7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shred in London - picked up at the brewery. Pours hazy gold with a fine, foamy white head. The nose has some doughy malts, ripe blueberries. Light sweet flavor with assertive tart berries, mild sweat, some funk. Light bodied with fine, spritzy carbonation. Tart finish, a bit of pale bread, some lightly plastic fruits, sweaty berries. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 12:45
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle shared in London - picked up at the brewery. Pours pale, hazy yellow with a foamy white head. The nose has tangy lemon. Light sweet flavor and heavily acidic, some tart lemons, grass. Light bodied with fine, spritzy carbonation. Burning acidic finish, more lemons, notes of plastic. A bit harsh and aggressive. I still managed to down a half bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 12:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Leighton. It pours hazy orange with a small white heads. The nose is fresh, barnyard, earth, blueberry, floral, potpourri and funk. The taste is crisp, tart finish, berry skin, lemon sherbet, light acidic, wood, tang, vinous and berry skin with a dry, acidic finish. Medium and prickly carbonation. Perhaps a it acidic, but way better than the somer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 12:36
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle thanks to Leighton. It pours cloudy gold with a small white head. The nose is fresh, barnyard, lemon peel, lemongrass, lemon sherbets, vinegar and candy. The taste is harsh, massive acidity, straight lemon juice, sherbet, vinegar, wood and more acid. Intense lemony acid action. Damn it burns..... Aggressive stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 12:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Paul for this one. Pours lightly hazy gold with a creamy white head. Nice tangy berry nose, a bit of funk, some strawberries and cream. Light sweet flavor with bracing sour bite, lightly jammy berries, a bit of acetic sweat. Light-medium in body with fine, spritzy carbonation. Great depth to finish, plenty of fruity tang, juicy berries, moderate acetic bite, sweat, hints of salt. Delicious. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 12:20
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle big thanks to me. It pours hazy golden orange with a small off white head. The nose is funky, barnyards Brett, apricot yoghurt, peach, ripe fruit and wood. The taste is fresh, tart, apricot, peach, acidic, mouth-puckering tartness, wood, lemon and wood with a dry, tart finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Intense, tart and super tasty. Crazy good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 12:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at the brewery on 3/1/14
Very murky caramel brown body has a medium-sized off-white head atop. Retention is moderate. I don’t understand how the appearance varies on the beers in the series so greatly. I had assumed they were the same malt bill with the differing single hop, but that dosent seem to be the case, as this one is much darker.
Very interesting mix of lime, apple, cherry, lychee, apricot and so on in the nose. Some earthier, lightly sweet caramel malt notes and no way to differentiate esters from hop aromatics. Quite perfumey and piquant yet not overly acidic. Strange hop, but pretty interesting and a nice change of pace from the beat-you-over-the-head-with-resin that was galaxy and to some degree cascade.
Very comforting, nearly chewy texture, probably no doubt in part due to the thick amount of sediment in suspsension. More of the unique flavor with the unusual interplay of caramel, apricot, peach, apple and some lightly acidic almost over-ripe fruit notes. More maltiness on the finish, but the bitterness is there too, leaving it pretty well-balanced. Somewhat more watery than the previous two I’ve had, lending a bit lighter of a body. A bit of bland, nutty yeastiness, dirtiness/earthiness from all this sediment. "Rustic", you might say.
Very murky caramel brown body has a medium-sized off-white head atop. Retention is moderate. I don’t understand how the appearance varies on the beers in the series so greatly. I had assumed they were the same malt bill with the differing single hop, but that dosent seem to be the case, as this one is much darker.
Very interesting mix of lime, apple, cherry, lychee, apricot and so on in the nose. Some earthier, lightly sweet caramel malt notes and no way to differentiate esters from hop aromatics. Quite perfumey and piquant yet not overly acidic. Strange hop, but pretty interesting and a nice change of pace from the beat-you-over-the-head-with-resin that was galaxy and to some degree cascade.
Very comforting, nearly chewy texture, probably no doubt in part due to the thick amount of sediment in suspsension. More of the unique flavor with the unusual interplay of caramel, apricot, peach, apple and some lightly acidic almost over-ripe fruit notes. More maltiness on the finish, but the bitterness is there too, leaving it pretty well-balanced. Somewhat more watery than the previous two I’ve had, lending a bit lighter of a body. A bit of bland, nutty yeastiness, dirtiness/earthiness from all this sediment. "Rustic", you might say.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2014
at 16:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz can at the brewery, 2/22/14
Initial small, off-white head recedes to cover fairly rapidly. Liquid is a clear drab brown with light amber tints.
