Long Trip Saison
Nomad Brewing Co. in Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.92
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500 ml bottle into tulip glass, best before 9/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy medium golden/yellow color with a 2-3 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a large amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lemon, pear, apple, peach, white grape, peppercorn, coriander, clove, wheat, biscuit, herbal, and yeast earthiness; with lighter notes of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, and nuttiness. Very nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, spices, moderate pale malt, and light coffee notes; with great strength. Taste of big lemon, pear, apple, peach, white grape, peppercorn, coriander, clove, wheat, biscuit, herbal, and yeast earthiness; with lighter notes of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, and nuttiness. Good amount of yeast spiciness and light-moderate herbal hop bitterness; with slight yeast tartness and wheat tang on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, pear, apple, peach, white grape, peppercorn, coriander, clove, wheat, biscuit, herbal, light chocolate/coffee, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, spices, moderate pale malt, and light coffee flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. High carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, crisp, dry, and moderately creamy/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. A bit prickly/foamy/rough at first, before the carbonation lowers a bit in the glass. Minimal warming alcohol as expected of 6.6%. Overall this is an excellent saison. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, spices, moderate pale malt, and light coffee flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink with the high carbonation. Not a whole lot of coffee/wattle flavors, but they are definitely noticeable in the background; making this still feel like a true to-style saison all around. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2016
at 20:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Shared 16.9 oz. bottle. Hazy gold with a white head. Aroma is almost medicinal, minty? (the wattle seeds?), with some fruity notes and tea. Taste - mild sourness, fruity, tea, orange, spices, white pepper. Not picking up the coffee. Starts off more sour/fruity and finishes dry. Interesting stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2016
at 22:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy, tan, has a regular saisony nose. Sweet malts, has a white pepper spiciness. OK.
Tried
on 17 May 2016
at 12:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 8
Bottle at home not sure where I picked this up from. Hazed out yellow orange, frothy head. Nose s fruity, yeasty, and herbal. Tastes of loads of Belgian yeast, some oranges, lemon zest, herbal, peppercorn or sure, and earthy. Slighty hot. Zesty. No coffee in this my friends.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2016
at 21:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour at Craft Bier Fest, Wien. Nice orange color, medium white head. Fruity, bit spicy. Sweetish, bitterish end. Refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2016
at 14:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Owl Farm, Brooklyn tap: pours golden with small white head. Aroma is herbal, earthy, and fruity. I did not identify the coffee in this beer as some other people had. Nice full saison with a pleasant slightly dry finish. Good saison.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Apr 2016
at 12:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Light coffee and some florals. Hazy golden pour. Light bitter finish. Well balanced. Tap at pizza paradiso
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2016
at 23:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Slightly hazy golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of light coffee, citrus, stone fruit, light funk. Tastes of citrus, funk, herbs, light coffee, stone fruit. Medium body with a dry finish. Interesting idea but not enough coffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Mar 2016
at 21:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Churchkey. Clear golden color, bright white head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of dusty lemon. Taste is softly sour dusty and earthy lemon. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Mar 2016
at 12:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; hazy golden amber pour with a massive billowing white head, aroma has lemon and some yeast, taste has a hint of citrus, some clove spice, lemon, didn’t get any coffee, ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2016
at 10:24