Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
Microbrewery
in Capitola,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 2011
GenDV138 (9238) reviewed So They Say from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 4 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
4 oz pour on draft. Hazy yellow with off-white head. Aroma and taste has citrus, floral, malt. Medium body. Solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Poured from a 500 ml bottle.
Aroma is malt forward with lots of caramel.laters, toffee and tootsie rolls. Toasted breads, crackers, nuts and dried fruits. A touch of chocolate. Light honey notes. Medium alcohol notes and light bourbon notes. Hints of oak.
Pours a murky dark brown, with lighter brown hues on the edges and a medium small, tan head that recedes quickly to the edges where it lingers. Light lacing and long legs.
Flavor is rather sweet with lots of layers of caramel and toffee. Lighter tootsie roll and chocolate notes. Some toasted breads, crackers and nuts. Hints of raisin and dates. Medium bitterness and medium alcohol.notes. Light bourbon and honey notes with hints of oak.
Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid barleywine. Lots of complex malt notes with nice layers of caramel and toffee. Balanced alcohol notes and nice bourbon character. Honey shows through nicely.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Poured from a 750 ml bottle.
Aroma is citrus forward with notes of yuzu and lemon. Medium light honey notes and hints of grain. Light alcohol notes. Faint herbal, earthy phenolics and light floral notes. Faint oak.
Pours a hazy orange color with a medium large, thick, frothy, white head that recedes steadily to the edges where it lingers. No lacing and small legs.
Flavor is slightly acidic with light sweetness and grain notes. Medium light bitterness and light alcohol notes. Moderately strong yuzu notes adding a touch of acidity. Lighter honey notes with some citrus blossom notes. Faint herbal phenolic notes and a touch of oak..
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid citrus saison. SARA did a great job making sure the acidity from the citrus did not overpower the beer. No e honey notes that show through in both the aroma and flavor. SARA funk works nicely with the yuzu and honey.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from a 750 ml bottle.
Aroma is fairly fruity upfront with nice black currant notes. Hints of citrus and typical SARA funk. Medium light herbal, floral phenolic notes from the gin barrels. Hints of alcohol.
Pours a hazy, purplish, pinkish red with a medium large, thick, frothy, pinkish head that recedes slowly to the edges where it lingers. Faint lacing and small legs.
Flavor is slightly acidic with a light sweetness and hints of grain. Medium low bitterness and light alcohol notes. Moderate black currant notes. Lighter floral, herbal phenolics and hints of SARA funk.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid fruited saison from.SARA. Nice currant notes and SARA funk with complimentary barrel notes. Just the right touch of acidity. Alcohol is well hidden.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
12 oz tulip glass draft at Sante Adairius Oakland Arbor in Oakland, California. The pour is a black brown, opaque, with a foamy tan head. Nice thick lace left behind on the glass. The aroma is tart, sweetness, wheat grain, and the full amaro and wood. The taste is a bright sour tart citrus, closely followed by wood and the amaro booziness carries the finish. The palate is medium to heavier bodied with soft carbonation and the wood amaro and tart sour carrying the lingering finish. Almost no alcohol presence. Well constructed.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Pours clear golden yellow, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is citrus fruit, gin botanical, sara bugs, oak. Flavor is light tart, grapefruit, herbs, juniper berry. Merlin body, soft mouthfeel. Fucken lovely.
ineedbeer (4093) reviewed 415.5 from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from a 16 oz can dated October 28, 2025.
Aroma is hop forward with lots of dank, oily pine resin, grapefruit pith and a bit of an allium note. Light cracker malt and alcohol notes.
Pours a hazy, brownish hay color with a large, moderately thick, frothy, white head that recedes fairly quickly to the edges where it lingers in clumps. Moderate lacing and faint legs.
Flavor is a bit sweet with medium light cracker malt notes. Moderately high bitterness and light alcohol notes. Fairly strong dank, oily, resin hop notes with lighter notes of pine, grapefruit pith, pot, and allium.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a decent pale ale. Tons of dank, oily resinous hop notes. Balanced malt notes, sweetness and bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
750 ml bottle poured into a tulip. Initial pour is clear golden yellow with quick fading off-white head, very slightly hazy further into the bottle. Aroma has white wine and grapes, some apple, stone fruit, subtle funk. Taste includes citrus and stone fruits, apple, light funk and oak, some white wine notes. Medium body. A nice barrel aged saison.
Benzai (24278) reviewed 1662 from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
SARA 1662 West Coast DIPA
Can shared at tasting. A bit cloudy golden color, medium sized white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, hops, a bit metallic, quite dry bitter. Hmm not my kind of DIPA. I miss old school hops and sticky resinous hoppiness. Alright though. 7-7-7-7-7
Oakes (33097) reviewed Lucy Blue from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Don't know the batch. Medium amber, blueish tinge. Medium head. Tart. Off-dry, nice blueberry character, it’s dry and refined, and that allows the oak and the bugs to shine.
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