6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle. Hazy, cloudy, yellow-orange color. Steady, thin white head. This beer isn’t world class, but it is one thing : a macro saison that manages to capture some of the essence of the style. Sure, it falls short a little bit in the malt category, a little too watery. Sure, the carbonation/effervescence can’t compare to a Belgian. Negatives aside there is a funky lemony wheat flavor that is pretty likable, especially for a Horny Goat product. Creamy easy finish. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2010
at 00:39
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle. Hazy orange-tan color. Steady, fluffy off-white head. Subdued malty, sweet aroma. I’m not the biggest Red/Amber/Vienna fan, but I found this one drinkable enough. The watery mouthfeel helps it remain drinkable and smooth. There are some light vanilla tones. Standard session beer territory, just clean enough to be acceptable. Mild soapy hop balance. OK, but not on par with the rest of the brewing world.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2010
at 00:02
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
12oz bottle. Hazy orange-tan color. Thin, patchy...but steady head. Some odd bitter caramel hop aroma..extract? Quite resiny. Watery homebrew like mouthfeel, with some orange-citrus hop character. The malt backbone is sugary and bland. Pretty sub-par stuff, though it does manage to capture the APA taste. OK, and sessionable, but lacks any depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2010
at 19:08
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle. Thin, filtered yellow-tan color. Big, foamy, white head. Sweet, sugary, dirty, cheap malt aroma. Hmm. This one sort of sucks in an Eastern European sort of way. Lacks any depth of flavor, but the sugary thickness of the malt takes away from any refreshing aspects youd want in the style. Spicy noble hops help make it tolerable, but they are used just slightly over macro levels. Bland and boring, not one to seek out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2010
at 23:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle. Brown-black, with a big beige head. Mild, sweet aroma. Medium bodied, quite a thin mouthfeel. The overall taste is pretty right on though, I think they would love this beer in the Caribbean. Very drinkable, straightforward stuff. Mild chocolate and sugary pungency that fits the style. Not world-class by any means, but a well executed beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2010
at 23:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
I rated this one a while ago when it was being contract brewed at LaCrosse - not sure why the rating was deleted but I found my notes. Sampled from a 24 oz can this beer poured a very cloudy orange color with a huge yellow-white head. The aroma was sweet, peppery and musty with a fairly strong citrus element. The flavor was sweet and tangy citrus with light undertones of cardboard, pepper and must. The finish was dryish musty citrus. Fairly good body. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Feb 2010
at 16:44
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
12 oz bottle with a twist off cap. Smell is dully hoppy and citrus, not sharp and floral. I was expecting some variation of a wheat beer for some reason but no. Pour is like a pale lager with a thin creamy head that is unmeasurable in thickness. Yes, quite hoppy, nearing mild ipa status but never quite gets there. Bitter medicinal finish is almost rude but not really. Nearly objectional to a lager lover on the palate. Eh. Finish is medium hoppy and lingers for a significant amount of time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2010
at 13:16
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
A saison eh? More like a wheat with balls. Smell is rather sweet with hints of citrus perhaps mildly orange. Has a strong candylike sweetness going on there on the taste bud too. Cannot be in the same cat as jolly pumkin bam or silly, no? Could be a lttle more farmy, eh? Goatlike in that you’ll probably get harny after a few of these. Comes on much stronger than the 4.9% listed, Lots of gunk on the bottom of the bottle. Easy twist off cap on a brown bottle. If you make this barrel aged then you can put a barrel on ’er label.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Feb 2010
at 09:49
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle with twist off cap. I’m a little bitter and jaded after my last two \"Horny Goat\" experiences, so I’m not going into this with a truly open mind. Body is a hazy gold with a thin head and aromas are a little dubious... a bit of cloves and lemons, and in the background is a landfill-type aroma that I’m beginning to associate with the label. Still, the landfill scent is faint enough that there is some hope. Flavor is some form of redemption for the brand... it isn’t great and has a distinctly adjunct side to it, but it does have a bit of niceness to it. A bit of lemon and some faint cloves, a honey sweetness... It is watery and washed out, but not awful... this is the best Goat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2009
at 22:46
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle. Pours a golden orange with a dense finger or so of foam on top. Aromas are a pointless mix of malty grain and caramel. Not much in terms of hops in the nose... hmm... Flavor is an awful mix of grain (wheat-like), corn and tea like hops. Blech!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2009
at 21:49