7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle provided for review. Under the cap, there a lighter cranberry smell, kind of like a diluted cranberry wine. The color is a dark ruby brown. There’s a minimal stream of bubbles feeding a a short-lived tan head. The taste is rather malty up front, particularly with the aromatic quality of a Belgian pilsner. Hops are light, letting the warm saison complexity in. This style is usually noted for a funky quality, but that’s mostly absent here. Instead there’s a minimal tartness that may be as much from the cranberry as anything else. There’s some sediment at the bottom of the bottle, so you should hold back the last few ounces of the bottle, then swirl it into your empty glass for a bite of yeastiness. The total package is a bit fruity, a bit spicy, decently carbonated. It should work best with a creamy dessert or cheese. But this would fit in at any part of a holiday.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2017
at 19:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home on a cold early December weeknight. Appearance is cloudy dark brown with a rich frothy off white head. Aroma of light caramel, dark roast coffee. Taste is very unique, I think I’m getting kind of a cucumber / pickle flavor which is unexpected, not sure what that is, along with very subtle caramel and coffee. Overall this is an enjoyable brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2016
at 19:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
22oz bottle. Amber-copper body, thin off-white head. Soft, fruity, well balanced. Pleasant sweet malt tones complement the orange, mild pink grapefruit tones. Azacca clearly isn’t the only hop tone, the others actually flesh it out, but also imparts a rindy, soapy, classical NW feel. Almost drinks like an APA, with the earthy caramel notes. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2016
at 23:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sample at Paddy Long’s in Chicago. Cloudy orange color with a medium bone white head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Sticky strings of lacing. Tropical fruit, hops and malt in the nose. Medium body with flavors of tropical fruit, melon, herbal hops and biscuit malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a fruity hop aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2016
at 20:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Slightly hazy copper and light orange coloured body with a very faint off-white head. Aroma of metal, light powdered ginger, malt and a touch of belgian yeast. Medium-bodied; Bitter malt and yeast flavours at first with a pronounced powdered ginger flavour and a light grain note, all with some metallic twangs on the finish. Aftertaste shows a good deal of ginger, but not full ginger, just powdered, along with a metallic flavour and some harsher malt notes, all capped by a noticeable belgian yeast flavour. Overall, a decent beer with some acceptable flavours, but nothing great nor worth searching out, in this nice city of beer. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from West LakeView Liqours in Chicago, Illinois on 14-November-2015 for US$9,95 sampled at home in Washington on 02-February-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2016
at 02:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a hazy gold wit ha white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a nice balance between ginger, sweet grains and a bit of light fruit and Belgian yeast supporting. Flavor has sweet ginger and sweet grains with a supporting Belgian yeast note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2015
at 12:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Binny’s Chicago: pours clear copper with a white head. Aroma is citrus and nice pale malts. Got pretty interesting malt character. Light earth. Tasty citrus. Easy to drink, but with a nice bit of booze in there as well. Kinda gassy. Nice random buy.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2015
at 23:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours golden yellow white head. Nose/taste of mostly ginger, spelt, bubblegum, light citrusy fruit and light spice - medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2015
at 14:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 Oz bottle shared. Thanks Bob! Pours a loud orange color with a wonderful piney aroma. Semi sweet flavor full of tangerine and hops. Very flavorful pale. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2015
at 15:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours dark brown tan head. Nose/taste of milk sugar, cocoa, roast chocolate, minerals, rye, toasted wheat and coffee. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2015
at 22:36