West Ashley
(has 6 batches)
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales in Capitola, California, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Sour Saison Regular|
Score
7.95
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Orange, lactic, and bursting with apricot aroma, West Ashley is built for consideration and conversation. While Ashley starts as a simple saison, careful aging in Pinot Noir barrels with apricots, our house microbes, and warm encouragement transform her into a tart, complex, and delectable beer. To enjoy all that she offers, we encourage you to rouse the residual yeast, bacteria, and fruit into solution before serving West Ashley in your favorite stemmed glassware.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at the Santa Cruz Taproom. The new release. Lovely orange, very cloudy. Nose is wonderful apricots and some citrus fruit. flavor is simply lovely apricots as well, you can taste the fuzz and the stone too. Really unbelievable fruit flavor going on here. Citrusy, tart, but not full-on sour. Light bretty notes in the background. Simply lovely stuff. Reminded me of the unfiltered cask version of Fou'foune.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2019
at 02:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle into a snifter showing moderately filtered pale amber with sparse white foam. The nose shows intense notes of apricot. The palate is light bodied and well carbonated. Moderately tart with moderately intense notes of apricot and light lactose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2019
at 08:11
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 750 at Himmeriget. Shared with Max, Fran, Kova and kajser. Pours hazy orange with white head. Fruity, peach, apricots, lemon, nice funky note, barnyard, some wood. Light to moderate sourness. Very subtle and balanced. Medium bodied, maybe just a bit thin. Nice one, although I've expected just a bit more.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Himmeriget
on 18 Jul 2018
at 20:12
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, courtesy of illidurit, many many thanks! Aroma is apricot, funk, Brett, bitter almond. Body is medium, fruity acidic and tart, lively carbonation, apricot. Intense sour palate, still super fruity. Very, very good, but could be a little less sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2018
at 14:36
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, many thanks anstei! Hazy golden color with white head. Aroma is apricots, fresh yeast, barrel, apricot skin. Taste is apricot jam, fresh barrel funk, grapes, even a touch apricot stone I think. Super refreshing, super tasty! Awesome!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2018
at 14:21