Iron Fist Brewing Company Hired Hand

Hired Hand

 

Iron Fist Brewing Company in Vista, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Saison Regular Out of Production
Score
6.81
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 22
Traditionally, this Belgian style farmhouse ale was brewed in the winter to be enjoyed in the summer. Well, us revolutionaries pay little heed to such silly traditions. We brew our Saison year round because, frankly, we don’t want to wait so long for such a delicious beer. Hired Hand perfectly blends malty and sour notes, with a refreshing dry finish. Enjoyed by laborers and leaders alike.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 7/9/2011. Pours hazy orange copper color with a 2-3 finger foamy and rocky off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with plenty of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of orange peel, pear, apple, grape, light banana, floral, grass, herbal, bread, clove, honey, light funk, and yeast earthiness. Nice aromas with good complexity of yeast ester notes with moderate malt presence; and good strength. Taste of orange peel, pear, apple, grape, light banana, clove, pepper, toast, brown bread, light honey, floral, grass, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of orange peel, light fruits, pepper, clove, toast, brown bread, light honey, floral, grass, herbal, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast flavors; with very balanced malt sweetness and zero cloying flavors after the finish. High carbonation and medium bodied; with a lightly creamy, crisp, and lightly prickly mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very good saison style. Good balance and complexity of yeast ester and malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A bit too malty, but a nicely enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2013 at 20:23


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Tried on 19 May 2013 at 22:00


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

Draft @the brewery. Pours a hazy orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty finish.

Tried from Draft on 17 Apr 2013 at 08:14


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught B.C."H." over golden beer with orangey sheen. Orangepeel nose, slightly spicy and yeast byproducts. Very dry orangepeel flavour, with again the spicy, peppery yeastfeatures. Medium bodied at least; bit sharpish MF. Rather run-of-the-mill beer, very estery and yeast intoned.

Tried on 08 May 2012 at 06:33


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Courtesy of Sledutah, thanks Craig. Pours hazy deep gold with white head. The aroma is spicy followed by an even mix of apples, pears and apricots as well as yeast banana and cloves. The taste is moderately sweet with wheat, some banana, apples, yeastiness and grassy earthiness. Seems a little disjointed as the notes seem to pull this apart rather than together.

Tried on 01 May 2011 at 05:06


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle from Phil, shared at the SLC tasting
Appearance: Hazy yellow with a huge white head and great lacing
Aroma: Tart fruits, citrus and spices
Taste: Tart malt, spices, barnyard with a dry finish
A nice Saison

Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2011 at 19:49


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

Bottle. Slightly hazy amber beer with a cream colored head. Citrus and hay aroma with malt, light spice, and light yeast. Hay and malt flavor with lemon citrus, spice, and light yeast. Medium bodied. Lemon and earth lingers with spice, yeast, and light malt.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2011 at 14:38


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared by someone one at the post EBF tasting, thanks! Poured a cloudy gold with a white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma had a combination of light fruits (apple), flowers and some light sweet grains as well as hints of citrus and light spice. Flavor had sweet grains, light fruits and citrus with just a bit of spice in the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2011 at 17:43


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

750ml bottle pours a hazy gold with a frothy white head. Nose has lots of Belgian yeast, bananas, cloves, a little light lemon, herbs. Flavor is sweet, candy sugar, banana ice cream, cloves, pineapple. Medium bodied, sweet finish. Not bad, drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2011 at 19:05


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Murky golden color. Aroma of citrus, bread, pine, light spice. Taste is very malty and yeasty. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2011 at 17:15