Arctic Saison
(has 5 batches)
Grassroots Brewing in Greensboro Bend, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Anchorage Brewing CompanyBrewed at/by: Anchorage Brewing Company
Farmhouse - Saison Special Out of Production
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Score
7.65
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This ale embodies the spirit of perpetual creative collaboration in conjunction with disciplined brewing endeavor. We trekked to Alaska and helped craft this rustic Saison, bring with us the essence and imagination of our Vermont Farmstead Family. Share. Consider. Enjoy...
Ale Fermented in Oak Tanks with Brettanomyces.
Ale Fermented in Oak Tanks with Brettanomyces.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, batch #5 october 2016. Color: Hazy golden, white head. Aroma: Malt, fruity, Brett. Taste: Nice combination of pretty strong funky Brett yeast with notes of farm barn and horse blanket, moderate sweet malt, moderate to medium hopbitterness and floral, herbal and yellow fruit hints. Subtle citrus. Smooth, foamy and dry-ish mouthfeel. Hints of wood. Slightly prickly acidity. Subtle bittery palate at finish. Medium body, just below average carbonation. Complex as a good Saison should be. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2018
at 19:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 750 ml, from Beer Republic. Shared with others. Batch 5. Cloudy golden, large white head. Funk, barnyard, bit spicy, bitterish finish. Dry and bitter finish. Medium+ carbonation. Not super complex, good saison nevertheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2018
at 18:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
750 ml corked and caged. Batch #5 bottled two years ago. Aroma is bretty notes of dusty basement, Band-Aid, lemon, earth. Pours hazy golden with a thick white fluffy head with excellent retention. Taste is very brett-forward with a dry herbal bitterness. Has an almost numbing medicinal quality to it. Very foamy highly carbonated mouthfeel. It's not bad, but I was expecting a lot more considering the talent involved. Edit: the beer really started to grow on me after it sat for awhile, making me up my overall a couple points.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2018
at 23:53
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Batch 5 October 2016. Caged and corked 750ml bottle.
It pours a hazy dark yellow with oodles of foam, awesome sticky lacing.
The smell is of Brett, coriander, light cloves, hoppy..smells, overall, Very dry. Yummy aromas.
Brett is almost as strong in the taste as the smell. Coriander and clove here, big hop bitterness, finishes dry to the bone.
Lightish body, zesty carbonation. A true joy to sip on.
It pours a hazy dark yellow with oodles of foam, awesome sticky lacing.
The smell is of Brett, coriander, light cloves, hoppy..smells, overall, Very dry. Yummy aromas.
Brett is almost as strong in the taste as the smell. Coriander and clove here, big hop bitterness, finishes dry to the bone.
Lightish body, zesty carbonation. A true joy to sip on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2018
at 20:07