors are heavily hopped and citric with notes of orange and apricot. Hop flavors are elegant and there’s some acidity to help balance the sweetness. Vague mustiness from the yeast. Well-hopped finish with notes of dried apricot and honeyed malt. It’s serviceable, but it lacks the desired funkiness and dryness, along with being a tad too yeasty.
cb (809), Wheat Ridge, Colorado, USA
Nov 2, 2003 Updated: Dec 24, 2003I wished that this had been a bit more tart and earthy. Sweet cherry/malt aroma. Touch of spice. Lots of Golden Delicious apple flavors plus hops in the body.
raindog (558), Evansville, Indiana, USA
Jul 12, 2003 Updated: Jul 13, 2003Draft: Darker than most,autumn leaf. Milky,white,big bubbled, head. Great aroma,malty,hoppy(wood,spicy),and very earthy(hay,wheat). Mouthfeel is full,but not overdone,very drinkable.Flavors are earthy,yeasty(bubblegum) and malty. Finish is loaded with hops and quite noticable yeasty. The more I drank,the better it tasted.Kind of like a biere de gardish,Saison.Leaning more toward Saison,obviously. Good stuff!
smoosh (523), New Albany, Indiana, USA
Jun 28, 2003 Draft Only: slightly sweet malty aroma. Nice cloudy copper color. Flavor also malty and sweet and bouncing all over the mouth. Interesting and I think I'll have to do an all Saison session sometime soon!
hotstuff (3175), Indiana, USA
Jun 23, 2003 This head when poured was small, tan and had small bubbles and no lacing. The hue reminded me of apple cider. The aroma was that of clove and banana. The flavor was bitter tasting from start to finish and lingered for a time after finishing my rating.
thedm (3833), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Jun 22, 2003 I had this beer at the Brew-Ha-Ha in Indianapolis. The brewer called it the "Scalawag Saison". This brew poured a very small head of foine to large sized off-white bubbles with a carbonated amber brown bosy. It had a banana-clove aroma and a very complex flavor of spices, clove, maly and several other very mellow notes. I think I like this brew the second best of all those at the event.
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