Natural Selection Origin

Origin

 

Natural Selection in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Brewed at/by: Stewart Brewing
  Farmhouse - Saison Special Out of Production
Score
6.91
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 18
This year’s release was a New World saison called origin 5.5%. This crisp, dry and fruity beer has a pronounced hop characteristic from the galaxy hops. This Belgian style beer is brewed with rye using saison yeast to give a unique taste.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Hippo Beers, Glasgow. It pours clear amber with a gigantic thick off-white head. The nose is fragrant, orange, apricot, spice, light toast, earth and tangerine. The taste is smooth, earth, wood, orange peel, grapefruit, peach, orange sponge cake, light tartness and a touch of spice. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Tasty and well-balanced. I am impressed!

Tried from Bottle on 04 Aug 2013 at 12:40


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Bruce’s - London. Pours light, hazy orange-gold with a fine, creamy white. The nose has lots of fresh peach, some brett, a bit of hay. Light sweet flavor, some funky brett, lots of fresh peach, dry pale malts. Light bodied with quite lively carbonation. Moderate dryness to finish, dry peach, faint barnyard, brett, bitter hay, sand. Pretty nice stuff overall.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2013 at 14:03


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

Aroma: Pepper, yeast, Rivita, mango and biscuit.

Appearance: Hazy golden body with a large off-white head that gradually fades. Flat carbonation. Great lacing.

Taste: Belgian yeast, white pepper, lime and digestives. Very hoppy for a Saison. Absolutely delicious.

Palate: Medium body with a very oily texture. Soft carbonation prickle.

Overall: An interesting, hoppy Saison. An incredible achievement, I can’t believe this was brewed by students! I didn’t think I’d say this, but this was the best beer I tried at the Scottish Real Ale Festival 2013.

Tried from Can on 28 Jul 2013 at 13:19


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Re-rated 3/8 from bottle. Much livelier, and without the whisky notes. Good. Cask at the Bow. Pours clear gold with thin white head. Saison yeast on the nose, and also something weiss-beer-like, some citrus hops. Taste has more of the same, but on the end has a weird whiskey note. No carbonation, natch.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2013 at 11:43


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

Cask at Stewart Brewery - Hazy amber in colour. Peach, apricot, yeast and gooseberries in the aroma. Gooseberries, peach and yeast in the taste. Very authentic and tasty, but with a twist.

Tried from Cask on 19 Jul 2013 at 04:44


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Gravity @ SRAF [1300713]
Amber, clear, frothy white head, good lacing
Aroma - perppery hops, soft fruits, apricot, cereal malts, slight sour note
Taste - Spicy peppery, soft pale fruits, smooth cereals, quite saisony quite strong peppery spicy notes, yeast, slightly harsh
Palate - Medium body, oily, good texture, fairly dry. Finish is peppery, spicy, pale fruity malts, dry.
Overall - Liked the soft rye in this, quite strong peppery spicy notes. Would like another try of this.

Tried on 17 Jul 2013 at 17:03


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

50cl bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours an oily golden colour with a very generous head - nice. The nose has white pepper and pineapple. The taste has a fresh green like the stem of a grape stem then more of the citrus followed by a cooking apple thing then the spicy pepper finish. The palate is well balanced - medium bodied with a long refreshing finish. Overall, what a fantastic beer.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2013 at 10:49


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

cask at sraf... Golden amber... Thin white head... Soft zezty dry mango fruit nose... Soft fruits... Light Oily body... Dry light bitter bop fruits.. Light yessyyness Summer origin... Light hazy amber... Small white head... Dry zesty hop . Floral hop nose... Juicy fruits... Peach and mango... Juicy fruits 3.6

Tried from Cask on 11 Jul 2013 at 05:52