Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
Microbrewery
in Capitola,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 2011
popery (1999) reviewed Fumare from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours a slightly brownish yellow, light oak. Glowy in the sun. Small white head. Little to no lacing and the bubbles fade pretty quickly. The aroma is a mix of light smoke and earthy saison flavors. It’s all smoked mushrooms and fresh pale malt. I’m always a little nervous about smoked saisons, and while this beer didn’t wow me from the first sip, it’s quickly growing on me. It’s like drinking a rustic saison in front of a campfire. It’s relatively sweet with an umami kicker. The finish is refreshing and dry despite that meaty middle. Feel is full and relatively heavy for a saison, though light for a smoked beer, of course. Very interesting stuff. I’d sorta like to try a twist on it, maybe fruit or barrel.
popery (1999) reviewed Vanilla Joe from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours black with a small light brown head. The head lasts quite awhile and leaves some nice designs on the walls of the glass. The aroma is big on coffee and vanilla. Sweet and richer than expected. Some nice milk chocolate, cocoa. The taste stays well away from anything resembling artificial. Drier than it smells but not harsh. Very well integrated coffee and vanilla. Coffee is probably the dominant flavor. Full mouthfeel. I’m not normally a big fan of vanilla stouts/porters (because they’re typically disappointing), but this is excellent. Great coffee flavor with wonderful vanilla.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours black with a small light brown head. Some lacing, decent retention though there’s not much to retain. The aroma is big on red wine barrel. There’s some chocolate and roast lingering in there but they’re lurking towards the back. Raspberries, cherries, blackberries, red grapes, plums, pluots. Taste is tart and fruity. Not much of the base beer is left. There’s some mild roast and chocolate but even less than the aroma. Lots of berries. Mouthfeel is pretty light with gentle bubbles. Definitely a wild ale feel. Some decent pucker in the finish. This is a very good dark sour. I’m not the biggest fan of dark sours but this is a solid one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Aroma is fairly dominated by red wine and oak with some of the base beer present. Light roast, coffee and chocolate. Light acidity in the aroma. As it warms the malt becomes more noticeable. Pours black with a thin light mocha head that recedes to the edges fairly quickly. No lacing and moderate legs. Flavor is very wine forward with a lot of tart berry and cherry notes. Light chocolate and roast, but most of the malt character has receded. The acidity is clean, lactic and well balanced. Much like in the aroma, the malt becomes more noticeable as the beer warms. Medium low bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied withe medium low carbonation. Low but present astringency, likely from the acid and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall a good dark sour, but I think I am starting to like dark sours less; the acidify always seems to wash out the base beer. There is a lot of nice fruitiness to it and the acidity is well balanced. Good wine and oak notes.
jimgreen (21347) reviewed Love's Armor from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at the Deanso’s monthly RB tasting, July 2013. Poured a dark brown with a thin off-white broken head. The aroma is sour! Yes, you know what’s coming next! The flavour is medium sour, lots of acidity with some weak grapefruit citrus on the palate. A super beer actually if you are a sour-head.
Kermis (23401) reviewed Love's Armor from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at Dean’s sticky table tasting. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of grapes, light barnyard, sharp fruit, malt. Flavour is moderate acidic and light to moderate sweet. Medium to full bodied with light carbonation.
Deanso (15577) reviewed Love's Armor from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
sample at Dean’s Monthly Den Haag tasting courtesy of Kermis. Barnyard funk. Decent white head. Clear deep burgundy pour. Mild sourness.
Bytemesis (16171) reviewed Third Base from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Tap. Pours cloudy yellow amber with a small off-white head and good lacing. Aroma is yeast, grass, honey, some coriander. Flavor is the same, light sweet and a bit fruity, lemon zest bitterness, some white pepper. Medium body, somewhat creamy. Too much spice for my palate, but interestingly in talking to the bartender he says there is no coriander or lemon in it. Maybe I am just high, but it tasted quite spiced to my palate.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap - base beer for Bright Sea Blonde! Pours hazy lemon yellow with a medium white fluffy head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma is very yeasty, pepper, hay, fruit, lemon. Not a lot of spice going on here. Flavor is the same, light sweet, some zesty bitterness, and very little spice action. Light to medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared at CBC Clerkenwell - London. Massive thanks to Aaron for his generosity. Pours cloudy yellow-gold with a creamy white head. Very clean funky lemon in the nose, light dry dough, stone fruits. Light to medium sweet flavor with semi-dry lemon, mild funky twang, peach. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Clean finish with light brett notes, cleansing minerals, drying lemons. Wonderful beer.
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| Score | 7.26 |
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