Black Pond Brews Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu

 

Black Pond Brews in Dayville, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Saison Regular
Score
6.88
ABV: 6.8% IBU: 30 Ticks: 5
Machu Picchu is one of our signature beers-a jalapeño saison brewed with fresh jalapeños, barley, wheat and corn and fermented with a Belgian saison yeast.
 

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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Brewery draught, 6/27/25.
Clear and blonde with a sizeable, white head.
Fresh, luscious, authentic Jalapeno in the nose has much more vegetal character than it does heat. Soft pils malt and a hint of saison yeast behind it.
Fresh, rich, almost juicy, fleshy jalapeno. Whole, chopped jalapenos really seal the deal here. And while it certainly plays a distant second fiddle, there is notable Belgian yeast here (though the nuances are a bit lost to the pepper). Ample body, good attenuation, crisp and refreshing. Rating is more to a Spice/Herb/Vegetable beer than for a true saison.

Tried from Draft at Black Pond Brews on 28 Jun 2025 at 15:20


8

Too spicy. Gave it to husband. It’s his butthole.

Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:56


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

--Keg at Man in The Moon, Stockholm. -- Clear golden, small head. Fruity nose with distinct jalapeño. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruity with slight marzipan and lots of jalapeño. Chili heat dominates the finish.

Tried on 18 Jan 2024 at 16:53


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can, from the brewery. Pours faintly cloudy golden with a small foamy off-white head, faint malt aroma, medium carbonation, medium bitter malty taste with basement flavors and jalapeno kick at the end, thin body, long finish with chili at the end. Interesting brew.

Tried from Can on 09 Jun 2023 at 23:42


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a semi hazy brownish yellow color with a thin white semi-foamy head. Subtle messy lace.
The aroma had some sweet wheat, sweet corn, sundried tomatoes and then some jalapeno pepper skin. Green peppers too.
The flavor leans towards the spicy side of the jalapeno and green peppers. Subtle crisp sweet wheaty malt bill far underneath tried to balance, but stays where it is. Aftertaste and finish is the jalapeno pepper.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a palate wrecking quality about it. Not exactly the most sessionable of beers. Carbonation felt fine. ABV doesn’t seem what suggests what is there.
Overall, weird saison if it really is one. Good for what it is, unsure if I would have again, but I have liked the spicy beers thrown into beer bread.

Tried on 22 Feb 2017 at 09:02