Half Light
Austin Street Brewery in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Rotating|
Score
6.97
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Half Light is a saison brewed with 100% Maine ingredients and fermented with a blend of traditional saison and brettanomyces. Cascade hops from The Hop Yard in Gorham Maine provide a fresh layer of pear flavor alongside a very wheat heavy grain bill. A fruity funk develops quickly in the bottle to add even more complexity.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared at the brewery, 12/30/17.
Gently hazy, brass-golden-peach with a small, white head showing moderate retention.
Light fruitiness in the nose shows peach, pear and apricot as strong Brett works its way in, somewhat taking over. It's a very powerful aroma, with big fruit and lots of white bread, grass and light floral character. It's definitely a bit over-worked as far as the Brett is concerned; seems like the bottles were left too warm or perhaps not aged long enough (or both). Still, the primary yeast adds the esters you want, with no clove, bubble gum or banana and light malt behind it adding honey and biscuit with no alcohol or flaw.
In the mouth it's full of Brett. Perfume, lime zest and grass dominate with a high attenuation overall though still a malty, soft texture. Plentiful, expansive carbonation needs time to settle. Lots of fruity esters, with lemon, lime, peach and pear and mild pepper phenols lingering. No alcohol or flaw, but extremely heavy-handed with the Brett.
Gently hazy, brass-golden-peach with a small, white head showing moderate retention.
Light fruitiness in the nose shows peach, pear and apricot as strong Brett works its way in, somewhat taking over. It's a very powerful aroma, with big fruit and lots of white bread, grass and light floral character. It's definitely a bit over-worked as far as the Brett is concerned; seems like the bottles were left too warm or perhaps not aged long enough (or both). Still, the primary yeast adds the esters you want, with no clove, bubble gum or banana and light malt behind it adding honey and biscuit with no alcohol or flaw.
In the mouth it's full of Brett. Perfume, lime zest and grass dominate with a high attenuation overall though still a malty, soft texture. Plentiful, expansive carbonation needs time to settle. Lots of fruity esters, with lemon, lime, peach and pear and mild pepper phenols lingering. No alcohol or flaw, but extremely heavy-handed with the Brett.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2018
at 17:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle opened for on-site consumption at the source. Clear golden with plenty of carbonated bubbles. Aroma is lemons, perfume notes, brett, hay, some herbal yeasty note. Fruity flavor, grass, perfume, brett notes, hay, some grass. Mild sweetness with the yeast. Good balance. Real nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2017
at 13:34