Holiday Saison
Peak Organic Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Shipyard Brewing CompanySpiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Winter Out of Production
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Score
6.20
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Dark Saison brewed with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and clove
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5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Clear golden coloured body with a faint copper hue with a thin off-white head. Aroma of grass, hay, yeast, light metal and a nice fresh hop kick that’s fairly minimal. Light-bodied; Strong grassy flavour at first with a herbal kick and a touch of bananas and very little else. Aftertaste shows some herbs, grass, hay and not much more except for a hint of a metallic twang. Overall, a pretty uninspiring beer with a little hint of grass, hay and hops and not much complexity at all. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Fair Lakes (Fairfax), Virginia on 16-February-2016 for US$1,99 sampled at home in Washington on 29-April-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2016
at 01:52
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Mild cardamom nose. Clear amber, thin head. Malt, cardamom and nutmeg. Medium body, harsh mouthfeel. Odd spices for the style.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2015
at 18:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cityfresh, Bushwick growler: pours orange with a white head. Aroma is plenty of spice and bright fruitiness. Taste is a bit sweet and spicy. Def a saison in taste. Not bad.
Tried
from Growler
on 04 Apr 2015
at 10:27
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Pours a dark orange. aroma is spicy, light, some bread qualities and I guess holiday spice. Taste is rough. too much holiday spice here. Sweet, spicy, too much for me.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2015
at 12:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Smooth and slick, lots of holiday spice, more sweet than savory. Slippery mouth feel overall, , flavorful, rich, but light in body and experience.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2015
at 23:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle from Beer Run. Pours a slightly hazy amber with a large foamy off-white head. Good head retention. Aroma of nutmeg, other spices, chestnuts, bready malt. The taste is eggnog spices, nuts, bready malt. Medium bodied, high carbonation, mild lingering spice. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2015
at 18:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pours ruby tinged gold into a shaker. Bright white soapy head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Sour pomegranate aromas. Sharp with metallic sour fruit and vegetables front to back.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2014
at 17:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught. Dark amber with small foamy beige head that dissipated immediately, light hops aroma, fizzy with sweetish taste, medium finish with slight bitterness at the end. Easy to drink but nothing memorable about it.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2014
at 14:12