 redlight (1043), Winter Park, Florida, USA
Jun 24, 2008
Sweet aromas with some barnyard aromas, not really funky but there’s a hint of mustiness. Pours cloudy amber gold with a thick white head. Very dry, with hints of spicy sweetness, hints of peppermint, some funky flavors, actually reminescent of a Fantome with a spicy, floral yet dry finish. There’s a decent bitterness in there too. All in all not a bad Saison.
CharlesDarwin (1376), State College, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 20, 2008 12oz Bottle. A wet corn and grain nose. Peppered with bubblegum and sweet yeast esters. Not particularly enticing. A nip of diacetyl? Some rotten grain. Pours a clouded orange-yellow, with an oily off-white head, fading fast. Thin, watery and bitter. Not much depth or decent flavor development. A real wash of peppercorn oil, soap, and wheat sugar. A bit of plant meat and some real flat spice character. Meh.
mwelsh13 (124), Maryland, USA
Aug 17, 2008 22 oz bottle split into two poured orange with a fluffy white head. Green apples in the aroma. Somewhat dry mouth feel with some pepper in the background. Nice easy drinking beer.
Hawksfan17 (610), Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 13, 2008 Ok apparently I hate Saisons or I just didn’t like this one. I couldn’t see myself drinking this oddly spicy drink all day. You can smell the hay from the fields and the natural spiciness but then it all goes downhill. Hazy amber in color and a very odd aftertaste even though it was drinkable before it hit my palate. I know this is harsh but it was tough to drink. At least I know to steer clear of this type of beer from now on!
mabel (1583), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 12, 2008 [1508-20080704] 1pt6floz bottle. Sweet musty hay aroma has floral goat hints. Hazy, orange brown body with a medium-lasting foamy off-white head. Smoky wooden flower petal flavour. Medium body. Showing a bit of age, not pleasant anyway.
(w/ jerc, manuchampions, tupalev)
stangger (106), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 9, 2008 12 oz bottle. My first Saison, and it didn’t turn out the way I expected. Tastes like a cross between a generic wheat and a belgian. It doesn’t really seem to fit the description of the saison.
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