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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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Off Color Mousetrap Chicago. Hazy gold colour lasting white head. Saison aroma and flavour. Creamy in the mouth. Some peach flavour. Some sweetness. Some funky character. Kinda a mid saison not light but not full on funk either. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2018
at 03:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to AJ. Pours a hazy gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is floral, yeast, pure sugar. Medium body, funky, yeast, lemon zest, light tartness, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2018
at 03:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Golden beer with a cream head. yeast and light spice aroma. yeast and light spice flavor with light tropical fruit. Medium bodied. Yeast and light spice linger.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2017
at 18:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dégustée au printemps 2015 (De mes notes). .
Tried
on 21 Aug 2017
at 04:22
6.5/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2017
at 08:26
6.6/10
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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.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2017
at 21:39
8.2/10
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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.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2017
at 20:46
7/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2016
at 17:31
7/10
Nice little funk...cheers!
Tried
on 20 Oct 2016
at 19:23
6.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2016
at 23:32