Le Merle
(has 4 batches)
North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
7.05
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Le Merle is a rustic ale, pale in color, inspired by the rich brewing traditions of the Flanders region. Abundant hops and a Belgian yeast strain contribute exotic aromas of tropical fruit.
For all she has contributed since the brewery’s founding, North Coast Brewing is pleased to honor our Merle, co-founder Mark Ruedrich’s wife, with Le Merle (the Blackbird), a subtle sophisticated Belgian-style Saison beer.
For all she has contributed since the brewery’s founding, North Coast Brewing is pleased to honor our Merle, co-founder Mark Ruedrich’s wife, with Le Merle (the Blackbird), a subtle sophisticated Belgian-style Saison beer.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
355 ml. bottle sampled @ “Tim’s orgasmic Trillium tasting”. BBF 05/2016. Hazy orange, creamy white. Nose is odd soap, sweetish, BE yeast & esters, tad more soap. Taste is soap, spices, BE, dull, sugar, banana, yeast. Body is soapy, sugary. Overly Belgian in a bad way for me. Boring at best, meh. Bit of a letdown.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2015
at 07:37
5.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as North Coast Le Merle (by North Coast Brewing Company):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 7/20, MyTotalScore: 2.6/5
16/X/15 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle @ home - BB: V/2016 (2015-1494) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!
Clear orange beer, huge creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: spicy, lots of coriander, yeast, bready, bit chemical, something off. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: overripe fruits, banana, very yeasty, muddy. Aftertaste: spicy, cow fodder, yeast, muddy, unpleasant finish.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 7/20, MyTotalScore: 2.6/5
16/X/15 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle @ home - BB: V/2016 (2015-1494) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!
Clear orange beer, huge creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: spicy, lots of coriander, yeast, bready, bit chemical, something off. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: overripe fruits, banana, very yeasty, muddy. Aftertaste: spicy, cow fodder, yeast, muddy, unpleasant finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2015
at 15:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Pours unclear golden with a medium white head. Aroma of yeasts, barnyard, lemon zest and fruits, nice. Flavour is perfectly balanced between sweetness and bittetness with a nice sourish end. Medium body, medium carbonation. Very good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2015
at 12:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(bottle, 35.5cl) Slightly hazy, golden colour with a firm and off-white foamy head of medium size. Fruit-accented aroma, slightly overripe fruits, citrus, oranges, shades of cara-malt and yeasty spice. Moderately sweet and slightly bitter flavour, medium to full bodied with a soft carbonation. Initially moderately sweet (cara-)malty and mildly fruity taste with an elegantly rising hops character, including, herbal-spicy and delicately resiny notes; medium-dry, mildly bitter hoppy and sweet malty finish. 12.V.15
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2015
at 08:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Joes. Hazy yellow golden color, small off-white head. Aroma is lightly malts, yeasty, sweetish. Tastes about the same: sweetish, yeasty, some malts, a hint of sweet banana and pear with a hint of fruitpeel bitter in the finish. Decent body and carbonation. Ok beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2015
at 14:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at New England Taphouse In a pint glass for 10 bucks Deep golden color with a smallish white head. Earthy rustic but still with a bready malty orange and tropical fruity sweetness. I’d drink it again if the price were better.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jul 2015
at 22:21