Surly CynicAle

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

Orange pour with next to no head or lacing. Weak peppery aroma. Loads of coriander and pepper, dry mouthfeel and very mild fruity sweetness. Overall decent, but just not that enthralling.

Pours a hazy orange with a thick white head. Aroma is zesty citrus and malty sweetness. Flavor has a nice earthy funk to it mixed in with a bit of bitter hops. More citrus fruits like lemon and orange peel as well. Finishes slightly dry and bitter, nice carbonation that fits well. Nice! Thanks to DJ for just handing me this at work because I claimed I needed a surly fix!

elgaucho provided can. poured cloudy yellow gold, nice white head. aroma of subtle fruit and air. teh taste is sweet, with a trace of grapefruity bitterness. kind of a spicy finish. bit too sweet for me.

Courtesy of Quake1028. Pours clear deep gold with copper core and weak off white head. The aroma is pretty big to start with sweet malts mixed with lemon, candi sugar, peach, sweet apples and some mild earthiness. The taste is nice and fresh with both sweet and tart notes coming from such things as candi sugar, tart lemon, apples and mild yeast spices. Seems to end with a tasty mild malt roastiness.

Courtesy of Monger. Thanks again, James. Orange pour with reddish hues throughout the heart of the body. Soapy looking head, loosely constructed and about 2 fingers thick. Spotty drip lacing present once the head recedes, which takes a good while. Nose of coriander, citrus zest, clove, mandarin oranges and nectarines. Still tastes pretty damn fresh almost a year after canning. Spices dominate in the flavor department, coriander and clove are the main ones I can detect, but I am sure there are more. Also has a lot of citrus fruit and zest going on. I don’t get any black pepper or really peppery spice of any kind though. Medium bodied, very nice mouthfeel, I’m going to think that is thanks to the oats that were used. I love that they do that with their beers, it makes a Saison or a Brown Ale that much more unique and fun to drink. Finish is lengthy, some hoppy spice, lemons and a bit of perfume/floral spice.

Clear golden body with a small white head. The nose is herbal and floral hops, honey and lavender. The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly bitter with lots of floral/herbal hops, light pepper, cotton candy and cracker. Medium body is soft with moderate carbonation and long bitter finish.

16 oz can of pure joy thanks to artusory, thanks Ryan. This is one grat beer but a saison, where’s the driness?? I like it hte way it is so keeo that boring dry shit away from one of the best canned beers ever! Pours a super hazy orange with a small white foamy head. Aroma is(insert Borat voice) NICE!! Candied sugar, fruity(aprocot, peach, apple), bread and yeast. Flavor starts off bready and dry then a nice fruitiness kicks in along with some caramel, toffee maltiness. This is one nice tall boy, unlike Shaq, he might be tall but his table manners are applorable, NO ELBOWS ON THE TABLE SHAQ-A-HACK!!

Courtesy of artusory

Can: The aroma is yeasty, floral, fruity, herbal, and light pepper. It pours a transparent golden-orange with a small white head that fades quickly to a thin film. The flavor start very floral with some light yeastiness in the background. It finishes herbal with some light pepper. Light bodied with soft carbonation.