Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Train To Mars from Get Radical 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught at Lord Hobo, 7/10/15
Light tangerine colored body is lightly hazy and topped by a small but fairly dense, well-retained white head.
Dry, peppery phenols give way to soft apricot fuzz, dry moss and even a touch of light pine as crackery malts and just a touch of minimally sweet caramel-like maltiness fills in the gaps. An obvious American-hopped Belgian ale nose, yet it’s more reserved despite all of the more bitter, acidic, louder hop notes. No real bold yeast fruitiness/funkiness/cellariness of your typical saison (not that Thiriez is really known for that anyways). Almost comes off as just a hoppy Belgian pale ale. Good balance to the nose if not exactly strongly aromatic, but with no flaws or alcohol.
The flavor is crisp, dry and has light malt elements (baked white bread, crackers) that, despite being stretched quite thin against the phenols and hops, do a pretty good job of keeping the beer from being thin or astringent. Peach, pine, apricot and tangerine all embolden the flavors through the middle and the finish ends in a peppery Thiriez yeast signature. Quite nice, with tight carbonation and a definite experimental nature (actually kind of love the light pine bitterness from the simcoe). Maybe a touch too much of the somewhat scratchy, crackery malts, as they’re exacerbated by the hop bitterness and dry, peppery phenols. Rating is against a hoppy, Belgian ale, not a to-style saison.
teddybeer (5762) reviewed Train To Mars from Get Radical 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Golden color with a white head, medium duration and nice laceowrk. Aroma has notes of belgian yeast with spicy notes and fruity notes. Flavor is slightly bittery with a dry final.
Kermis (23416) reviewed Train To Mars from Get Radical 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared from Mi Orge Mi Houblon. Pours Hazy golden with a big bubbly white head. Aroma of peppery saison yeast, citrus, fruits, light funk and biscuit. Flavor is light sweet and moderate bitter with a nice juicy fruity palate. Light medium bodied with light carbonation.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Feathers of Angels from Get Radical 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bouteille 75cl, merci à Pierre. BB 23/11/2015. De couleur dorée présentant un léger trouble, col est fin blanc. Arôme est prenant offrant de suite des effluves tropicales qui rappellent la goyave, retrouve un rétro-nasal fruité houblonné qui semble en retrait par rapport au côté tropical de l’arôme, ce denier présentant peu en apport tropical de par sa base houblonnée qui cible plus l’agrume et le pin. Palais est sec, léger avec une présence terreuse et un fruité prenant. Ce dernier se rapporte plus à un côté jus que de purée. En bouche, le profil aiguille de pin du Chinook est de suite plus présente mais est mis en parallèle avec le profil tropical de goyave. Au final, l’herbacé et houblonné ressort pas mal, surtout pour une bière d e4% qui flirte avec le côté session.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Golden color with a white head with nice lacework. Aroma has notes of floral hops, good maltiness and slightly citrus hints. Flavor is slightly bittery, flowery, some bready notes with good maltiness. Slightly bittery in the final with a mild creamy mouthfeel.
teddybeer (5762) reviewed Feathers of Angels from Get Radical 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Hazy golden color with a minimal and quicly diminishing white head. No carboation. Aroma has fruity notes mainly citrus and tangerine. Flavor has a decent bitterness with fruity notes, some floral notes and mild maltiness. Bittery final with a moderate dry mouthfeel.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Train To Mars from Get Radical 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Capped 750 from Star Grocery in Berkeley, CA. Pours translucent gold with a white head. The aroma is to die for. Mixed fruit esters, very light earth, and an ethereal aspect. Med body or nearly. Flavor is dry, bitter, mixed fruit esters, "burnt rubber"(not a bad thing here), and earthy/yeasty/mild barnyard. Thiriez. Ok, so this is apparently a contract brew, but frickin amazing. Thiriez. Absolutely delicious, and clearly quite underrated.
thegreenrooster (7275) reviewed Train To Mars from Get Radical 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pour is a blonde with a large white head. Aroma is a dry cracker malt with some fruit. Lots of floaties and tons carbonation. Flavor is again a nice bone dry malt with some barnyard and dry mustiness. Finish is dry and palate cleansing with some notes of honeysuckle. This is a solid and very dry saison.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Train To Mars from Get Radical 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at Birch And Barley/Churchkey. Slightly hazy yellow-gold color with a thin white head that evaporates quickly to an outer ring. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of tropical fruit, hops and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of herbal hops, citrus and toasted malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a citrusy hops aftertaste. Above average French IPA overall.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Bodacious Cowboy from Get Radical 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at Chriso going Dutch tasting, 03/07/14. Bottle #116/264. Murky mahogany brown with a moderate light beige swirl and edgeing. Nose is toffee, dark fruits, light nail polish, sweet notes, a little basic for a 10% number! Taste comprises bitter dark fruit rinds, moderate sweetness, malty, toffee fudge, light booze, gluevine effect. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a boozey lick. Very so so for style but just about sippable.