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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6.8/10
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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
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jul 2016
at 20:18
7.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2016
at 14:54
7.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Apr 2016
at 16:17
7.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2016
at 20:16
7.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2015
at 18:35
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Julio’s Somewhat hazy deep yellow color with decent sized bubbly white head. Earthy funky citrus, grapefruit, and juicy fruit on the nose with a hint of sweet bready crackey malt and a touch of earthy fruity yeast esters, that is an awesome aroma! Flavor is light fruity almost juice like with a distinct tart earthy flavor to it. Damn that is a flavorful tart earthy farmhouse style ale!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2015
at 20:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle. Cloudy yellow color. Small creamy white head. Lemony yeasty aroma has notes of bread and vegetal funk. Zesty citrus malt upfront. Bread and lemon curd in midtaste. Dry farm like finish. Refreshing ang mildly funky. A nice saison.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2015
at 21:57
8/10
Tried
on 30 Aug 2015
at 21:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a hazy yellow color with a one and a half finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute. Lacing was slightly spotty and here and there.
The smell had nice fresh sweet grassy tones roll over light sweet bready yeasty orange aromas. With a little bit of pepper, everything rounds out super nice.
The taste had a sticky sweet flavor rolling over the light breadiness and bringing in a nice semi-spiced flavoring underneath. There’s a sweet sticky aftertaste with a quick little spiced sweet finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation is light and pretty good allowing the sweet breadiness and light spices stick to my tongue nicely.
Overall, this was a really nice saison, semi-dry that I would love to have again.
The appearance was a hazy yellow color with a one and a half finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute. Lacing was slightly spotty and here and there.
The smell had nice fresh sweet grassy tones roll over light sweet bready yeasty orange aromas. With a little bit of pepper, everything rounds out super nice.
The taste had a sticky sweet flavor rolling over the light breadiness and bringing in a nice semi-spiced flavoring underneath. There’s a sweet sticky aftertaste with a quick little spiced sweet finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation is light and pretty good allowing the sweet breadiness and light spices stick to my tongue nicely.
Overall, this was a really nice saison, semi-dry that I would love to have again.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2015
at 16:29
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy golden body with a huge, pillowy white head, fully lasting. Aroma of Belgian yeast, citrus, spice, tropical fruit, cobwebs, pepper. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet, lightly to moderately bitter and lightly to moderately acidic. Medium body, watery/velvety texture, lively carbonation. Dry finish. Taste of passion fruit, citrus, lemon and light basement mustiness. Clean and different. Quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2015
at 13:42