Rusted Plow
Haw River Farmhouse Ales in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.96
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 ml bottle shared, thanks DCLawyer! Clear golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of herbs, citrus, hay. Tastes of herbs, lemon lime citrus, hay. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2017
at 21:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Citrus and lots of astringent cloying aftertaste. Golden amber pour with decent head. Acidic and tangy. Like orange that was picked not ripe enough.
Tried
on 28 May 2017
at 17:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Salud pours a clear gold with a ring of white head. Nose has grass, green apple, green grape, a little nail polish, some buttery oak. Flavor follows, astringent with wood, green apple, mild spice, lemon tea. Tart and lightly tannic finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2017
at 12:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear light gold with a minimal white head. Complex aroma. There’s some doughnut shop here, Dough, powdered sugar, vanilla, something spicy, minty maybe. The flavor is fruity, with some tartness for balance. Then a dry, peppery finish. Lively carbonation adds a light palate.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2016
at 16:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
750mL bottle from THE turdferguson, shared on 3/26/16.
Great pour, with a very minimally hazy copper-blonde body sporting a large white head with moderate retention.
After having drunk roughly one billion beers, I’m hard pressed to think of too many where the honey actually improved the beer. Honey’s an odd thing in beer. While it sounds really fun and interesting on paper, in practice it’s not that far off from just dumping a bunch of table sugar in to primary. It adds no body and creates lots of weird phenols ranging from plastics to powdered sugar and other weird things. Here, we get some cool mint notes (not that clearly mint, but something along those lines) with other tropical and peppery notes. Very saison-like for sure, with very light caramel and bits of dough and bread. Sorachi ace adds a lemony-merengue-like character and complements the floral and herbal notes of the yeast.
The flavor is quite comforting with honey-vanilla and bread dough followed by plentiful pepperiness. Love the low abv and the hops keep it vibrant, but I do get a bit of weird, unwanted off-notes from the honey, as Adam points out as well. Still, a very nicely done beer and not Americanized. Tart, dry and moderately hoppy with fine carbonation and no alcohol noted.
Great pour, with a very minimally hazy copper-blonde body sporting a large white head with moderate retention.
After having drunk roughly one billion beers, I’m hard pressed to think of too many where the honey actually improved the beer. Honey’s an odd thing in beer. While it sounds really fun and interesting on paper, in practice it’s not that far off from just dumping a bunch of table sugar in to primary. It adds no body and creates lots of weird phenols ranging from plastics to powdered sugar and other weird things. Here, we get some cool mint notes (not that clearly mint, but something along those lines) with other tropical and peppery notes. Very saison-like for sure, with very light caramel and bits of dough and bread. Sorachi ace adds a lemony-merengue-like character and complements the floral and herbal notes of the yeast.
The flavor is quite comforting with honey-vanilla and bread dough followed by plentiful pepperiness. Love the low abv and the hops keep it vibrant, but I do get a bit of weird, unwanted off-notes from the honey, as Adam points out as well. Still, a very nicely done beer and not Americanized. Tart, dry and moderately hoppy with fine carbonation and no alcohol noted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2016
at 15:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Poured from bottle thanks ClarkVV nice hazy copper color with a nice thin white head. Aromas of pepper spicy tropical aromas. Taste is light sour straw hay and Funky lemon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2016
at 17:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
750ML, very hazy light orange, 2 finger head, sticky legs. Smells fantastic. Loads of spicy, lovely tropical aromas. Whoa, yeah...I’m really into this one. actually there is some cheap sour candy finish but there’s something off here but truthfully, there’s enough juicy bitterness and lemon to make this a winner.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2016
at 16:55
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Churchkey. Cloudy golden yellow color, fluffy white head. Aroma has fink, hay, raw sourdough bread, citrus. Taste is lightly sour straw, hay, white wine, tannins. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2016
at 16:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Churchkey. Poured a golden orange color with a small off-white head. Aroam was strong notes of what I would call cinnamon. Vanilla, light citrus lemon peel. Juicy notes, some light funk bretty notes. Interesting. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Feb 2016
at 16:06