Stillbow Oxtisanal
Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: StillwaterFarmhouse - Saison Special Out of Production
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Score
7.77
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We fermented this blonde saison with a blend of Brettanomyces strains and then aged it 20 months in special Maine blueberry wine barrels.
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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle thanks to Bursprak! Pours hazy light orange with a big white fluffy head. Aromas of citrus, lemon zest, mandarin, tart blueberries, funk, hay, floral notes, brett, dust. Taste is sweet, funky, sparkly, citrus, acid, grapefruit, some blueberries, lots of juicy fruit stuff going on! Lemon, vanilla, brett, dirt, dust, hay.
yngwie (24278) reviewed Stillbow Oxtisanal from Oxbow Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Stillbow Oxtisanal, 6.5% Bottle, courtesy of the Oxbow owner, Tom Adams (?), thanks a lot mate!. It’s an unclear, orange colored beer with a dense, small, off-white to light beige colored head. The aroma has a lovely barrel touch, funky orange notes, hints of berries, a hint of lemon and leather, some pale malts and a generic fruity sweetness. It’s not sweet on the palate though, it’s quite dry actually and lightly tart, with a high but nice level of carbonation and a medium to full body. There’s a good dash of fresh orange in the flavor, a vague hint of blueberry and citrus peel, some grass and pale malts and also some tannins. Some lemon and a faint leathery, barnyardish touch as well. Lasting finish with orange and a touch of blueberries and barrel and funk. A really lovely beer, proving that a blend of orange and blueberry can be very nice, and with all the other flavors and aromas added it sure ends up as a wonderful beer. Easy drinkable, tasteful and refreshing. 150613
Meilby (14731) reviewed Stillbow Oxtisanal from Oxbow Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle 500ml @ Motel room, Crystal Inn, Niagara Falls, ON
Pours hazy deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast, brett, funk, pineapple, mango and some fruits. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long funky, fruity, brett and yeasty finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Stillbow Oxtisanal from Oxbow Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bottle - thanks jbportland! Just a bit of a gusher on opening. Pours hazy golden yellow with a large white head that dissipates slowly leaving solid lacing. Aroma is really vinous, oaky, lots of Bretty funk. Flavor follows, dry with light plus tartness, lots of Brett, and the good kind. Medium light body, high carbonation. Excellent.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
At Eurhop festival in Rome-Italy. Little quantity from a bottle shared among the customers. Courtesy of the brewer himself. Pours yellow cloudy with a great white foam. Nose is acidic, vinegar, farmhouse yeast. Mouth: round saison with the right acidic feel which makes it a balanced and unique saison. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Thanks Matt for bringing this to Tommy to share. enjoyed 4 ways in stemware.
A - Nose has a minor hazy orange and a 2 finger creamy head that fades fast to next to nothing.
S - Has a mild acidic and tart lemon skin bitterness like european hops and some solid wheat and tropical fruit.
T - Taste has a very clean lively fruity bitterness. I get mango and papaya with peach toward the end. Great clean tart notes, some wine barrel notes, clean grape skin.
M - Very dry with a light sweetness.
O - Great beer. deserves the current rating. Love this beer.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Stillbow Oxtisanal from Oxbow Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle. Hazy pale yellow color, fluffy head with good retention and lacing. Beautiful aroma of vanilla, subtle licorice, barns. Taste is light attic and dust. Delicious.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
50cl bottle pours a hazy gold with some tight, white head. Nose is really nice, a little musty, a bit doughy too, a little bit of hay, some lemon, a bit of white grape. Flavor has some sweet apple and pear, a little lemon bitterness, mild funk, some cheese rind, some hay. Mostly clean finish. Interesting.
solidfunk (21946) reviewed Stillbow Oxtisanal from Oxbow Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Some coriander, some bretta. Pours cloudy orange with good head and lacing, though I got the bottom of the bottle. Nice orange smell. Soft carbonation. Bottle thanks to MrChopin at Epic Sour Tasting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From a bottle shared at the DC Epic Sour Beer Tasting. Thanks MrChopin! Pours a hazy gold with an off white head. Aroma of tart apples with some latex notes. Flavors of grapes and white pepper. Soft tart finish.