Chestnut Saison
Smuttlabs Brewery in Dover, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.84
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Kraddel (15844) reviewed Chestnut Saison from Smuttlabs Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours unclezr blonde. Small white head. Smell is estery. Full, heavy. Taste is sharp, sweet, honey, estery, mild chestnuts. OK.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Chestnut Saison from Smuttlabs Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Nice crisp amber and deep coppered coloured body with a good three to four centimetre tall rich tan head. Aroma of rich nuts, earth, grain, alcohol toffee and yeast with a good bit of astringent flavour and pungency near the end. Medium-bodied; Mild malty flavour of earth and toffee with a big dose of chestnuts or pecans around the edges with a bit of a yeastie funk and some subdued sweetness from caramel and brown sugar. Aftertaste shows some sweetness from the caramel and toffee with a pleasant malty flavour with no pungency and it all finishes with a nice chestnut flavour that goes down quite easily. Some yeast funk is around and leaves a good light saison-like flavour, but not much at all - the nuts are way more strong. Overall, a nice beer with some good flavours and a smooth sweetness without much funk or any astringency at all. My only complaint is that this isn't really a saison by any means, but it doesn't mean it's not a great beer. I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased from Total Wine in Fairfax, Virginia on 10-September-2017 for US$6,49 sampled at home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 25-January-2018. Bottle Received at Total Wine: 16-May-2016 // Purchased: 10-September-2017 // Sampled: 25-January-2018
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed Chestnut Saison from Smuttlabs Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
500mL capped bottle. Poured into Engelszell glass, which is an interesting shape. Not much head, a thick, mildly murky, thick marmalade color. This isn't fresh b/c I got at at discount at State Line Liquors. But, its held up well. Aroma is still airy but a little aged malt. Light fruits, maybe chestnut - not sure - a Belgian biscuit maltiness. Flavor is still lightly yeast fruit but low ester with some light mineralness and earthiness. Carbonated finish with a effervescent end. Its a nice Belgian ale, not a saison but a nice Belgian Ale.
yespr (55501) reviewed Chestnut Saison from Smuttlabs Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50 cl bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is herbal, nutty. Walnut and earthy. Dry malty. Nutty and sweet malty finish.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Chestnut Saison from Smuttlabs Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Total Wine, Fairfax bottle: pours orange with a white head. Aroma is ripe fruitiness, spiciness, yeastiness. Taste is pretty sweet. Lightly spicy. Not great.
Drake (22934) reviewed Chestnut Saison from Smuttlabs Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can from Total Wine Manassas, 8/2/16. Clear amber, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of orange juice. The taste is pale malt, orange juice, a bit of pith. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness, juicy.
obguthr (12465) reviewed Chestnut Saison from Smuttlabs Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Pear and peach nose, thyme. Cloudy orange, thick yellow, little retention. Peach, clove, thyme. Unusually light body, easy carbonation. Not at all what I expected, but still good.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Chestnut Saison from Smuttlabs Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Clear golden color, white head. Aroma of earthy nutmeg. Taste is earthy, almost dirty, with hefty spice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours deep gold into a tulip. White head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Pumpkin and ginger aromas. Sharp with pumpkin and cinnamon front to back. Dry, abrupt nutty finish.
CLW (16859) reviewed Chestnut Saison from Smuttlabs Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
16.9 oz. bottle purchased at Cigarette City, Seabrook. Light amber gold color, no head aroma is fall spice and yeast, mild nuts.
The flavor is more of a fall spiced beer, Chestnuts is like pretty big base of the brew. “Chestnuts on an open fire… Jack frost nipping at your nose?” I would never call this a saison because the yeast is totally hidden. Body is lighter side of medium with a nutty finish. Overall, a nice fall beer.