Saint Somewhere Lectio Divina

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

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. Practically needed a chainsaw to get the cork out. Cloudy, auburn-amber body. Small white head that settles to a very thin film with a pronounced edge. The aroma shows vinous white fruits, candy sugar, Granny Smith apples, and a funky, semi-sour farmhouse yeast. The flavor has a lightly toasted caramel base, with sweet and sour apples and lemon chiffon. Minimal hop presence. Medium duration tangy finish. High sugar content is quite apparent as it sits pretty heavy in the stomach. Still, the palate is not overly cloying. Interesting brew. Glad to see something like this coming out of Florida.

750ml bottle. thanks to degarth for this one. pours hazy orange with small white head around the rim. nose is musty and fruity, mainly apple peel. flavor is overly sweet at first, lots of fruity apples in the flavor, met by oaky and musty notes. the body is almost syrupy. carbonation is low but fizzy on the back of the throat. alcohol is well hidden. just too sweet and lacks character.

I’m not sure if I should thank cquiroga, saarlander or dirty_martini well, whoever brought it, it’s a very nice beer. Golden pour, nice sweet/tangy flavor. Very nicely done

This one was quite a gusher (an exploder really), took a while to pour. Coppered in color, a bit murky with a big, tan/khaki head. Aroma of yeast, spice, pepper, fruit and apples. Flavor of apples, yeast and spice; something a bit strange in there, but nothing bad really. Quite peppery in the finish. Becomes more apple-centric with time. A solid beer.

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.

2008 bottle, thanks to ericandersnavy, a dark golden orange pour with slim foam, aromas of apple, sugar and caramel, fruity belgian flavors of raisin, plum and refined sugars, nice beer

Bottle shared by artusory. Hazy copper/fiery orange body, medium off-white to buff head. Light tart, fruity nose, again with the plastic, band-aid notes I picked up in the Saison Athene. Sweet, sugary body with a light earthy finish, tainted by plasticy phenols. The sweetness is rather flabby. I had a hard time getting past the phenols, and couldn’t enjoy this much.