Catalyst
Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Rotating|
Score
7.47
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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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Maverick (5074) reviewed Catalyst from Oxbow Brewing Company 9 months ago
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.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Catalyst from Oxbow Brewing Company 1 year ago
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.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Catalyst from Oxbow Brewing Company 2 years ago
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
radagast83 (13490) reviewed Catalyst from Oxbow Brewing Company 2 years ago
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.
solidfunk (21946) reviewed Catalyst from Oxbow Brewing Company 2 years ago
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.
bb (18428) reviewed Catalyst from Oxbow Brewing Company 4 years ago
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.
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Catalyst from Oxbow Brewing Company 5 years ago
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.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Catalyst from Oxbow Brewing Company 5 years ago
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.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Catalyst from Oxbow Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Kate: pours deep gold with a small white head. Aroma is bretty, earthy, funky, bit of honey. Taste is bretty, light honey in the taste but way more in the aftertaste which was really nice. Quite good.
explosivedog (14050) reviewed Catalyst from Oxbow Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle, thanks to mansquito. Pours gold. Heady honey aroma, funk, lemon, grapefruit, white grape. Medium body. Good.