Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught @ Malt and Mold. Milky orange with small forthy whitish head, citrus aroma, medium carbonation, thich body, medium bitter orange peel taste, long bitter finish. Nice dank IPA, Brett not being very noticeable.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Cucumber Saison from Focal Point Beer Co, 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: pours hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma is cucumbers, lime, and saison yeast. Taste is a lot of cucumber, lime, but I am not getting so much ginger. More palatable than other cucumber saisons, but still quite a lot.
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Cucumber Saison from Focal Point Beer Co, 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Ginger Man. My first beer from ICONYC. Strong cucumber aroma. Some dill and spices. Pours clear gold with streaky lacing. Taste is more balanced, with cucumber and spice joined by some yeast and earth. Lime notes appear in the close, but are pretty muted. Really interesting beer. Can't say is want to drink it all the time but I applaud how much it tastes like what they were aiming for.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Proper Saison from Focal Point Beer Co, 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Beer Boutique, Brooklyn: pours slightly hazy with a white head. Aroma is citrus, lots of spice, and sugar. Somewhat bitter and quite dry. In a sense more like a Belgian ale than like a saison. Little too sweet and much for me.
Oakes (33493) reviewed High Ryse Farmhouse Ale from Focal Point Beer Co, 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy yellow. Thin head, floral, honeyish, apricotty, with a little bit yeasty, and this comes through in the fizzy body. Has a fairly yeasty, dry, floral and fruity character. Medium bitterness.
Ferris (26026) reviewed High Ryse Farmhouse Ale from Focal Point Beer Co, 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Grassy, funky citrus and creamy notes. Cloudy light gold with a decent white head. Sweet creamy and funky with a light bitter finish. Neat.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750mL bottle, pours a cloudy opaque golden yellow with a lovely large foamy white head. Aroma brings out lovely rustic farmhouse notes, some spicy rye, and light fruitiness. Flavour is very fruity, with loads of stone fruits (especially peach), along rustic farmhouse notes and a very yeasty finish. High carbonation, but it's fitting. Super fruity on the finish. Nice stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle at Matt’s. Aroma is hoppy wih bretts. Taste is bretts, hoppy bitterness, crispy. Same aftertaste. Very good balanced beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Tasting at Matt’s
Cloudy blond color with large head. Powerful aroma, the spicy yeast blends perfectly with a citrus character from the hops. The mouthfeel is bone dry, but also largely carbonated, and rather smooth; the yeast character is extreme, it brings spices, and some bitter orange peel; but unfortunately also a strong bitter vegetable character that in the final is disturbing.
I don’t like the final, but this is a beer with a lot of character, and another batch may actually turn out very well.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Hib-Hop from Focal Point Beer Co, 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: pours red and white head. Aroma is lemongrass and hibiscus. Taste is lemongrass and hibiscus. Not too heavy. Very lemongrass finish. Not really my favourite.