Big Beer Series: Farmhouse Ale
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.87
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Slightly pale gold. Particulate. Charismatic floral sugary saison aroma. Light hops, pretty credible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:10
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle pour into tulip glass from the brewery. Aroma is bready base with muted esters, yeast, and some alcohol. Appearance is hazy golden yellow with noticeable floaters; fizzy, effervescent (loud) transient finger-width white head fading to tiny white ring with no lacing. Taste is lightly sweet with some tart (reminds me of a Chardonnay). Palate is light bodied with thin texture and soft carbonation; airy finish. Overall, this is fairly disappointing on all fronts. Everything is really restrained/faint except for the fizzy pour--this may have been a bit old, I’ll have to rerate at some point.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2016
at 18:58
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at hollywood during the spring Harley tour of 15. Looks like pale lager, has a stronger sweeter almost volatile smell. First taste is not as rude as I was expecting considering the alky content, hides it well. Rather smooth and well behaved. Even has hints of wildness on the tart side if you look fer them. Now a slight aroma of mildness sticks its head upa as well. Civilized and one of the better higher alky saisons I’ve had. Nice job smutty.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 May 2015
at 16:01
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Spicy, malty, and earthy flavors, bread, peaches, apricot. Solid malt and well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2014
at 22:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Draft. From notes. Barnyard and horse blanket funk, along with a little tart citrus. Interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2014
at 19:43
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass and a tulip. There were any significant differences between the two glasses.
The appearance was a gentle light to hazy pale orange color with some decent golden yellow tinges sliding in and around the edges of the beer. The head had a one finger white foamy presence that dissipated within less than a minute. The lacing was fairly thin and it slid for the most part right on into the beer.
The smell seemed slightly stale, however, there was some light flavorings of lemon to yeast. It seemed weaker than other saisons I’ve had.
The taste was semi-sweet but had a dampened earthy/herbalness running through the flavoring.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in body with somewhat of a sessionable aspect about it.
Overall, this was actually not one of my more favorite saisons on the market. I don’t miss this one.
This was poured into a pint glass and a tulip. There were any significant differences between the two glasses.
The appearance was a gentle light to hazy pale orange color with some decent golden yellow tinges sliding in and around the edges of the beer. The head had a one finger white foamy presence that dissipated within less than a minute. The lacing was fairly thin and it slid for the most part right on into the beer.
The smell seemed slightly stale, however, there was some light flavorings of lemon to yeast. It seemed weaker than other saisons I’ve had.
The taste was semi-sweet but had a dampened earthy/herbalness running through the flavoring.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in body with somewhat of a sessionable aspect about it.
Overall, this was actually not one of my more favorite saisons on the market. I don’t miss this one.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jun 2014
at 15:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle - Apricot, grass and and some light citrus with some spice. Cloudy yellow and a thin white head. Banana esters, grass and a bit if coriander. More like a German Hefeweizen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2013
at 17:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden color. White head. Sage, soap, wheaty nose, malty, but too sweet for the style. Really not that impressive but ok, though not to style.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2013
at 17:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22oz bottle pours a hazy yellow with some creamy white head. Nose is mostly yeast, straw, cheese rind, light cracker, grass, perfume. Flavor is nice, sweet, perfume, a little booze, some tropical fruit, honey, straw, yeast. Medium bodied, dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2013
at 15:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Pour is a clear yellow with a large white head. Aroma is a nice dusty lemon with a bit coriander and spice. Flavor is a nice big fresh juicy fruit with a bit of dry spice and pepper bringing things up in the end. Lots of fruit esters are left on the tongue after the swallow. Very tasty and very dry. My bottle said 7% abv and this better fits the style rather than the 9% it used to be.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2013
at 16:29