Yuzu
Godspeed Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
7.09
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Beginning as a saison and finishing as something more enigmatic, Yuzu combines Japanese citrus and Belgian yeast, with restrained hopping to create a light, lively beer accentuated by mild tartness and minerality. Yuzu is a tremendously aromatic fruit: you’ll smell the beer being poured from across the room. The combination of fruit and saison characteristics creates a dramatic nose of freshly-peeled clementines, all pith and bright orange. The acidity helps smooth and hone the minerality that gives the simple beer complexity, and allows for a crisp but memorable finish
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Got in a BIF from Coronaeus. 12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 1/18/2019. Pours moderately hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big juicy/tart/tangy yuzu, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red apple, peppercorn, pine, light banana/clove, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light toast, herbal, floral, wood, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of yuzu, fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy/tart/tangy yuzu, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red apple, peppercorn, pine, light banana/clove, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light toast, herbal, floral, wood, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate peppery yeast spiciness; pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy bitterness; and light fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy yuzu, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red apple, peppercorn, pine, light banana/clove, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light toast, herbal, floral, wood, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of yuzu, fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and pale/wheat flavors; with an awesome malt/bitter/spiciness, and tart/tangy fruit balance; and no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitter/spiciness, tart/tangy fruit, and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, bready/grainy/sticky. fairly tangy, and lightly acidic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.1%. Overall this is an awesome fruited Belgian saison. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of yuzu, fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and pale/wheat flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/spicy/tart/tangy/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome balance of super vibrant yuzu fruit, fruity/spicy saison yeast complexity, earthy hops, and pale/wheat malts. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Highly impressive, perfectly balanced between fruit/yeast character.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Apr 2019
at 03:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A hazed golden ale with a thin white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with light grassy hops, mineral notes, light lemony notes, pleasant. In mouth, a nice crisp biscuit malt with grassy hops, light mineral notes, light grassy lemon, pleasant. On tap at Bar Lupulus.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Apr 2018
at 21:54