6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Shaker pour @ brewpub. Has a clear reddish copper color. Aroma is musky, lagered malts that are lightly sweet. Otherwise a pretty unassuming aroma. Taste is a lightly sweet maltiness and I swear I get just a hint of vomit at the very end of the flavor (I know weird). In general pretty herbal in a vegetal way and not interesting at all.
Tried
on 18 May 2009
at 13:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Shaker pour @ the brewpub, thought I missed this beer, good to know the new website hides things. Pour has a strong brown head on top of a very dark brown (almost black) body, looks like good stuff. Aroma is roast-y, lightly prune, and your other basic porter elements. Taste is very ashy and a watery type of ash. Its otherwise plain, really they should have called this the Thomas Plain porter, frankly I still have no idea why they named it Thomas Paine, its not like 4th of July or anything, weird. 7/4/6/3/14
Re-rate, much better and fuller flavor than the first time around. Lots of body and chewy prune and roast. Thus, I like it a lot more. 7/3/8/3/15
Re-rate, much better and fuller flavor than the first time around. Lots of body and chewy prune and roast. Thus, I like it a lot more. 7/3/8/3/15
Tried
on 18 May 2009
at 13:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pint pour @ brewpub. Color is very hazy, dark golden. The head is bubbly but not foamy. Aroma is bittered esters, a weird thing. Its a lot of pils mixed with esters. Taste has some more of that dry pils, strong. with esters subdued a bit. Finish is dry and herbal.
Tried
on 30 Apr 2009
at 14:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Good, very fine and dense yellowish head, collapsing over very carbonated orange beer with a haze. Hops (American, but not really imposing C), dishwater, grapefruit, hessian bags aromas. Hops again in the taste, with a marked citrus/orange taste, turning into Mandarine Napoléon flavour. Ends grapey, with lunaria, but a bit shy in character, except for the head that, quite stable, is pure hopoil. Very resiny-slick, well-bodied, alcohol obvious. Warming up, some definite restsugars make themselves known. Very nice, outspoken hoppy but yet balanced, resulting in a all-in-all impressive beer. One that will please hopheads and Belgian style lovers alike - and indeed not unreminiscent of the Houblon Chouffe.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Apr 2009
at 15:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pour is from a growler that I picked up at the brewpub 2 days prior to enjoying. Pour is hazed golden orange yellow with great settling and a dense one inch white head. Thick lacing coats the glass all the way from top to bottom. Aroma of ripe banana yeastiness, and some sweet pear fruit sweetness as well. Some yeasty clove, nice touch of grainy wheat. Overall, its a nice rounded and softly sweet nose. Taste is herbal, clove earthiness with a nice grainy wheat behind that. Banana and pear sweet fruitiness is present in the taste as well. Finish is earthy and flinty. Flavors meld nicely with nothing dominating. Palate is medium, nicely bright carbonation and a dryish mineral earthy finish. Nicely done Saison. About time to put a Saison on regularly Free State!
Tried
from Growler
on 06 Apr 2009
at 12:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a growler filled at the brew pub the previous day. Pour is a murky copper, very unfiltered with a nice 2 inch off white head. Thick lacing is smattered across the glass. Very pretty. Aroma of dank, resinous hops - touch of toasty malt. Behind that is some herbal pepper. Fresh, alive nose. Taste is bursting with reinous hops, very gritty, mild bitterness. There is a nice earthiness throught, very unfiltered taste. The toasty malt lends nice balance towards the finish. I really do not pick up any Rye in this. The hop is not overpowering or aggressive, just dank, super fresh hops. Palate is a touch watery, but extremely drinkable. This one was really nice.
Tried
from Growler
on 05 Apr 2009
at 10:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at csbosox house, yeahhh boooyyyyyy, in a Bell’s tulip glass. It pours with a thick hazy orange golden color with lightly visible carbonation bubbles and a thick long lasting head. The head is very sticky and the body has a medium clarity. Aroma is hoppy, light;y pine with some faint fruit hops and a thick natural, fresh, type of hoppiness. Hard to describe it but I like it. Plenty of malts in there as well. Taste is similar with hops forward and a nice balance of malts. I could taste the Belgian yeast, works well with the hops. I had this with some of Chris’ Indian food and it went very well together. Fun to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Mar 2009
at 23:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Storm. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a spicy malty caramel aroma with hints of dark fruit and alcohol. Sweetish warming malty dark fruit and caramel flavor with some spicy hints and also some weak hints of licorice. Has a long warming spicy dark fruit finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2009
at 04:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Growler, via kp. Filled 11 days previous. Pour is clear cordovan, more towards the ruby side of the color. 1/4 inch beige head - ok lacing. Aroma of roasty maltiness, smoky peatiness and the rye. Taste is smoky charred malt, and a sharp grainy flavor. The rye is present in the finish and lingers really long. Perhaps longer than I would like. The peat also appears near the back. Palate is relatively flat, thin to medium, long rye finish as mentioned. Drinkable, and interesting beer. Thanks for bringing this to me Keith!
Tried
from Growler
on 09 Mar 2009
at 16:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @ the brewpub. Pours a completely clear dark golden color with a small but strong head. Aroma has a bit of that pilsner crispness but the alcohol overtakes it. It also has some heavy citrus hop notes. Taste has some more grassy hops coming through and a heavier pils crispiness. But otherwise, for an "Imperial" its pretty easy drinking.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2009
at 21:08