Rachelle
Fair Isle Brewing in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
7.12
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Saison with Rhubarb
An ode to vibrant ruby red locally grown rhubarb, Rachelle is one of our favorite summer beers. Rhubarb is often used to bolster the flavor of other ingredients, and in this saison we think of it in a similar way: while the simple grist of the base beer allows rhubarb’s unique tartness to shine, it also amplifies the inherent fruitiness of our house culture of wild yeasts and bacteria.
This batch starts with a blend of oak-aged saisons featuring Elwha River Spelt and Francin Pilsner from the wonderful folks @lincmalt. The beautiful rhubarb was provided by @sidhufarms, which was then added to the beer in our totes before being transferred to neutral gin casks from @copperworksdist where it completed the aging process.
We get bright, fresh notes of watermelon rind, watermelon hard candy, and a subtle herbaceous hit coming through in the brisk, dry finish. And thanks to being packaged in slim cans, Rachelle is now perfect to bring along on all your summer adventures!
An ode to vibrant ruby red locally grown rhubarb, Rachelle is one of our favorite summer beers. Rhubarb is often used to bolster the flavor of other ingredients, and in this saison we think of it in a similar way: while the simple grist of the base beer allows rhubarb’s unique tartness to shine, it also amplifies the inherent fruitiness of our house culture of wild yeasts and bacteria.
This batch starts with a blend of oak-aged saisons featuring Elwha River Spelt and Francin Pilsner from the wonderful folks @lincmalt. The beautiful rhubarb was provided by @sidhufarms, which was then added to the beer in our totes before being transferred to neutral gin casks from @copperworksdist where it completed the aging process.
We get bright, fresh notes of watermelon rind, watermelon hard candy, and a subtle herbaceous hit coming through in the brisk, dry finish. And thanks to being packaged in slim cans, Rachelle is now perfect to bring along on all your summer adventures!
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
12oz can. Pours clear pale gold with almost no head. Aroma is floral and rustic. Flavour has rustic yeast, hay, and rhubarb in good balance. Fantastic saison.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2024
at 04:17
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Sante Adairius Santa Cruz portal. Hazy golden yellow color. Lightly herbal aroma. Taste is hay and straw with light juniper and light tannins. Nice
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2024
at 05:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Hazy orange with small white head. Some tartness, wine, rhubarb, balanced. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
Fair Isle Brewing
on 09 Jan 2024
at 19:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dullish pale, not much head. Light tartness, stone fruit, pears, and a clean lactic note. Decent.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2023
at 06:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 355mL can @ Weathered 2023. Hazy blonde with small white head. Earthy rhubarb, light tartness, hint of gin. Okay.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Feb 2023
at 06:32
8/10
Really nice soft saison with hints of rhubarb fruitiness and wafts of gin, certainly floral juniper on the nose.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2023
at 19:14
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a hazy dark gold from a can. Aroma is tart, a little funk, some nondescript fruit. Flavor is similar, kind of watery, not much rhubarb that I'm getting. Too bad, a good beer but was hoping for more.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2022
at 22:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a clear blonde with a small fizzy white head. I was expecting more of a red pour. Aroma is white wine vinegar. Flavor is more tart white wine with not much else. The white wine was fine but I was expecting a bit more. I don't think I've ever had rhubarb so I don't know what that brought to this beer. I did not taste anything I've never tasted before. OK sour saison. My can said this was 5.1% abv.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Dec 2022
at 22:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Fair Isle, pours a mostly clear bright golden with a small white head. Aroma is earthy in the fruitiest of ways, with lots of earthy rhubarb and some rustic notes. Flavour is modestly tart, with plenty of rhubarb, some citric notes, and a bit of rustic notes. The rhubarb is nicely incorporated, leaving a gently tart finish. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Oct 2022
at 06:12