Lectio Divina
Saint Somewhere Brewing Company in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.78
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An amber ale brewed in the spirit of the abbey ales of Belgium. Lectio Divina gets its color from candi sugar, as it is made without dark or crystal malts. It is brewed with the same care and attention to the Art of Brewing that is practiced in the monastic breweries of Belgium.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
750 ml bottle. Pours a cloudy copper color with a large white head. A big woody sour nose. The flavor is interesting some dark malts, wood, Brett, sawdust, smooth toasted malts. Very easy to drink. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2013
at 23:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle shared by Doug
Hazy golden with a small off-white head and some lacing. Aroma of fruit juice. Flavors are tart ripe fruit
Ok
Hazy golden with a small off-white head and some lacing. Aroma of fruit juice. Flavors are tart ripe fruit
Ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2013
at 13:38
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Tap at Churchkey for the Craft Brewers Conference. Poured a clear amber color with a slightly off-white head. Aroma smells like wet socks. Not a fan - flavor was marginally better, some funk notes herbal notes, yeast. Not a huge fan of this particular one.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2013
at 20:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A hazed reddish dark amber with a thick frothy mocha head, gusher. In aroma, a sour malt with cherries, brett, dark fruits, fruit sourness, OK. In mouth, a nice sweet caramel malt with fruity notes, cherries, sour yet still good.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2013
at 14:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Trade with Daknole, 2009 vintage. Here’s my Mardi Gras beer for tonight. In a big Duvel tulip. A darker amber pour with a thin layer of bubbles. Sweet and malty smell with more alcohol to the nose that it should be showing. Taste is bubbly first, and carries that alcohol note right on through. Toasty malts among slight bourbon flavors. A bit of yeast funk, even a touch of cheese. But all in the service of a strong ale with slight mead and other notes. Alcohol again in just the right proportions.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2013
at 19:56
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
750mL bottle, sent from Codysjb (thanks a lot, Cody), pours a hazy dark, dirty amber with a giant beige head. Nose is like a cosmetic department of a Sears, with perfume and chemically qualities. Flavour is very strange, with paint thinner, perfume, yeasty tones, and very dry dark fruits. Very carbonated, but fitting for the style. Not sure how this qualifies as a saison - it's a big chemically mess, though not entirely undrinkable. Not at all recommended.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2012
at 22:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle on the train to Brussels for Paul’s Pre-Wedding Boys n Beers Weekend of Fun. This beer pours a cloudy, ruby-brown with a small, white head. There’s some definite ripe and slightly tangy fruit in the aroma. Also some raisins and caramel. The flavor is very sweet, with lots of caramel, bread, dry fruit, leather, toast and ripe citrus. Full in body with fine carbonation. Warm finish with leathery ripe fruits, light earthy bitterness and toasty malts. There is certainly some apparent age on this beer (I’ve had it for two+ years) but it’s very nice with some interesting character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2012
at 04:59
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
29th December 2009
ChrisO ’Night Of The Gaylords’ tasting. Slightly hazy amber beer. Sourish medicinal flavours with bitter coca cola. Yeasty bitterness. Too medicinal and bitter.
ChrisO ’Night Of The Gaylords’ tasting. Slightly hazy amber beer. Sourish medicinal flavours with bitter coca cola. Yeasty bitterness. Too medicinal and bitter.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2012
at 11:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared with Yanick. Pours muddy brown. Nose/taste of pear, sweet caramel, sweet malt, dark fruits, toffee and yeast. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2012
at 14:56
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From the 3/2012 3R6P tasting. +++Sampled from a 750 ml corked brown bottle this beer poured a caramel-orange color with a huge sudsy tan head that left no lacing. The aroma was very bitter and tart with notes of peach and vinegar. The flavor was peach, lemon, nut and bread with faint vinegar and a cream undertone. The finish was long peach, bread and vinegar and turned a bit dry. Medium body. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2012
at 15:35