Rogue FestiveAle

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Saison
Newport, Oregon USA

The beer poured from the 22-ounce brown bottle takes up a temporary residence in my glass an unclouded deep amber with a modest semi-creamy head that is a light tan color, after its decomposition the resultant lace forms a fine coating of lace to obscure the glass. Nose has a sweet malt presence with hints of pepper, oranges and some spiciness, start is tart with a light to moderate grain presence, top is light to middling in its feel. Finish is extremely dry, the acidity dominates with a light hint of hops, can’t say I care much for this beer, drinkable, but leaves a lot to the real saison style

Hazy pale amber pour that grows a nice belgian off-white head that slowly drops to a lasting cover. Astonishingly low level of hops (both aromatic and bittering) for what you’d expect from a saison by the brewer of the first double IPA. What comes up in the nose is mostly a spice intensity that fights off the fruity, nowhere crisp base malts. Lots of ginger, orange, chamomile leafiness. Soft herbal hops don’t procure no bitterness that approaches that coming from the spices. Tea-like chamomile sourced tannic feel lingers in the finish. Biting, large, tongue-grasping agressive carbonation lasts long, but is at a level where it may be cutting the flavors down a bit and toughens drinkability a bit which comes as a default in this case. Under average.

Thanks to legion242 for this one, on draught at Flying Saucer-Addison, named Rogue Locker Stock Saison. Toasty malt aroma, with bit of diacetyl and biscuit. Very mild fruity hops. Not like a Belgian saison aroma at all. Amber orange clear with no head. Medium body with medium carbonation. Starts a bit sweet with mild fruity notes. Very little floral character. Mild alcohol and tartness. Has a bit of hoppiness to it but weak overall. As a saison, really weak and dull - like a mild Belgian ale, not a saison.

Bottle-Pours with a big, big foamy head and a great cloudy amber color. The head disappears and the aroma is mostly yeast with some orange undertones. Emmmm, I can’t want wait to drink it. Then the disappointment hits. No marked flavor of any kind, it just sits there and ends up tasting like an average brewpub beer. There was a slight taste of hops in the beginning, but the drink turns more and more yeasty, with some sweetness through the bottle. Pettys 4.69

Head was monsterous. Aroma isnt too pleasing. Honestly, I am just not too fond of this beer. It just kind of has a funky flavor.

this is a decent beer - way to much carbonation formy liking thought - it’s a fairly good representation of it’s style. the head is never ending - thick and solid. Rogue is an excellent brewery

Deep golden color, fairly active carbonation. Sticky sweet. I enjoyed it quite a bit at first, but it seemed to fade as I had more of it.

No point in making a saison if you are going to bury it in spices, especially grains of paradise which I didn’t like in Sam Adam’s beers and didn’t like here. Very yeasty in aroma and taste.