8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 4/28/2017. Pours fairly crystal clear reddish/pinkish orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big lightly tart cranberry, raspberry, cherry, strawberry, pomegranate, lemon, pear, apple, melon, red grape, peppercorn, light banana/bubblegum, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, hibiscus, and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lightly tart cranberry, raspberry, cherry, strawberry, pomegranate, lemon, pear, apple, melon, red grape, peppercorn, light banana/bubblegum, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate yeast spiciness and light tart/tangy hibiscus notes on the finish. Lingering notes of lightly tart berries, cherry, pomegranate, lemon, pear, apple, melon, red grape, peppercorn, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, hibiscus, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/spiciness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from yeast spiciness and tart/tangy hibiscus, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, fairly crisp, and slightly tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 7.8%. Overall this is a great spiced saison! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, hibiscus, and bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and quite refreshing to drink for the ABV. Very well balanced between all flavors; but still ending nicely crisp and drying, without being overly sweet on malts. A very enjoyable offering, and great style example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2017
at 20:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Split a 500ml bottle. Has the body of a beer, but cocktail character dominates--just as the brewer intended. Mildly sour, lemon citrus. I’m not a gin fan but enjoyed what was done with this sour. Not a boozy gin taste, a nice sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2017
at 07:34
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear amber with a tan head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has notes of grains and grass with some dark fruits supporting. Flavor has lots of dark fruits with earthy grains and a bit of grass underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Apr 2017
at 09:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has strong dark grains, oak, rye whiskey, roasted malts with a licorice. Flavor has a combination of dark grains and licorice with roasted malts and rye whiskey supporting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2017
at 21:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a deep syrupy brown with a slight purple hue and a thin tan head that starts and remains at the edges. Aroma is full of dark fruits and dates with a strong sweet grains and candied sugar backbone plus a boozy bite. Flavor covers the booze pretty well with strong sweet grains, candied sugar sugar and dark fruits with a good amount of dates/raisin underlying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2017
at 19:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
50cl bottle I picked up at Batch. Bottled 2/22/16 consumed 1/15/17, pours a burnt orange amber with some sticky white head. Nose is a little muted, wet grain, wet dog, prunes, raisins. Flavor is much better, malt, toffee, treacle, raisin, prune, orange peel, some pine sap. Finishes sticky but with very little booze. Crazy smooth actually. Just the right amount of age on it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2017
at 20:11
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear copper with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of sweet cranberries, like cranberry sauce, with a sweet grains and light spice supporting. Flavor is similarly full of cranberry sauce with some sweet grains and light spice notes underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2016
at 22:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear bright gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a nice flora and pine combination with some sweet grains and light fruits backing. Flavor has light fruits with a hint of tartness, light flora, and some sweet grains underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2016
at 15:47
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy light yellow with a white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has an earthy jasmine note with light tart fruits and an earthy grain backbone. Flavor has lots of jasmine and sweet tart fruit with a light grain backbone.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2016
at 15:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear orange gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has tart light fruits and a touch of wheat with a hint of acid. Flavor has nice sour tropical fruit note with a bit of light wheat and acid supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2016
at 15:22