Transcendence
Enlightenment Ales in Everett, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
7.50
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Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Transcendence from Enlightenment Ales 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, batch 3, drunk 5/17/16.
Huge white head is well-retained, atop a hazy golden-flax body with light bronze tints.
Big perfumey nose shows both dry hop and brett acids, fairly homogeneously mixed, adding dry guava, unripened nectarine and dried lime skin. Malts are seemingly well-attenuated, leaving only light table sugar-like remnants and bits of cracker and biscuit. No alcohol or flaw.
Again it has that heavy perfume-like brett character with guava-lime and lots of floral notes. Some softer hop fruitiness and light cracker and biscuit malt notes help bring the beer back down to earth, somewhat. Tight carbonation, bottle conditioned, etc...and no alcohol or flaw. While I think that Verdance had significantly more lush depth to it, for someone that likes pure brett, this is done very nicely in its own right.
popery (1998) reviewed Transcendence from Enlightenment Ales 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The beer is an orange-gold color. Fairly cloudy, but it was lying on its side until I took it out of the fridge. Big sturdy white head. Some lacing. The aroma is citric hops on top of an earthy saison base with some lightly funky, fruity brett stuff going on. Lemons, tangerine, peach, raspberry, dusty barnyard action, sweet grape, peppercorn, a little bit of grass. Nice mix of flavors, nothing really takes over, though the hops come through fairly strong. The taste is moderately bitter and mildly dry. Nice fresh pale grain flavor. Maybe a bit too much hop bitterness but it’s still nice and the bitterness gives it a refreshing edge. Pillowy soft mouthfeel. Easy to drink. Solid hoppy saison.
Erzengel (18514) reviewed Transcendence from Enlightenment Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Thanks to Mike for sharing :) 2nd batch. Very nice floral nose. Fresh hops, but an intense sour fresh beer! Very funky, tart, dry, even horse blanket. Medium aftertaste, fresh, smooth, sour-tart. Nice!
LeninCat (7983) reviewed Transcendence from Enlightenment Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ Armin’s apartment, thanks to lousillimanedmondsgoose. MA Homer of the Month release (Oct 2013 release). Pours a cloudy, slightly dark, bright orange appearance with a nice off white head. The brett comes through in the nose with some plastic but also a bunch of tropical fruits (passionfruit, mango, guava). Somewhat tart. Soft mouthfeel. Minimal bitterness and sweetness. Tons of bright fruit: peach, passion fruit, pineapple, mango. Definitely get a bit more plastic in the flavor. Overall pretty refreshing and dry. My name is Silliman Sy and I approve of this UMass Homer release.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Transcendence from Enlightenment Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours deep, hazy gold into a tulip. Bright white head with medium retention recedes leaving spot lacing. Sweet brett, aspirin and marshmallow aromas. Dry with lemon zest upfront turning to a lasting horsy funk through the lasting citrus finish.