Saint Somewhere Lectio Divina

Brewed by Saint Somewhere Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Tarpon Springs, Florida USA

2009 Bottle. Nearly got killed by the cork, again, and it sent my dog cowering behind a chair (scared the crap out of him). Bottle gushed about a third of its contents. The beer continued to repeatedly gush over the rim of my glass once I had poured it as well (go figure...). Huge tan head, murky brown body with floaties. Aroma is muted with bread, spice, candi sugar and dark fruits. Taste is bready, slightly metallic, with dark fruits, candied sugar, apple and tangerine. Over carbonated and dry mouthfeel. Didn’t really float my boat.

750 ml bottle. Exploding cork !!! Pours a dark muddy brown with a thick foamy beige head. Aroma of dark fruit, brown sugar, bread malts and yeast. Taste of dark fruit, brown sugar, bread malt and candied sugar.

9/19/2008: Saint Somewhere Lectio Divina has a cloudy, golden appearance. There is some sediment suspended in the beer and it is topped by a beige-colored head. This beer has a sweet grape/champagne aroma with a flavor that is slightly sweet and contains complex fruit and malt and a hint of alcohol. There is a tinge of alcohol is theis medium-bodied, smooth brew. Overall this beer is very well-rounded and tasty.

750 mL (8.0% Alc/Vol) shared by alexsdad06. Thanks Brad! Rating #246 for this beer.

750ml bottle...might have had this one sit a bit too long and/or had a bad bottle, so I’ll try to tone down my true thoughts on this one and give it another try in the future. Poured a light brown color with no head to speak of (bottle appeared to be under carbonated). Aroma is spicy and had notes of cinnamon, raisin, and an odd funk that did not agree with the other aromas. Flavor was very oxidized and full of cardboard...caught some notes of spice and raisin, but the cardboard notes were just overwhelming. From what I could pick up on, this acted a lot more like a saison than a belgian strong, but who knows...again, I’ll temper my true thoughts and pick up another bottle in the future.

Bottle shared with DrBayern, doboy, Steve-o and Brianista. Cork exploded off bottle nearly taking one of Brians eyes, poured a light brown forming huge off brown foamy head. Aroma huge of raisins, spices and yeast like wiffs. Flavour was raisins and candy rock tones, spiced balances out with warming of beer.

Sampled at International Beer Garten (Lutz, FL) tasting. Pours a hazy amber color with an off-white head. Interesting sweetness in the aroma and flavor from dark candied sugar. Has some caramel malt characteristics as well. Slight sourness in the finish.

This one requires protective eye gear to open. Two turns of the cage key and the whole fucking top exploded off. It shot the cork and cage thirty feet across the room. Cloudy brown with a huge foamy head (it did blow up after all). Malty spicy aroma and taste with an orange taste and a tart finish. Raisin flavors become more dominant as the beer warms.

750ml bottle. This is very carbonated, the cork blew before we got the cage off, but lost only an ounce or two. Nice looking brew, kind of an orange glow too it, nice light tan as well. Has kind of a tart apple aroma, slightly sweet as well. More apples in the flavor, no tartness though, sweetish, dry and some raisins to go along with the apple, pretty good.