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Sly Fox Grisette


 Percentile 
87
overall
Brewed by Sly Fox Brewhouse
Style: Traditional Ale

Royersford and Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA

bottling
unknown

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available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
293.64/5.03.48/5.05.6%88Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard
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Commercial Description:
Grisette is a a Belgian farmhouse ale which was originally brewed in the Hainaut Province to be the beer of the miners in the area, just as Saison was the beer of the farmers. It was lighter than saison and frequently contained wheat as well as barley malt (as does the Sly Fox version). The name is derived from the French word for grey, referring to the young women (the grisettes) who doled out pints as the men exited from the mines while still dressed in their grey factory frocks. The style is nearly extinct and will be an interesting addition to the adventuresome and ever-growing Sly Fox portfolio.
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 checkmatei1 (629), Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 8, 2009  
Draft: Poured a hazy straw color with a nice amount of head. The aroma was grass, straw, citrus, spice, barley, and earth. The flavor was like a saison, citrus, grass, and spice. Overall, a really great tasting easy drinking beer.


 jeremytoni (1069), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Sep 8, 2009  
From the tap poured a hazy golden color with a good amount of head. Nice light spicy sweet malty flavor with a quick finish.


 fata2683 (836), Panama City, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Aug 30, 2009  
tap, pours hazy bright yellow. Wheat and citrus nose. Nice wheat flavor with a touch of peppery spice in the finish, in the vein of a wit. Delicious.


 alobar (1006), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 29, 2009  
Cloudy yellow color with a thin white head. Aroma of bread and lemon. Tastes of lemon, clove, bread, and spice. Very nicely done.


 puzzl (2579), New York, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Aug 21, 2009  
Tap at the Blind Tiger. Cloudy yellow pour with zero head though still some active carbonation in the mouth. Lemony, brett, cheese aroma, with a nice mushroomy earthiness. Minerally, spritzy, hard water flavor; dry but not bretty. Some dry/dead grass flavors. Not bad but not complex.


 vtafro (452), , New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/55/104/511/20
Aug 21, 2009  
Tap @ Blind Tiger. Light hazy golden pour with white head. This is definitely more of a saison than anything else. Spices, citrus and slight chewy grassy notes.


 Rciesla (3500), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/512/20
Aug 20, 2009  
Draft. Pours a hazy golden body with a white head. Dry musky with spices and earth tones. Grass and herbal with a hint of citrus and lemon. Decent.


 Dickinsonbeer (3434), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Aug 7, 2009  
On tap at Capones. Pours a very light blond hazy almost cloudy, with a nice tight sticky white head. Aroma is grainy, cereal, mineral, toasty doughy malts with a slight clovey phenolic Belgian yeastiness- saison like with some grits. Flavor is slight lemon zest, toasty malts, slight grassy hops, some herbs, spice, earth and slight drying leather with lemons in the end with a dry peppery finish. Pretty good and refreshing. Nice.



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