deyholla (22727) reviewed Violet from Perennial Artisan Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours a cloudy yellowish gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has a nice sweet grain and Belgian spice note with a really nice plum note. Flavor has a nice plum note with a hint of tartness and a backing note of sweet grain and light Belgian spice and yeast.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Saison de Lis from Perennial Artisan Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours gold with white head. Nose and taste of florals, lemon zest, Saison yeast, dried fruits and yams. Medium body.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Homefront IPA from Perennial Artisan Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Capped 750 from Wine& Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours hazy light amber with a creamy off-white head. Mild citrus over caramel for aroma. Med +body. It’s quite citrus. Almost zest. Maybe more than almost. The caramel is in the background. It’s quite bitter, and there’s an oaky astringency. Finishes quite bitter. Nice IPA from the folks in the East.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Saison de Lis from Perennial Artisan Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours a clear fold with a large fluffy white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has light funk with sweet frains, flora and a hint of light fruit. Flavor starts with earthy grass and a hint of flora with grains coming out towards the finish.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Hommel Bier from Perennial Artisan Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Lightly musty lemon/orange malt and orange peel aroma. Amber color with large fluffy white head. Lightly musty orange-lemon malt and mildly bitter orange peel hops flavor. Nice body. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Funky tart Belgian yeast, wheat, chamomile aroma. Hazy golden yellow with a moderate white head. Tart, wet hay, and chamomile flavor with a light bitter finish.. Light body, dry finish.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Saison de Lis from Perennial Artisan Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle. Must, chamomile, and malt aroma. Cloudy golden yellow color with moderate head. Lightly sweet chamomile and malt flavor. Decent body. Extremely subtle flavors but I love this beer - a great thirst quencher that I could drink all day.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Abraxas from Perennial Artisan Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5
750ml bottle pours an oily, opaque black with some red head. Nose is gross, mint tooth paste, chemicals, lavendar, chamomile. Flavor is chocolate and chamomile, kombucha tea. Gross. BLEGH!!!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
I acquired this in a trade. I sent a few Vermont beers in exchange for some mid-west beers. Taken from my cellar at 60 Degrees F and poured into a Ridel Bordeaux glass. Bottle Date: 10/2011
A - Poured a 3-Finger head with a healthy mix of big and tight bubbles. Very nice head retention along the edges of the glass as it dissipated. Dissipation took 5 minutes to achieve 1-finger head.The beer is a smooth and hazy golden orange. You’d think it was a light red ale but, against the light, this is a very orange drink with a lean toward VERY golden look.
S - Right on the nose is an explosion of wheat followed by that great wild / farmhouse yeast that you would expect from a beer like this. It’s classified as a Barley Wine on RateBeer but I’m getting wild / saison style. Great bits of orange peel and mild spices with a hint of cherries.
T - My nose deceives me. I’m getting more barley wine characteristics that I was not expecting. There’s a huge caramel matliness that hits immediately. This is followed by an intense bitterness that’s almost sour like as if the back of the tongue is a Lambic Geuze There’s a mild spice to this beer that I can’t pinpoint. Wheat beer is the last thing I’d think of in a blind taste test. It’s a beer with an identity crisis for sure.
M - Solid explosion of carbonation on a single mouth-swish about 90% of the beer turns to big bubbles. It’s light to medium bodied and the caramel malts and fleeting hops stick around long after swallowing I’d say for about a minute.
O - I’m not sure what to think of this beer. It’s good but not great. Wheat turns to caramel turns to very malty notes which leads to very bitter middle of the tongue experience with a lingering caramel taste but the nose is nothing like the taste. Hard to rate...I’m giving it a B+
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Capped 750 from Wine & Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours very dark brown with a 2 finger foamy beige head. Aroma is actually walnut. Amazing. Also a bit of chocolate. Med body. Flavor is banana, chocolate and some black walnut. Know that, cause my mom was always bringing black walnut ice cream home. This is approaching complex and it’s pretty amazing. I can taste (virtually) black walnut ice cream. Joys of childhood. Not. I preferred chocolate. But I could go for some of that ice cream right now. Finishes pretty dry, with walnut flavor, and lingering banana. NIce.