Off Color Brewing Apex Predator

Apex Predator

 

Off Color Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Saison Regular
Score
7.21
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 35 Ticks: 97
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
 

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7/10
Tried on 15 Jun 2015 at 19:35

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 7
Nicely hazy golden coloured body with a straw coloured glow and a nice, two centimetre tall pure white microfoamed head. Aroma of grassy, hay, belgian yeast, coriander seed, curcao, lemons and quite a bit of honey. Light to Medium-bodied; Slight funk up front showing brett, or so it seems, that fades to a very pleasant yeast and wheat kick and actually a noticeable amount of alcohol. Aftertaste borders on the grassy and honey flavours more than anything else with an odd finishing taste of malt and a straw/herbal/cardboardie finish that doesn’t make the beer as complex on the end. Overall, still a nice and rewarding beer throughout, from the look to the smell and of course the taste, but the aftertaste leaves a bit to be desired - that said, still a beer worth trying, especially in summer/warm months, if you can find this! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Portland, Oregaon (Pearl) on 04-May-2015 for US$2,99 sampled at home on the other end of the country in Washington on 28-May-2015.
Tried from Can on 29 May 2015 at 00:49

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle picked up at a health food store in Federal Way, drank at the hotel
Hazy straw yellow with a small white head, some lacing. Aroma if fruity and wheat. Taste is fruity, citrus and oranges
Different but good
Tried from Bottle on 24 May 2015 at 19:51

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Light hay and some citrus. Light bitter finish. Pours hazy golden with decent head. Easy drinking. Tap at pizzeria paradiso Gtown.
Tried from Draft on 17 May 2015 at 13:09

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12oz bottle thanks to derick. pours out cloudy straw topped with a white head. Nose is floral hops spice and some yeast. Taste is more of the spice pepper and some yeast.
Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2015 at 21:02

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle @ home, picked up at Liquor Mart in Boulder. HeyKevin recommendation! Pours a milky yellow appearance with a white head. The aroma has a little bit of cat piss and stink weed to go with some lemon, lots of passionfruit, and some funk. Medium light body. Quite herbal. Nicely toasted malts. Light lemon. Kind of dank, spicy hops. A little juicy. Kind of an odd ball while still being kind of fun.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2015 at 19:43

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Single Bottle from Whole Foods, Darien. Pale, hazy straw color in glass, under a spongy head. Smell has a touch of funk, but not sourness, more a bit of orange and pineapple, with fresh cut grass in the back. Taste has a bit of tartness, but an enjoyable presence of what seems to be wheat malt. A hefeweizen with saison yeast robbing it of the usual bubblegum or clove flavors. A slight edge of lemongrass on the sides of the tongue. Spritzy and easy to just swig down once you get started. Then there a note of clove toward the very end. Definitely a beer I should get more of for when it?s hot and can sit on the patio grilling. Soon, very soon.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2015 at 22:56

9/10
This is electric, like Patrick Kane. Great farmhouse. Anfield.
Tried on 20 Jan 2015 at 12:11

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Golden colour, firm white head. Farmhouse aroma, brett, malts, wheat and citrus. Hoppy flavour, farmhouse, brett, quite mild, light bitter. Bitter finish, wood, brett and a light sweet touch.
(from draught @ CBC blue session, Copenhagen 2014)
Tried on 18 Jan 2015 at 19:53

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Bottle for Pats Colts game. Hazy yellow with white foamy head. Nose is great tropical fruit and yeast. Tastes of tart tropical fruit, yeast, lemongrass, hay, cloves, hint of sugar. Finishes dry with light swetenss on tongue. Very enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2015 at 18:52