6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Degarth - Thanks! Pours a muddy orange and brown with a large beige head. Aroma is fruity and spicey, bits of dark fruit and toffee. Flavor is consistent with aroma with a bit more caramel malt, some raison, and light yeast. Some light floral bitters too. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2008
at 11:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
750ml bottle from Quake1028; Nose is of pink wines grapes, yeast, tartness, and spices; copper with a small off-white head; flavor is cloves, nutmeg, light fruitiness, light sweetness, and very light contrasting tartness. Interesting but not great!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2008
at 20:56
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 ml bottle from PhillyBeer2112, shared with tjthresh. Pour is a hazy yellow gold with an off white head that fades fast. Aroma of sweet Belgian yeastiness - almost a Tripel nose. Some candy sugar as well. A little bit of earthiness. Taste is fairly bland, though has a nice body and is refreshing. Some earthy, grainy, almost grassy hay taste is evident. Finish has the sugar candy sweetness. Thanks for sending this one Dan!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2008
at 08:22
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle shared by artusory. Hazy copper/fiery orange body, medium off-white to buff head. Light tart, fruity nose, again with the plastic, band-aid notes I picked up in the Saison Athene. Sweet, sugary body with a light earthy finish, tainted by plasticy phenols. The sweetness is rather flabby. I had a hard time getting past the phenols, and couldn’t enjoy this much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2007
at 14:47
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared by artusory. Hazy straw body, light sediment, thin off-white head. Funky aroma, with pineapple and spice, a bitter peppery potpourri. Unfortunately the body is plagued by plastic and rubber phenols, tainting the spice, pineapple, and light fruity notes otherwise featured in the body. The sum is a messy beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2007
at 14:29
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Rerate: August, 2009. 750 ml. An improvement over the previous bottle — not as sweet and not as dominated by pumpkin pie spices — though the all-spice and cinamon are still there to a larger degree than I prefer. It’s no longer a drain pour. But it’s also not a very good saison or, style aside, not that enjoyable a beer for the price. Clear, light amber pour with white, frothy head and lots of bubbles. The aroma is is filled with all-spice, sugar and cinamon. The flavor is heavily sweet and lightly bitter. Moderate body and lively carbonation as expected. Watery texture. Dry finish. Way too sweet and too heavily spiced to be enjoyable for my tastes — like drinking pumpkin pie. Bottle courtesy BigMilly8.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2007
at 21:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to beerlando for this - hazy orange beer - the aroma is equal parts sweet and tart, with notes of orange marmalade and citrus pulp - semi-tart orange flavor, with just enough candi sugar sweetness to cut it - very pulpy and earthy, with a light, refreshing herbal character - very soft, yet lively at the same time - I’m impressed by this brewer so far.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2007
at 13:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottled shared buy notalush, I also have one in a trade from Beerlando. This brewer is really good and I cannot wait to keep drinking his stuff. It pours an orange-copper color, completely murky with no clarity. Aroma is dill (bastard Joe threw that in my head) or more like it’s smells are fresh herbs that are green yet rejuvenating. In general it s springtime on your nose with yeasty (dough sweetness) highlights. Taste is fresh and light sweetness of a Belgian Saison. Medium body but also very alive. It’s just so fun to drink. It’s awesome in its simplicity, nice spices with a strong saison.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2007
at 12:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours a hazy gold to orange hue with thin white head. The aroma is fruity with apples and grapes as well as candi sugar, spices that I can’t discern, yeast, a hint of funk and a mild lemony tartness. The taste starts mild and with sweet fruitiness from apples, grapes and pears. I can also taste candi sugar, slight tartness, yeast and the mildest under current of funk. Nice, smooth and refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2007
at 21:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Pours a hazy dull orange with thin white head. The aroma has a nice fruitiness with apples, grapes and pears followed by mild spiciness, yeast, candi sugar and a faint note of beat sugar. The flavor starts with an initial wave (tiny wave) of malt sweetness that quickly becomes over taken by red grapes, sweet red delicious apples, pears and beats. There’s also hints of candi sugar, spices and some faint yeastiness. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2007
at 21:33