6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a hazy red with a large white head. Aroma is a nice mix of some berry fruity and spicy rye. I also get a bit of pepper and maybe a touch of honey. Flavor is again a berry with the rye malt showing up the most. Very heavy mouth feel for a saison. Finish is more like eating a baked pie crust without the pie filling. This beer was all over the place with the flavors which made for a unusual saison. The sum of all those parts worked though because this was still a flavorful beer.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2015
at 17:01
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ holiday resort in Malta. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, heavy fruity, citrus and yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 151015
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2015
at 13:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle split at Travlr tasting @ Chriso, thanks to Leighton, 30/09/15. Very lightly hazed golden amber topped with a decent off white swirl. Nose is mandarin, light spice, caramel, citric tinged straw, orange blossom. Taste comprises grapefruit, caramel malt, light pine, bitter orange. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok but far from a great for this style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2015
at 10:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle split at Travlr tasting @ Chriso, thanks to LKS, 30/09/15. Lightly hazed golden orange with a decent off white covering. Nose is pissy tropicana, mandarin, pink grapefruit, juicy hop resonance. Taste comprises mandarin, punchy tropical fruit, straw, melon balls, light spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a hoppy scrub. Decent enough DIPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2015
at 10:09
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 8/2015. Pours slightly hazy orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, orange, pear, apple, light banana, pepper, clove, wheat, toasted oats, spicy rye bread, wood, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, pear, apple, light banana, pepper, clove, wheat, toasted oats, spicy rye bread, wood, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Moderate amount of earthy bitterness and yeast/rye spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, orange, pear, apple, light banana, pepper, clove, wheat, toasted oats, spicy rye bread, wood, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Moderate amount of dryness after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, fairly crisp/sticky, and lightly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an awesome and unique saison style. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and bready malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 21:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at Chriso’s Travlr last minute tasting. Huge thanks to Leighton for this one. Mostly clear orange light amber coloured pour with a lasting off white head. Aroma is light caramel, big pine bitterness, little orange. Flavour is big resinous rounded orange and pine, light caramel, tangy orange. Palate is medium full, sticky resin, rounded, medium. Really solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2015
at 16:50
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Chriso’s Travlr last minute tasting. Huge thanks to Leighton for this one. Nice translucent yellow / straw coloured pour with a lasting frothy white head. Aroma is big, lemon floral, dank, sticky hop. Flavour is Base grains, light lemon, good funky sorachi ace character, little grassy. Aggressive good solid hop bitterness. Palate is semi sweet, sticky hop, highish carbonation. Love it really good sorachi ace character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2015
at 16:38
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 8/2015. Pours lightly hazy golden orange color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pine, honey, light caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of bright citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pine, honey, light caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange peel, pine, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of bright citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Fair amount of dryness from bitterness as well. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately sticky, and lightly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent east coast IPA style. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of bright citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate bready malt flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2015
at 22:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared at The Cad’s 10 year get together. 29/03/2015. Viscous orange, golden coloured pour with a sticky white head. Aroma is caramle, earthy toffee, apple. Flavour is sweet,strawberry, plumy, little tangy, very sweet. Caramel. Palate is sweet and sticky. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2015
at 15:51
8/10
Tried
on 05 Oct 2015
at 13:20