Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Cask at Chelsea Cask Festival) Yellow and cloudy. Hardly any head. Sour and citric aroma. Medium bodied palate with little carbonation. Fruitiness, black pepper, coriander, light bitterness, citricness and sourness in taste. Sour and fruity aftertaste. This beer contains all the components for a good sour ale but the mixture doesn’t work and I don’t know why.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22 ounce handbottle ??? from Bierkraft in NYC by way of goryskewych. Thanks George! Pours a dark hazy copper color with a medium head. Fair head retention and lacing. Tart, fruity aroma with notes of peach, plum, berries, apple, banana, spicy herbal and floral notes. Earthy with toffee malts in the finish and a bit of alcohol warmth. Taste is full of dry, tart berry notes. Almost cassis like, though I assume that is the palmetto. Also notes of apple, peach and herbal/floral notes. Dry and tart throughout. Slight alcohol warmth. Smooth, med-full bodied. Very nice beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Courtesy of Per, corked bottle
Cloudy pale blond color; high carbonation, but the head has very little retention. The aroma is very peculiar; it mixes flowers, lemon, herbs; even some cobwebs; very light hops. The body is light, the mouthfeel is dry; the flavor is light, it reminds some dry honey, with a soapy flowery accent, some lemon and spices. Very original and pleasant.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Location: Cask at Rattle 'N' Hum, 9/13/09
Part of the Gotham Cask Festival
Aroma: Some sour grapes, fruit, yeast, spice, wood, earth, citrus, quite a complex nose
Appearance: Nice reddish-brown color, a bit of clarity to it,
Flavor: A nice mix of flavors, similar to the nose, a bit of alcohol taste as well
Palate: Nice body, but quite a bit (maybe too much) alcohol burn
Overall Impression: First thing I have tried from Saint Somewhere, and this one will have me going back for more. I thought this beer was really nice and I hope to get a chance at more beers from these guys in the near future. This beer turned out to be quite nice, and I would imagine that the cask format really helped elevate the wonderful nose to the point it reached.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled, thanks daknole! Hazy golden, airy head. Funky fruity cinnamon aroma. Sweetish and lightlyyeasty with spritzy rounded mouthfeel. Fruity and fairly complex. Notes of citrus and marzipan. Quite lovely!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Big bottle shared with Jeff and his family at the invitation-only pre-opening of Pizzeria Paradiso in Dupont Circle. Hazy golden color, medium white head. Aroma of licorice. Taste of banana and bubble gum. Slight bitter finish. Nice. 3.4 Second sample, Batch #1 at CCB, courtesy of Joey. No head. Aroma also had citrus & banana. Sour, acidic, great body. Very nice. 3.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Had a glass from the tap at Ulysses in NYC. Poured a bright, cloudy gold with a foamy head. Aroma of citrus and spice. Tasted sour and bitter, with notes of grapefruit, flowers, and some variety of spices. I’m not a huge fan of this style of beer but it is an interesting departure from my normal fare (IPAs, pilseners, stouts, et al.).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
2009 Bottle. Nearly got killed by the cork, again, and it sent my dog cowering behind a chair (scared the crap out of him). Bottle gushed about a third of its contents. The beer continued to repeatedly gush over the rim of my glass once I had poured it as well (go figure...). Huge tan head, murky brown body with floaties. Aroma is muted with bread, spice, candi sugar and dark fruits. Taste is bready, slightly metallic, with dark fruits, candied sugar, apple and tangerine. Over carbonated and dry mouthfeel. Didn’t really float my boat.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Light orange color. Some carbonation. Light closes and spice, with considerable yeast. There is enough yeast and spice that I thought it was a saison. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cask @ Great Orlando Beer Festival. Pours hazy golden orange color with white head. Sour and slightly funky aroma with some lemon. Sour flavor and fruitiness with the spices of their regular saison. Some vinous notes, oak and brett. Medium body with minimal carbonation. Nice.