Freehand (6.8%)
Brouwerij Frontaal in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Farmhouse - Saison Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.17
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Freehand is a French Saison with orange blossom honey and black pepper.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl Bottle at Meneer Jansen. Slightly hazy golden amber colour, white head. Aroma is medium sweet, spicy, sweet herbs, yeast, some fruity esters, sweet apples, caramel. Flavour follows, spicy sweet French saison, firm bitterness. Light bodied. Not really a style I enjoy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2018
at 13:24
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
F: medium, white, not long lasting. C: gold, hazy. A: malty, wheat, grassy, bit orange, spicy, all together very watery and sweet. T: malty, spicy, fruity, bit grassy, bready, peppery, honey, medium body and higher carbonation, drinkable, 33cl bottle (6,8%) from Beerwulf webshop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2018
at 17:20
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Bierkonig. Gold with a medium head. Aroma of yeasty grain. Flavour is sour yeast, citrus spice, flat finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2018
at 15:22
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2018
at 01:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
hazy orange colour, one inch dense slightly yellowish head; aroma of grains, basement, overripre fruity notes, orange zest and slight citruses; taste of malty-syrupy-overripe fruity sweetness, moderate bitterness and minimal sourish notes; definitely not a masterpiece, but still, somehow enjoyable
Tried
on 29 Apr 2017
at 14:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Slight hazy deep golden to orange color, big rocky head. Aroma of peppery yeast, flowery and some mashed apples. Slight caramelly sweetness in taste, dry spicy bitterness, bit peppery finish. Bit sharp on the edges.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2017
at 13:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sampled draft @ ’t Taphuys. Amber, creamy off-white head. Nose is sweet sugar, soap, candy, honey, plaster & soap. Taste is boozy, overly so with plaster, phenolic, honey, sugar,... Bleh,... Too sweet, boozy & plaster heavy with soap.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Apr 2017
at 15:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft at Triple Tap Takeover at De Molen, Orange beer, small/medium head. Aroma is yeast, pepper, spice, dry, hops. Taste is the same, nice one.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Feb 2017
at 11:52
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle. Pours almost clear deep orange golden colour with a huge good lasting off-white head. Aroma of rotten fruits, herbs and yeast. Taste of ripe fruits, herbs, spices and yeast, high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2016
at 15:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
At Maakun’s. Sampled from bottle. Hazy amber with bubbly off white head. Very yeasty and alcoholic up front, sugar, caramel malts, very vegetal, leek, spring onion. Moderate sweet and bitter. Under medium body, quite strong carbonation. Quite harsh and too vegetal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2016
at 15:21