4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Pinball. Pours a cloudy golden with a small white head. Interesting perfumy, spicy aroma - oh, it’s just the coriander and cloves :-(. Light body, a dry fruitiness and then quite some cloves. Has quite a tartness. If you brew on Peruvian purple corn why drown everything in spices? 110113
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2013
at 10:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Great American Beer Festival, 2012. This might be the first purple beer I have had. There is clove and coriander, as well as some other spice. Fairly light but good flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2012
at 17:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Great American Beer Festival, 2012. Some alcohol. Mild oak. Medium sweet malt with sweet dried fruit. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2012
at 17:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Great American Beer Festival, 2012. Dark. This beer had tons of flavor and I thought it was one of the highlights of the festival. There is anise, orange, pepper, and cardamom. Lightly sweet. Very good.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2012
at 16:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Great American Beer Festival, 2012. Opaque yellow color, appropriate for a saison. It sweet with yeast, as well as coriander and yeast. Good palate, and the lemongrass nicely compliments the other flavors.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2012
at 16:38
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured up at GABF 2012 with a nice mahogany looking body that supports a sort of mocha colored head that has some tan swirls to it and it leaves behind a little bit of lacing too. Nice looking brew. The aroma seems kind of Abbey Dubbel like initially and comes across pleasing with ripe brown sugar covered plum like sweet fruity esters, and what seems like a touch of coriander and clove and then some earthy chocolate notes in the background. Wow, ok, the taste is really nice. It starts off with dark roasted malts and then picks up a rich near velvety dark chocolate note and it quickly rolls into more and more chili pepper heat midway and into the finish. Fantastic experience on the first sip. I hope the sips to follow can maintain . . . maintain damn you! Oh it does, nice. Into the after taste it leaves a modest chili pepper burn and warming that certainly isn’t too much but sure lets you know it’s there. Really nice brew. Well done!
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2012
at 18:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured up at GABF 2012 with a clear gold body (lighter in color than the non oak aged) that supports an off white head. It seems to have muted aromatics as compared to the non oak aged version where I get a little bit of dark fruity esters, a touch of pepper and banana and then at the end of the draw it grows into sweeter vanilla notes. The taste is similar where the oak aging has smoothed out the brighter notes and muted the esters that are sort of apples and pears and bananas going on in there. It seems the slight pepperiness of the other version is gone altogether but it leaves behind a smooth sweet vanilla note and sweet maltiness.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2012
at 18:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured up at GABF 2012 with a clear copper body that supports a nice looking tan head of foam. The aroma is sort of plums and red apples and black pepper and then some banana in the back end of the draw. So the taste comes off pretty normal for the style with sweet esters coming from ripe red apples and plums and then becoming molasses covered prunes that isn’t that strong but bridges the gap between the sweet ester start and the pepperiness nearing the end where I also get some yeasty Belgian like spices surrounded by a thin ring of banana notes.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2012
at 18:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Poured up at GABF 2012 with a crystal clear gold with a thin white head. The aroma has a nice level of saison like yeasty spiciness backed up by some sugary malt sweetness followed by just a light sense of earthy notes. The taste seems similar with sweet sugary malts mixing with spicy saison yeastiness with a light degree of lemon grass notes that add an earthy tone to the experience. To help balance out the sweetness I get a black pepper note from time to time. Pretty tasty stuff.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2012
at 18:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Poured up at GABF 2012 with a clear copper body that supports a thin off white head. The aroma is a little spicy and estery where there’s also some cinnamon and pumpkin pie like notes. Interesting aroma for sure. The taste is similar where I get some apple and apricot like fruity esters to go along with some cinnamon and a sense of nutmeg and pumpkin meat. Pretty darn tasty for a beer under 4%.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2012
at 18:23