Apex Predator
Off Color Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
7.21
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Farmhouse Ale
When you brew as much as we do, sometimes we get tired of telling the yeast what to do. For Apex Predator Farmhouse Ale, we pitch the yeast cold, turn off the temperature control, and let the yeast do it's thing. To our delight, it spat out the sweet scent of juicy fruit wafting from a frothy, white mane. Brewed only with grain and sugar unencumbered by the heat of the kiln, we create a hazy, golden body. Apex Predator gets its teeth from a generous Crystal dry-hopping that completes the dry finish with a fruity bite. Pounce on the opportunity to let it part your lips and you may find yourself at the top of the food chain.
Malts: Pils and Flaked Wheat
Hops: Crystal and Sterling
Secret Techniques: Free rise fermentation and prey selection
When you brew as much as we do, sometimes we get tired of telling the yeast what to do. For Apex Predator Farmhouse Ale, we pitch the yeast cold, turn off the temperature control, and let the yeast do it's thing. To our delight, it spat out the sweet scent of juicy fruit wafting from a frothy, white mane. Brewed only with grain and sugar unencumbered by the heat of the kiln, we create a hazy, golden body. Apex Predator gets its teeth from a generous Crystal dry-hopping that completes the dry finish with a fruity bite. Pounce on the opportunity to let it part your lips and you may find yourself at the top of the food chain.
Malts: Pils and Flaked Wheat
Hops: Crystal and Sterling
Secret Techniques: Free rise fermentation and prey selection
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6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
sampled at restauant in Chicago IL - nice farmhouse - yeasty and quite good!
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Mar 2026
at 22:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Marriott Marquis. Cloudy gold with no head. Aroma is lemon, straw, yeast. Initial taste is lemon and Belgian yeast. Fades, to tart lemon, straw. Body is a touch thin.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Dec 2025
at 04:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draft at birdsall in peekskill. Off colored yellow small white head. Funky yeast and fruity apples. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2025
at 01:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Old rating from 2016 - 330ml bottle brought back from NYC. Pours bright amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of rich berries, little tart, apples, banana, citrus, spices & dry hops. Medium body. Dry crisp finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2025
at 16:41
8/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
7-7-23 CBC
Tried
on 07 Jul 2023
at 21:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Hazy yellow. Dry. Which is great, and hippy initially some soap in the first sip but that is quickly gone replaced by hay and flowers. Good.
Tried
on 04 May 2023
at 21:25
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Aug 2022
at 16:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Boisterous saison, full of clove and cut grass and floral notes, underlined by lemon and yeast. Finishes with a mild dry streak and lingering hints of vanilla and hay. Very nice.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2022
at 23:19
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2021
at 18:21