 Drink4Satan (586), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
| 2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 4/5 | 3/10 | 3/5 | 7/20 |
Jan 17, 2008 Pours out a hazy tangerine colour with a four finger head that fades to a solid cap, leaving good lacing. The nose is a horrible blend of stale/overripe grapfruit, barley, leather and dust. The flavour is even worse, tasting like rotting vegatables (mostly carrots and lettuce), apples and abbrasive spices. This is nearly a drainpour, but I can’t bring myself to waste beer. The finish is dry, leaving a gross lingering of its cloyinly sweet mid-palate profile. Ugh.
jsquire (2115), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 13, 2008 Murky orange color. Short lived white foamy head. Nose of brown sugar banana, bubble gum, coriander and orange rind. It is light in body. Some spicey notes, but lots of earthy yeast. Orange peel, thin honey, pepper, and herbal notes all jostle together in this beer. Innocuous saison.
kujo9 (1078), North Ridgeville, Ohio, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 9, 2008 22 oz bottle 11/11/07: Light amber w/ a lasting tight medium sized off white head. Laces well! First impression is peppery yeast. Then grainy malt, earthy/herbal hops along w/ the spicy yeast, also lighly soapy! Low esters. Flavor is peppery, spicy yeast up front, pils malt next! Light fruitiness and a bit sugary. Light bitterness in the finish & aftertaste. Herbal hop in the dry finish. Also a bit grainy. Light flavors overall w/ the exception of the yeast. Well hidden alcohol, but legs form on the glass, dry m/f, lighter medium body. Creamy @ first, but dries out when swallowed. Medium CO2. I’d like to see some more esters in this one, and it’s not a bad beer, just not very exciting.
bleeng (600), Spring near Beersel, Texas, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Jan 5, 2008 Bomber. Hazy yellow pour with a small white head. Nose is faint and barely present. Taste comes off as perfumy and bitter with not the funkiness/horseblanket expected in this style. Very light body. Not a bad summer style beer but not near even the middle of the pack for saisons.
Glouglouburp (2877), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 3, 2008 In short: A soft fruity basic Saison. Surprisingly true to the style and quite drinkable.
How: Mtl crew pre-Xmas 2007 tasting session.
The look: Cloudy golden body with a long-lasting small white head
In long: Nose of commercial sliced bread with a touch of bothersome vegetables. Taste is simple but pleasant. Fluffy mouthfeel with flavour of a crusty fruit pie with meringue. Some musty notes. A little sweeter than I’d like it to be but overall quite drinkable. I was shocked to drink such a smooth and quiet Saison by the usually over-the-top Weyerbacher. To me that was like coming across a tender ballad on a new Slayer album.
MartinT (5068), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 23, 2007 My Bottom Line:
Bready pale malts envelop the herbal, flowery hop flavors and their ensuing bitterness in this soft and slightly vegetal Saison.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A slice of foam tops the cloudy blond.
-The mouthfeel is rather authentic, which is not often the case in North American Belgian-style offerings.
-The carbonation is expansive, but a little breathing serves it well.
-That moderate vegetal scratch gets bothersome after a while.
-A touch of caramel is tasted within the hay and bread.
Bottle.
fiulijn (7420), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 |
Dec 23, 2007 2007-11-30, Papsø’s Blind Tasting
Cloudy light amber color. Plastic aroma, like the warm lights on a Christmas tree. Medium body, with a quite bad iron and vegetable taste to cover the little malt, I suspect a quite bad yeast is also the culprit. Quite bad.
beerking99 (199), USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 21, 2007 Pours very cloudy, orange-amber colored, and with a medium white head. Aroma is faint, with notes of yeast and hops, but it is missing the musty root cellar aroma I expect in a saison. Flavor is soft malt with yeastiness and some hops. Overall, a little disappointing, but much better than the first bottle of this I had, which was infected with pediococcus. FInish is overly dry.
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