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Southern Tier Cherry Saison

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3903.17/5.03.17/5.0Special8%23.8Tulip
Commercial Description:
Cherry saison is concurrent with the best of summer weather. The days are long and warm, and the spring blossoms have gracefully turned to plump drupes. Much in the same way, our Imperial Cherry Saison undergoes subtle but noticable changes while cruising from kettle to bright tank. Like the sun ripening fruit, a pit stop makes this beer better. Cherry Saison is aged with French Oak staves, imparting overtones of spice and balancing the natural sweetness of the cherries. Cherry Saison is the first in this series to incorporate oak aging. Enjoy it as a dessert beer, or tilt it back while sitting under a shady tree on a warm summer afternoon.
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 Crit (2404), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/101/511/20
Nov 15, 2009  
Cloudy ginger color,small beige head.Spicy cloying yeasty profile, dusty faint cherry overtones. Lingering hop end. Rather unpleasant


 stobbe74 (700), Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/514/20
Nov 15, 2009  
Bottle, 22 fl. oz. Pours a clear amber beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet, fruit and cherry. The flavor is cherry, vanilla and sweetness. The palate is sweet. Overall a sweet beer but interesting.


 Bragesnak (2257), Aarhus, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 15, 2009  
From Voldby, DK. Bottled, 091109. Pink with white head. Aroma of sour fruit and yeast. Flavor is cherries and grape.


 polomagnifico (534), Saginaw, Michigan, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/511/20
Nov 8, 2009  
Bottle. Aroma has notes of oak, cherries, spice, herbs, yeasty cobwebs. Reddish gold sparkling hue with an average sized white foamy head that mostly diminished and left no lace. Flavor is sweet and musky with an average finish. Palate is medium bodied and lively. Smelled great durning the pour but everything went downhill after that. Aroma faded, looks like a wine cooler, tastes like a wine cooler. Kind of a let down.


 oteyj (761), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Nov 7, 2009  
Thanks Jason. Slightly cloudy peach pour with a one finger white head that dissipates into a veneer. Aroma is grape and apple juice with lots of light fruit nectar. Clove, herbs, spice and a wood character complement the nectar-sweetness quite well. Flavor is more attenuated than the aroma would suggest- but it certainly works well here. More light fruit nectar and a distinct boozy quality swirl together very well. Over-ripe fruit, and a light biscuity dough round out the discernible flavors. Palate is medium bodied, mildly effervescent, clean, smooth, and crisp. Underrated for sure.


 craftycarl21 (556), South Hero, Vermont, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 7, 2009  
Murky apricot pour with a smallish head. Aroma holds lots of nectar (peach, apricot), apple juice, a bit of grape juice, some spice notes characteristic of the style, and a bit of woodiness. Flavor is drier than I expected; alcohol is present, but not overdone, and there are notes of wheat, yeast, light fruit, and some sourness and bitterness as well. I don’t find this particularly good, but it’s still drinkable. OK brew.


 tiggmtl (4311), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/59/20
Nov 2, 2009  
Strong and sweet cherry in the nose is quite overpowering. Lightly hazy, oily golden body is topped by a shy white, large bubbled head that recedes rapidly to a thin partial cover. Cherry is also strong in the flavour but here the bitterness and some oak character are also apparent, however I don’t find that it blends together all that well. Some sourness in the aftertaste. Medium body is a bit slick in texture but good effervescence livens it up a bit. Tulip glass. Cellar temperature. Bottle purchased at Brewery Creek in Oct-09.


 caesar (3034), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/53/20
Nov 2, 2009  
Bottled. Hazy golden color, short head. Aroma is slight hoppy, little cheesy, hint of barnyard, but all overwhelmed by a horrible artificial cherry sweet aroma. Awful combination. Taste is of artificial sweetener, marzipan. Please get rid of the cherries, then it might actually be a reasonable beer.



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