Soft vanilla is very well-reserved in the nose, as dry, fudgey notes represent the well-attenuated malts and just a touch of brown bread and toasted notes linger on the end. Little bit of pepperiness coming from somewhere, perhaps just some bittering hops as it’s pretty low on the aroma hops. Very nice though, and a good strength to the aroma without any alcohol or flaws.
Lightly sweet flavor shows off a chewy caramel and toffee with a light buttercream-like maltiness as well. Balancing dryness from a very light toasted malt and a touch of hop bitterness. Vanilla is again, very tempered in the flavor, but still noticeable. Carbonation is medium, fairly engaging providing for a drinkable beer. Really nicely done beer without anything being out of balance and all the flavors working very well together.
Initial small, off-white head recedes to cover fairly rapidly. Liquid is a clear drab brown with light amber tints.
Soft vanilla is very well-reserved in the nose, as dry, fudgey notes represent the well-attenuated malts and just a touch of brown bread and toasted notes linger on the end. Little bit of pepperiness coming from somewhere, perhaps just some bittering hops as it’s pretty low on the aroma hops. Very nice though, and a good strength to the aroma without any alcohol or flaws.
Lightly sweet flavor shows off a chewy caramel and toffee with a light buttercream-like maltiness as well. Balancing dryness from a very light toasted malt and a touch of hop bitterness. Vanilla is again, very tempered in the flavor, but still noticeable. Carbonation is medium, fairly engaging providing for a drinkable beer. Really nicely done beer without anything being out of balance and all the flavors working very well together.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2014
at 11:43
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Batch 5, bottled 8/9/13, drunk 2/23/14
Beautiful Belgian, bottle conditioned pour shows a mountain of well-retained white head topping a clear, bright and darker than expected amber body with plentiful carbonation. Definitely looks every bit as good as a Dupont beer....
Very clean, yeast and hop-driven nose shows much more light, peppery phenol notes than it does esters, with spicy/floral hops drying it out even further and some light maltiness balancing. High strength of aroma, no doubt aided by the ample carbonation.
Malt immediately comforts the palate. Very well-extracted and attenuated giving a soft texture for the ample hoppiness to play on. Honeydew is noticeable, but completely fermented and I doubt you would be able to pick it out, if you were unaware. Adds just a slight touch of melon-like sweetness. Yeast phenols and more hop acidity dry the finish with a touch of band-aids and light plastic a la Dupont. Very authentic Belgian saison here and from reading the reviews, it looks like the 6 months of age on it were very beneficial. With this amount of hoppiness at 6 months, I can definitely understand how it would have been too much young. It seems the yeast has been hard at work too, as this is now very much dry with no syrupiness from either malt or melon sugar. Very, very nice. Hopefully everyone else that had this young can have it again with a bit of age on it.
Beautiful Belgian, bottle conditioned pour shows a mountain of well-retained white head topping a clear, bright and darker than expected amber body with plentiful carbonation. Definitely looks every bit as good as a Dupont beer....
Very clean, yeast and hop-driven nose shows much more light, peppery phenol notes than it does esters, with spicy/floral hops drying it out even further and some light maltiness balancing. High strength of aroma, no doubt aided by the ample carbonation.
Malt immediately comforts the palate. Very well-extracted and attenuated giving a soft texture for the ample hoppiness to play on. Honeydew is noticeable, but completely fermented and I doubt you would be able to pick it out, if you were unaware. Adds just a slight touch of melon-like sweetness. Yeast phenols and more hop acidity dry the finish with a touch of band-aids and light plastic a la Dupont. Very authentic Belgian saison here and from reading the reviews, it looks like the 6 months of age on it were very beneficial. With this amount of hoppiness at 6 months, I can definitely understand how it would have been too much young. It seems the yeast has been hard at work too, as this is now very much dry with no syrupiness from either malt or melon sugar. Very, very nice. Hopefully everyone else that had this young can have it again with a bit of age on it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2014
at 17:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at the RBWG 2014 grand tasting, thanks! Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has notes of cookie and sweet grains with light sweet but tart fruits with backing barrel. Flavor has conflicting tart fruits, cookie and a bit of brandy underlying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2014
at 16:22