7.6/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sante Adairius Oakland Arbor
on 12 Nov 2025
at 23:49
9/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2025
at 01:33
7.5/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Nov 2025
at 06:39
8.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Dominion Wine and Beer
on 08 Nov 2025
at 00:26
7/10
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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
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
Tried
on 05 Nov 2025
at 22:05
8/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sante Adairius Oakland Arbor
on 05 Nov 2025
at 06:41
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pale amber, sort of a chill haze. Medium head. Earthy, great bitterness, floral, clean malt, med bretty bugs, mild bitterness. Okay this is tarter than Floodland hopped saisons, but it also has more of everything and I like that.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sante Adairius Oakland Arbor
on 05 Nov 2025
at 06:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Collab with a winery, ba saison w/ pinot gris. Slight haze, low head. Big vinous, barrelly nose, brings some diacetyl with it. Soft body, the grapey notes are sweet, no diacetyl, the body big and the barrels only lightly rounding things out. This ends up working out well. Draft, Oakland, Sept 2025.
Tried
on 05 Nov 2025
at 06:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Quite pale, thick head, bright bretty aroma, tart, vibrant acidity, light florals, there’s depth here.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sante Adairius Oakland Arbor
on 05 Nov 2025
at 06:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the Oakland Arbor location.
Aroma is classic dark sour with notes of dark caramel, toffee, toasted bread and nuts along with lots of fruity berry, cassis, raisin, prune and cherry notes. Hints of oak. Medium light alcohol notes. A nice, herbal phenolic note is present as well.
Pours dark brown with lighter brown hues on the edges and a very large, thick, pillowy, tan head that recedes slowly to a smaller film that lingers. Medium lacing and medium small legs.
Flavor is moderately acidic with a light sweetness. Lots of cherry, cassis, barry and dried fruit notes. Lighter notes of caramel, toffee and toasted breads. Light herbal phenolic note. Light oak notes. Medium light bitterness and medium light alcohol notes.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid dark sour ale. Dark sours are not my usual go to when I'm drinking sours, but this has a nice additional complexity from the Amaro barrels. Good fruity notes and malt character. Sour, but not over the top.
Aroma is classic dark sour with notes of dark caramel, toffee, toasted bread and nuts along with lots of fruity berry, cassis, raisin, prune and cherry notes. Hints of oak. Medium light alcohol notes. A nice, herbal phenolic note is present as well.
Pours dark brown with lighter brown hues on the edges and a very large, thick, pillowy, tan head that recedes slowly to a smaller film that lingers. Medium lacing and medium small legs.
Flavor is moderately acidic with a light sweetness. Lots of cherry, cassis, barry and dried fruit notes. Lighter notes of caramel, toffee and toasted breads. Light herbal phenolic note. Light oak notes. Medium light bitterness and medium light alcohol notes.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid dark sour ale. Dark sours are not my usual go to when I'm drinking sours, but this has a nice additional complexity from the Amaro barrels. Good fruity notes and malt character. Sour, but not over the top.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2025
at 22:52