Spruce It Up
Vocation Brewery in Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Farmhouse - Saison Winter|
Score
6.45
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Embodying the spirit of a winter wonderland, this traditional Saison takes on a festive twist with fresh spruce and pine. Earthy flavours balance with subtle citrus undertones for a crisp and refreshing finish.
Hops: Simcoe and Tettnang
Hops: Simcoe and Tettnang
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
440ml can. Poured a hazy yellow golden colour with a big, lasting fizzy white head. The aroma is yeasty, light herbal. The flavour is yeasty, bitter, with a somewhat light, yeasty, light piney, light citrus palate. Medium to light bodied with lively carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2026
at 23:55
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can, big bubbly foamy head, clear palish yellow colour, yeasty, fruity and a touch spicy aroma, shrubby, yeasty flavor with a bit of maltiness and some citrus coming through, medium shrubby bitterness. Nice but nothing special.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2025
at 17:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Mr. Hop.
A: clear goloden, small, foamy, white head.
A: spruce, pine, melon, lime zest, bread crust.
T: sweetish melon, unripe pear, bitter & herbal spruce.
F: piney hops, green fruit, citrus zest, soap.
P: medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Okay, I guess I expected more though.
A: clear goloden, small, foamy, white head.
A: spruce, pine, melon, lime zest, bread crust.
T: sweetish melon, unripe pear, bitter & herbal spruce.
F: piney hops, green fruit, citrus zest, soap.
P: medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Okay, I guess I expected more though.
Tried
on 05 May 2025
at 14:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Towering, dense & fine white head, utterly stable over metallic golden beer, clear and not much carbonation left in the beer. Perfumey, but rather chamomille than spruce. Even a bit meaty esters - though it has to be said that the huge head seriously hampers nasal perception. Finally soapy, wheat. Again quite perfumey in the mouth, reminiscent of witbier. Bit of Lindenblossom. Quite dry, but I would have expected real resin, and it isn't here - maybe just a background hint of Badedas, and a faint bitterness, especially warming up. Light, almost undercarbonated, slick. As said, almost perpendicular on the expectations. Bad? No, just a bit lame.
Tried
from Can
at
Café Pardaf
on 01 May 2025
at 08:19
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Loose white head on lightly carbonated golden coloured body. Citrus & cereal aroma. Medium bodied, soft on the tongue with a cloying back. Pine, biscuit, cereal & citrus tastes with a zesty finish. Nice one.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2024
at 20:53
6/10
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Tried
on 16 Nov 2024
at 23:13