Apex Predator
Off Color Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
7.21
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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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Inbreak (10170) reviewed Apex Predator from Off Color Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
02.05.2014, tap @ CBC:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sour-ish fruity, grapefruit, tangerine, citrus peel, rhubarb, unripe berries, hay, grass, sorrel, lemon. Taste is slightly sweet grassy, flowers, yeast, sugar, hay, banana, grain, oak, citrus peel. Medium bitterness, very dry mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Apex Predator from Off Color Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy and blonde. Aroma has a nice spicy, wild, estery aroma. The palate is light, sweet and a bit dusty, with a herbal dryness as well. Decent...though on the palate it’s not as bright as on the nose.
drpimento (5997) reviewed Apex Predator from Off Color Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Appearance is a hazy yellow amber with an off white fine head that lasts a long time and some lace. Aroma is very pleasant with spice, Caramel malt, yeast. Flavor doesn’t quite remind me of the saison, similar perhaps But not quite. A little fruity sweet upfront with good effervescence. There’s also some weed like Hops in there, which is nice. Great body and finish for drinking.
willisread (9761) reviewed Apex Predator from Off Color Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from J’s. Pours a glowing gold with a tiny white head that dissipates fairly quickly. Light barnyard aromas, musty lemon and sage. Carbonation was a little low, but lightish body. Lemon zest, cobweb, sage and crackery malt on the palate. Light pepper and cardamom on the finish. Maybe a touch boozy.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Apex Predator from Off Color Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Sampled on draft at 3R6P this beer poured a murky bright golden-apricot color with a medium sized fluffy orange-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was yeasty, chalky, citric and musty. The flavor was chalky, citric, yeasty and musty. The flavor was chalky, citric, yeasty and musty. Medium length finish. Medium body. Ok.
Maakun (16597) reviewed Apex Predator from Off Color Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at The Chicago Diner. Cloudy golden with white head. Apricots, lots of milky dough and spicy yeast with cloves and cardamom. A bit sugary as well, and some herbs in the finish. Medium sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with creamy feel and a bit fizzy carbonation. Nice beer but a lot of yeast
Boutip (9769) reviewed Apex Predator from Off Color Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a blonde color ale with a nice thick white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of light rustic malt notes with some light floral notes and some lilac notes. Taste is also a nice mix of floral notes with light rustic malt and some lilac notes that are easily identifiable. Body is about average with good carbonation. Not bad though lilac notes do becomes a bit overwhelming.
radagast83 (13490) reviewed Apex Predator from Off Color Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft at B Side. Poured a hazy orange-yellow color with a thick, creamy white head. Dissipated quickly once I picked up the glass. Aroma is citrus zest and light funky notes. Light lime. Dank citrus, with a lot of resin in this one. Coated my mouth with hops.
Rennat42 (5616) reviewed Apex Predator from Off Color Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. A- Orange, coriander, subtle funk, citrus, latex, rubber, ginger. A- Yellow orange color, hazy liquid, white head. T- Subtle spice, latex, citrus, wheat. P- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, refreshing finish. O- Very tasty. Started out with a lot of citrus and spice notes, mostly coriander and clove but as it warmed it started seeming like liquid latex. Sounds odd, but was really good. I could session a ton of these on a hot day.
andrewje41 (7962) reviewed Apex Predator from Off Color Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 oz bottle poured. Semi cloudy golden pour with almost no head to it. Aroma has a soft champagne like yeast with some citrus and grain. Flavor is on the dry side, soft lemon and orange fruit. Dry, yeast heavy, and fruit finish. Bit of a biting carb that lingers. Fun try. Not bad.