Persona Non Grata (Ghost 058)
Adroit Theory Brewing Company in Purcellville, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.13
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You were there, you saw what went down in the shadowy back room filled with the scent of a thousand years of exotic trade. In this place of incense and dark secrets, a flower of uncommon truth blossoms. This essence - our Hibiscus Saison - is a masterful blend brewed with Mosaic Hops and the rare and beautiful hibiscus acquired at the Souk by SASKO. Your passage did not go unmarked. The price of your curiosity will be...
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8/10
It's not like any saison I've ever had. Hibiscus yes. Hops. Not so much.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample at Gabf. Pours a hazy orange gold with small white head. The aroma is citrus, grass, floral, yeast. Medium body, yeast, grass, citrus, light dry finish, good.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2016
at 17:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours pinkish rose head. Nose/taste of hibiscus, florals, grassy hops, lemongrass, honey, bubblegum and vanilla. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2015
at 19:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at the brewery. Slightly hazy copper with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of tropical fruit, spice, yeast, bubblegum, vanilla. The taste is tropical fruit, citrus, hibiscus, honey, spice. Medium bodied, lingering spice.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2014
at 17:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the source. Hazy golden color. Floral, peppery aroma. Taste is juicy, fruity, herbal, boozy.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2014
at 13:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
This a little too sweet for a saison. Some florals but not much else. Syrupy. Pours pink with OK head and lacing. Some citrus. Bottle from radagast83.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2014
at 15:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
375ml bottle. Poured a clear yellow-orange color with a light off-white head. Aroma was light smoky notes, sweet malts. Light smoke, malt. Tasty, but lacking something... bananas?
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2014
at 15:28
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From a bottle at the DC Ratebeer event Dec. 6, 2014. Pours a hazy copper with an off whtie head. Banana nose. Falvors of caramel and butterscotch with some floral notes. Crisp, clean finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2014
at 15:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
3oz sample at the brewery pours a hazy amber. Nose is herbal, floral, apples. Flavor is sweet, floral, apple, rose wine, herbal. Clean finish.
Tried
on 26 May 2014
at 11:38
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
3 oz draft pour at Adroit. Opaque orange/slight pink color with off-white head. Aromas of hibiscus, citrus, floral notes, tropical fruit. Tastes of big hibiscus, citrus, tropical fruit, light funk, subtle tartness. Medium body with a dry finish. Delicious.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2014
at 10:34