Crossfade
(has 2 batches)
Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Rotating|
Score
7.41
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Crossfade is a hop-forward saison fermented and aged with brettanomyces in stainless tanks.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Tap. Pours hazy golden, large white head, good lacing. Aroma is dusty, hazy, field grass, light lemon. Flavor is very light sweet, light bitter, pepper, field grass, light lemon zest. Lightish body. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Mar 2016
at 17:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 oz pour on draft at The Sovereign during the Allagash Saison Day event. Hazy straw yellow with off-white head. Aromas of light funk, lemons. Tastes of floral notes, herbs, citrus, light funk. Medium body with a dry finish. Tasty saison.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2016
at 19:54
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
375 mL bottle from the brewery. Hazy pale yellow, large creamy white head, good retention. Aroma of lemon, funk, pale malt, herbal notes. The taste is bright lemon, earth, pale malt, mild funk and oak. Medium bodied, lingering tartness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2015
at 20:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
December 2014 bottle, drunk 8/18/15.
Slow gusher...so an obvious perfect appearance...huge, well-retained white head atop a wonderfully carbonated light golden body with great clarity.
Leafy, woody hop notes, with some very light perfume notes greet the nose and are quickly outdone by delightfully elegant brett and other yeast esters. Good tartness but not heavy, with a strong plastery quality of fresh yeast and lovely pepper phenolics on the end. Even a touch of light citrus thrown in for good measure. Very, very sniffable. Clean and saison-y, with no alcohol or flaw.
Hop bitterness is noted immediately. It’s always at the edge of the palate, nipping away, but with 8 months on it, is quite enjoyable and easily balanced by the soft, honeyed malts and light bread. Elegant esters and phenols, with plastery yeast qualities, fruity, lightly tart brett and no alcohol or flaw. Really, really good and was unhappy to finish it. This must have been way too hoppy while fresh, however, as it’s still got a big bitter edge to it.
Slow gusher...so an obvious perfect appearance...huge, well-retained white head atop a wonderfully carbonated light golden body with great clarity.
Leafy, woody hop notes, with some very light perfume notes greet the nose and are quickly outdone by delightfully elegant brett and other yeast esters. Good tartness but not heavy, with a strong plastery quality of fresh yeast and lovely pepper phenolics on the end. Even a touch of light citrus thrown in for good measure. Very, very sniffable. Clean and saison-y, with no alcohol or flaw.
Hop bitterness is noted immediately. It’s always at the edge of the palate, nipping away, but with 8 months on it, is quite enjoyable and easily balanced by the soft, honeyed malts and light bread. Elegant esters and phenols, with plastery yeast qualities, fruity, lightly tart brett and no alcohol or flaw. Really, really good and was unhappy to finish it. This must have been way too hoppy while fresh, however, as it’s still got a big bitter edge to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2015
at 16:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Steve_0’s HF party. Thanks lukaduke. Pours a little yellow, hazy appearance with a white head. Grassy, herbal, lemon, twangy nose. Light body. Super herbal. Very grassy and herbal. Refreshing. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2015
at 21:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Team Boston. Pours a cloudy yellow with medium frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is strong yeast, honey, funk. Medium mouth, funk, oak, spice, yeast, clove, lingering dry finish, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2015
at 18:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle 500ml @ Motel room, Red Roof Inn, Akron, OH
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, yeast and funk. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium bitter with a long dry, funky, yeasty and citrus finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, yeast and funk. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium bitter with a long dry, funky, yeasty and citrus finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2015
at 14:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. A hazy, pale golden to yellow colored beer topped by a dense, finger-thick white head leaving some lacings. The aroma is quite fruity, lemon zest, grapefruit and pine cone notes. Some grass and hay, in a very good way that is, and there’s also a light funky touch of leather and barnyard. It’s rather tart on the palate, dry and quite effervescent, medium to full-bodied. Grapefruit, lemon zest, pine cones, some grass and hay in the flavor, as well as funk and a nice bitterness. Lasting bitter, fruity and citrusy finish. Damn, this was nice, especially after a long car ride. Quenching, tasteful and really more-ish. 150616
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2015
at 14:54