Catalyst
Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Rotating|
Score
7.48
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Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Ale with Honey
Catalyst is a barrel-aged Bière de Miel featuring Maine honey. A copious amount of raw wildflower honey is added in the kettle and additionally utilized for bottle-conditioning.
Catalyst is a barrel-aged Bière de Miel featuring Maine honey. A copious amount of raw wildflower honey is added in the kettle and additionally utilized for bottle-conditioning.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught from The Sovereign. POurs a cloudy ish gold . Sour funk, honey, floral and fragrant. Interesting.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:51
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
10/26/19 Bottle pour @ Glorietta Baldy. Stemmed wine glass, the glow of Star Trek pinball, a random mix of 70s funk from the speakers, it works. Opaque, my favorite word from 2015. Obvious honey-colored brew. Wish-washy, faltering head. Smell is herbal, wildflower, pre-ferment honey botanicals. Maybe a little back sweetened for the bottle? Doesn't matter, it's a plus. Big lime & a scratchy mineral note. Taste is bold with lime, honey & tannins, like cold, medicinal tea. Scratchy, barely there malt. This is my flavor. Something like fermented orange juice, but cleaner, this adds a bigger citrus note. It all amounts to a solid twang that calls in for everyone to dive in. Not quite thick, very well carbonated bottle pour. ABV is almost irrelevant. Love this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2024
at 01:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50cl hazy yellow white head. Nose has mild candy and honey and grist. Flavor is tart and sweet, flowers and grist. Nice enough. Lightly tart and lightly watery. 7 3 7 3 13
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2024
at 20:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pour. Clear dark yellow color with a medium sized white head pour. Aroma was light sweetness, some honey, a bit of wine. Flavor was slightly tart, some fruity candy - solidfunk was right, tastes a bit like smarties.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2024
at 06:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tastes like the smarties Halloween candy. Those pill looking things. Like the tang you get at the back of your throat if you eat too many of them. Golden pour without much head. Bottle.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jan 2024
at 19:53
7.6/10
Honey on the nose, slightly tart, farmy
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jan 2022
at 18:08
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. White wine and light sour aroma. White wine and sour flavor with light honey. Medium bodied. White wine and sourness linger with light honey and light malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jul 2021
at 22:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours clear golden amber, fizzy off white head, hint of residual. Aroma is buggy minerals, earthy, must, lemon, field grass. Flavor is light tart, mineral, light plus funk. Merlin body, low carbonation. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2020
at 01:22
9/10
Sugooooooi! Almost the best saison I’ve had. Extraordinary burst of flavor. Raw wildflower honey comes through - sweet but also a bit scratchy (perfect). 500ml to celebrate quitting my job today. #staythefuckhome
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2020
at 18:03
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has oak, flora and a bit of funk with grains and a touch of honey supporting. Flavor has light tart fruits and lemon with some oak, a light funk and a touch of dry honey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2020
at 02:38