Surly CynicAle

Brewed by Surly Brewing Company
Style: Saison
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota USA

Pours a golden yellow color with a nice white head. Aromas of Spice, fruit and malt (maybe some hops peeking through as well) Flavor is of Fruits, malt, spice and hops. There is a nice pepper flavor that comes in on the back end. very interesting! Thanks Brewblackhole!

Pour: 16 oz can into a Duvel tulip. Bronzed goldenrod color with a lackluster white head. A little wet lacing.

Nose: Honey and diacetyl sweetness, pear, pepper, a tiny hint of stone fruit, and some grass.

Mouth: Very peachy flavor, but not the lush, dripping-with-fructose type of peachy. More like underripe, bruised, didn’t-ripen-on-the-vine peachy. Accents of black pepper and earth. Diacetyl is just barely apparent. Mouthfeel is pretty nice, although the carbonation is noticeably coarser than a real Belgian saison. Solid drinkability, but overall this beer is only decent.

<b>In short: </b>A crisp and dry moderately wild Saison with a whole lot of dry grassy hops. Very good stuff.
<b>How: </b>I come in a 16oz can. I was sent by Oakbluff to glouglouburp who in return sends a bit thank-you to Scott. I was consumed fresh a week after glouglouburp received me.
<b>The look: </b>I have a clear light golden body topped by a small off-white head
<b>In long: </b>My nose mixes wild Saison character and dry grassy Saaz-ish hops. My taste is exactly what the aroma hints on. I give you wild yeast, crisp cookie malts, some lemon and apricot skin, strong dry bitterness. I even think that my dry grassy bitterness is disproportionate relative to my smooth Saison character. I am often overlooked. Maybe you don’t think I can be a serious Saison because I come in a can. So go ahead and buy yourself a bottle of Rogue Festivale if you think good Saisons can only come in bottles. Yes I know, I am a Cynicale.

Hazy dark yellow color with a medium white head. A mild dry bitterness that is not to overpowering defines this beer. Not my favorite style of beer but very tasty non the less. I got some fruity grapefruit undertones. It almost tastes like a watered down furious with a little added spice.

16 ounce can shared by cdumler with Alraomon and myself. Thanks! Pours a slightly hazy yellow color with a thin head. Aroma of candi sugar, caramel and spice. Taste is primarily bitter leafy hops with lots of fruity notes, particularly peach and pineapple. Full bodied.

A lot like Dernière Volonté by Dieu du Ciel. Sticky Styrian Golding, floral/herbal hops. Pepper/cardamom, apricot. Sweet grainy malt and a nice smooth fullness in the mouth, but with a firm clean bitterness. Hazy golden-orange with slightly disappointing head formation/retention, but it’s still pretty good. Very aromatic, very much like Dieu-du-Ciel. I might even prefer it.

Can from Tweety. Pours a hazy, pale yellow color with a bone white, well-retained head. Aroma is of a more classic Golden Strong than a Saison, though it shares elements of both. Pear, apple, banana, pepper, bready, earthy. I don’t get any hop notes out of this, though they could have faded, don’t know how old this is. Taste is very smooth, light bodied, a tad watery, dry. This is very easy drinking. Alcohol hidden well, this seems like a 4.5 percent beer. This would be a nice beer to session. It’s not really my favorite type of beer and I don’t think it’s a particularly good example of a saison but it’s still good.

16 oz. can courtesy Buffalohead. Brilliant clear orange, but a disappointing, spare, bubbly white head and scant lace. Light honey, spice and orange peel with faint light fruit. Light/medium body, effervescent, and a clean, crisp palate. Flavor is lightly sweet, and a balancing tartness. Seemed a little flat, probably worth another try.