Orris
Fair Isle Brewing in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.93
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An oak-aged ale with second-use blackberries and gin botanicals
While wondering how to put to use some second-use blackberries after brewing Tove and Falkor, our R&D brewer Matt had the idea to combine these fruity and herbal notes with gin botanicals. The wonderful folks at @copperworksdist helped bring this vision to life by donating some spent botanicals from their gin – a complex blend of juniper berries, grains of paradise, lemon and orange peels, and a smattering of other aromatics.
The result is an enigmatic beer with punchy herbaceous notes and a long-lasting, verdant finish. Many of our saisons place a premium on balance and drinkability, but Orris is decidedly a slow sipper. After all, sometimes it’s best to embrace the funk in mixed culture beer!
While wondering how to put to use some second-use blackberries after brewing Tove and Falkor, our R&D brewer Matt had the idea to combine these fruity and herbal notes with gin botanicals. The wonderful folks at @copperworksdist helped bring this vision to life by donating some spent botanicals from their gin – a complex blend of juniper berries, grains of paradise, lemon and orange peels, and a smattering of other aromatics.
The result is an enigmatic beer with punchy herbaceous notes and a long-lasting, verdant finish. Many of our saisons place a premium on balance and drinkability, but Orris is decidedly a slow sipper. After all, sometimes it’s best to embrace the funk in mixed culture beer!
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Orangey and hazy, thin head. Liking that aroma, berry skins and botanicals. On the palate, sweet, light fruitiness, off-dry and somewhat tannic. Yup, it'�s good.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2024
at 01:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Fair Isle, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma reveals moderate gin botanicals and washed out raspberries, along with gentle rustic saison yeast. Flavour is very herbal and botanical, with very washed out raspberries, celery-like herbal notes, and rustic saison yeast. A bit too celery-like for me but it's well-made as usual.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Dec 2023
at 04:24