Premium Post-Prohibition Style Ale
Stillwater in Grand Mound, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Westbrook Brewing Co.Farmhouse - Saison Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.05
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ Kristrup tasting. Gusher that pours hazy yellow with a creamy white head. Aroma of is light, light malt, yeast, fresh citrusly hops, grass. Flavor is light bitter, malt, yeast, little sourness, grass, citrus. Medium body, lively carbonation, light bitter finish. 310115
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
I sure am glad I bought this, its just the sort of light funky beer I’m into these days. Very pale yellow hazy color, large foamy rocky meringue of a head. Very effervescent. Nose is funky bretty, soured cream, blue cheese, damp straw. Dry herbal, bready, light cheesy funk, no acidity, maybe a hint of hop but not really more than a lingering bitterness at the dry finish. Fizzy almost carbonic mouthfeel. I have no idea what they mean by post-prohibition style ale. I wouldn’t call this a speciality grain either, as its no more speciality than any lager that uses corn and rice, neither of which do anything here other than lighten the body. Having said that I’d have no idea what to call it in any case, not that it is important anyway, just rambling on at this point.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours moderately hazy golden straw color with a 2 finger dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of tart lemon zest, pear, apple, cracker, bread, hay, straw, grass, herbal, clove, black pepper, musty funk, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/funky yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lightly tart lemon, pear, apple, cracker, bread, clove, black pepper, hay, straw, grass, herbal, musty funk, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Light earthy tartness and moderate yeast/hop spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lightly tart lemon zest, pear, apple, cracker, bread, clove, black pepper, hay, straw, grass, herbal, musty funk, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity and balance of fruity/funky yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop flavors; with a great crisp malt/yeast/hop balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, and lightly prickly mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a very nice saison style. All around good complexity and balance of fruity/funky yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
650 ml bottle. Pours a hazy pale yellow with a huge, long lasting, white head that laces nicely. Aroma is very yeasty with some citrus. Sweet flavour with citrus, malt, grain , grass, yeast and a very dry, bitter finish. Medium body with oily texture and soft carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Rcvd in trade.
The appearance was a light golden-yellow colored body with a two finger frothy white head. The head fades into some valleys and leaves some nice lacing around the sides of the pint glass. Lots of carbonation is seen rising through the body.
The smell had a mixture of corn, citrus hops, lemon peel with some pepper in the background.
The taste had a peppery tartness up front making a bittery/zestiness with a good pop on the taste buds.
On the palate, it sat about a light to medium with a good balance between wet and dry. There’s some harshness on the tongue, but its expected due to the style. I would say this is very drinkable.
Overall, I would say I’m mostly pleased, and would have it again if given the opportunity.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
A good number of 750mL bottles and a few drafts consumed in the Boston area (primarily Deep Ellum) over the past three years.
Mountainous amounts of white head are impossibly well-retained, with a light haze to the golden raisin colored body with small, plentiful carbonation rising and lots of sediment left behind.
Pure, unadulterated, lovely, luscious brett in the nose. The first time I smelled this beer it put a smile on my face and made me blabber to my friends for a while about brettanomyces when they certainly didnt really care. Lime, nectarine, light band-aid and just a hint of honeyish malts in the background with a massive and lingering strength. This is right up there with Orval, Redemption, et al....
Flavor dosent disappoint, as a tight, engaging carbonation, with light doughy malts produces a soft, but supple mouthfeel and the brett just goes wild. All the tartness you could want, lime, lemon, light horseblanket, fresh hickory nut skin and a touch of banana. It’s spectacularly well-attenuated, but not too much so to compromise the body. Not that I can hold off guzzling this stuff, but with some restraint, the carbonation falls off a bit, leading to some crackery malts, subtle leathery/basement-like sacchoromyces notes and more balancing honey-dough on the finish. No alcohol notes, no flaws and very few complaints from yours truly. Perhaps could have a touch more complexity in the malt department and I could see it being even a touch more dry. But that’s just nitpicking. Simple in what it sets forth to accomplish, but highly, highly successful. Along with Victory Helios, Guineu Riner and Jabby Brau, one of my favorite beers of the past 5 years (and probably my favorite of these 4). Cheers to Brian!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
650ml bottle. Slightly cloudy, yellowish pale golden colour with average to huge, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Room-filling typical brett aroma, floral, funky, strawy, hints of bubblegum. Taste is dry to bitter, minimally sourish, bretty, floral, minimally soapy, strawy; lively carbonation, light body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 22fl.oz.Light unclear medium yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, light hoppy, soapy. IMO a quit weak aroam. Flavour is moderate sweet and light light acidic with a long duration, sharp, soapy, grass, yeasty, saison yeast, brett. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130406]
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Würziger, getreidig säuerlicher Antrunk. Wenig hopfig, deutlich bitter werdend. Die Bitterkeit steigt noch, das Bier wird trocken. Die Getreidigkeit lässt dabei nach, die Säuerlichkeit nimmt ebenfalls ab. Starke Karbonisierung. Zitrus, grasig. 13/11/8/11/11/11
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Golden - yellow colour with a white head. Aroma is fruit, , brett, yeast. Flavour is fruit, brett, yeast, hop, spices. Nice beer.