Oxbow Brewing Company Bandolier

Bandolier

 

Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Saison Spring
Score
6.90
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 13
Bière de Printemps

Bandolier is a malt-forward farmhouse ale brewed for the springtime.
 

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6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Had this at proletariat. Golden pour some yeast and floral et. Unspectacular. Was a bit off or old may e

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:30


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours deep hazy gold into a tulip. Bright white micro head with good retention recedes to coat surface. Sweet sourdough and funky citrus aromas. Crisp with banana, clove and funky yeast upfront turning to pith and peel in the lasting finish.

Tried on 21 Apr 2022 at 21:38


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Some citrus and a little orange zest, but really not much to this one. Pour murky orange with ok head, looks more like a hazy IPA than a saison. Light hay bitterness in the finish. Tap at brewery.

Tried from Draft on 16 Apr 2022 at 00:43


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

A hazed golden amber saison with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light candy sugar, light curacao, light Brett, light lactic notes, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light Brett, light lactic notes, very nice. On tap at L'autre oeil.

Tried from Can on 25 Nov 2018 at 19:06


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

The Sovereign DC: pours golden with a white head. Aroma is saison yeast, a few fleurs, light spice, Belgian hops. Taste is slightly sweet. Quite dry. Subtle bitter finish. Lingering hoppy aftertaste.

Tried on 20 May 2017 at 21:23


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at Row 34, 7/14/16.
Good clarity to this brass-golden-apricot colored beer. White head atop is small but shows modest retention.
Black and white pepper combine with soft, plastery house character. Rich in minerals, it gains a good, grainy cereal character as strong herbal and grassy hops perk up on the end. Some nuttiness, soft fruit esters (minimal) and just tons of enjoyable pepperiness. Maybe some passing dough-like character, as others have noted, but I don’t think it disrupts the force of what’s going on here, namely a very grainy-herbal-peppery thing that seems very appropriate as a Spring saison.
Soft, tight carbonation and a wheat and grain-like texture that has light whitebread and dough. Vanilla-honey sugars and plentiful herbal and peppery hops assert themselves, creating an easy balance. Maybe a bit of a surplus of grass and cereal grain on the finish, but the plastery yeast and peppery-herbal hop notes are enjoyable for sure. Very light and understated, as usual, from Oxbow.

Tried on 21 Jul 2016 at 19:01


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at Oxbow, Portland. An unclear, dark golden beer topped by a dense, off-white, finger-thick head. Fruity, citrusy and lightly malty aroma with hints of peaches. It’s medium bodied and soft, with some bitterness in the mouth. Fruity, citrusy flavor with some pale malts in the back. Lasting, dry finish. Straightforward and delicious. 150609

Tried from Draft on 25 Aug 2015 at 13:01


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draught @ Oxbow Blending & Bottling, Portland, ME
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast, wheat, citrus and floral. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long dry, floral, citrus and yeasty finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 11 Jun 2015 at 07:22


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at Pizzeria Paradiso. Poured a clear orange color with a small, wispy white head. Aroma was some yeast, funky notes, biscuits, light sweet fruits, dry notes.

Tried from Draft on 06 Jun 2015 at 02:18


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Hazy to cloudy golden amber color. Fruity and herbal aroma. Taste is light herbal toast. Interesting.

Tried from Draft on 05 Jun 2015 at 15:12