Mortal Kombat X: Raiden Imperial Saison
Sound Brewery in Poulsbo, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.70
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Tasting at Matt’s
Hazy dark blond color. It smells of vegetables, cabbage. The mouthfeel is a bit oily, it has some spicy yeast, clearly the American Saison yeast (soapy).
Not good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
22 oz. bottle, pours a hazy light golden with a small white head. Aroma is very hoppy for a saison, with lots of saison yeast, piney hops, and biscuity malt. Flavour is along the same lines, being totally inauthentic, with saison yeast, earthy hops, and a yeasty, grainy finish. Not a real saison, but as a yeasty imperial Belgian beer, it's quite nice. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle - Earth yeasts and fruity sweetness. Clear gold with a decent white head. Fruity, touch of spice and a long effervescent finish. Solid.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Golden with just a touch of haze. The aroma has some plasticy phenols and a touch of pedio. Similar palate - some burnt stuff, astringent. The phenols are not dialed in here. There is a peppery character, again more pedio. OK, but not particularly accomplished.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy golden/yellow color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big lemon, orange peel, apricot, pear, apple, white grape, peppercorn, clove, light banana/bubblegum, wheat, biscuit dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lemon, orange peel, apricot, pear, apple, white grape, peppercorn, clove, light banana/bubblegum, wheat, biscuit dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of herbal bitterness and yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, orange peel, apricot, pear, apple, white grape, peppercorn, clove, banana, bubblegum, wheat, biscuit dough, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitter/spiciness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, and moderately sticky/bready/grainy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice imperial saison. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.