Saison 88
Santa Fe Brewing Company in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.66
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jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Saison 88 from Santa Fe Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Slightly hazy golden coloured body with a thinnish off-white head, some lighter gold and bronze tint. Light-bodied; Spicey and relatively pungent kick from the hops with a bit of a wheat and grassy flavour and some subdued hops showing citrus, grass and perfume. Aftertaste shows a bit more grassy and herbal depth with a lingering light airy and easy drinking finish. Overall, a nice beer with no harsh flavours and nothing terribly pungent, just relatively easy-drinking and pleasant. I sampled this sixteen ounce can purchased from Campus Liqours (Switzer’s Wine & Spirits) in Norman, Oklahoma on 13-September-2014 for US$1,99 sampled a few minutes later at a tailgate in Norman, Oklahoma - Thanks Phil (haddon90)!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can shared by PinkZambia light haze deep yellow with a huge white pillowy head. Standard French yeast aroma. Very pale light malt flavors with a strange hay and rusty nail character. Just OK
Edwgallo (6794) ticked Saison 88 from Santa Fe Brewing Company 11 years ago
Erzengel (18597) reviewed Saison 88 from Santa Fe Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Gushing even from a can. Not nice! The beer is dark golden in the glass, floral nose. The beginning is smooth, a bit sharp and fruity due to the saison-yeast. The mainpart is peppery, fresh, refreshing and dry. In the aftertaste smooth, saison-peppery and yeasty.
Nice try on a saison, but not sharp enough in comparison to an original Belgium beer. --> 10/12/11/10
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pour is a hazy yellow with a average white head. Aroma is yeasty esters and a bit of citrus tartness. Flavor is more of the yeast esters with a bit of lemon grass and dull grain. It’s decent. You can tell they used a good yeast strain but it’s a bit thin around the edges, although the lacing really sticks to the side of the glass. A starter saison maybe?
Mansquito (19309) reviewed Saison 88 from Santa Fe Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Some growler mart: Pours slightly hazy, golden with a white head. Aroma is a whole bunch of tropical fruits, with some dry saison hopping, and a wheaty malt backbone. Taste is much the same. Easy to drink. Not very sweet. Lightly bitter and a little dry.
Ibrew2or3 (10834) reviewed Saison 88 from Santa Fe Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12oz can pours with a slightly hazy gold body that supports a white head. The aroma has nice saison yeasty spices and a bit of lemon to lime citrus fruitiness. Behind those notes murmur faint banana off in the background. The taste is similar with a pleasing degree of spicy saison yeastiness rolling quickly into some mild sugary malt sweetness and then some lemon grass and lime like malt sweetened hoppiness. This is a nice saison that doesn’t get too sweet like most American made Saison offerings I’ve had but it still seems a bit too heavy and sluggish at times.
deyholla (22839) reviewed Saison 88 from Santa Fe Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Pours a clear pale yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a nice combination of grass, flora and sweet fruit with underlying doughy yeast and sweet grains. Flavor has more doughy yeast and earthy grains with a bit of light fruits and flora.
LeninCat (7983) reviewed Saison 88 from Santa Fe Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Fucken can @ home picked up at Supermarket Foco. I really enjoy Santa Fe’s offerings so this was fun to see. Pours a murky dull golden appearance with a spidery white head. Spicy black peppery, chewy herbal, lemon, fairly strong bubblegum aroma. Lightly tart, somewhat herbal bitter, slightly dank hoppy, lemon, light guava, mild tropical fruity flavor. Slight plastic note as well. Not particularly hard to drink but not something I’d purchase again.
notalush (7362) reviewed Saison 88 from Santa Fe Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
I jumped on this six pack when I saw it because 1.It’s a 5.5% saison, in six packs, for 8.99 2. It’s Santa Fe, which I believe to be quite an underrated brewery - also, props to these guys for releasing an anniversary beer in affordable six packs instead of slapping it in a wax-coated bomber - anyway,to the beer - pours a lightly hazy gold - soapy head that settles to a fairly significant lace - the initial whiff indicated some adjuncts were added (grains of paradise, perhaps some citrus peel/zest), but they are, thankfully, not overdone - some other notes of sweet wheat, melon, light starchiness, a bit of pepper, light flint/mineral - light body - texture is just a wee bit watery -flavor is lightly sweet up front, but a lightly citric acidity and sourness arrives quickly after that, followed by light floral character, herbal notes, citrus rind - finish is lightly peppery, leading to a dry and fairly bitter finish - it’s saison-ish, really - I was hoping to find my new go-to beer for the remainder of the summer, but sadly, I will likely not buy this again - nothing off about it or anything, but it is merely okay, and only marginally a saison.