6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 10
Overall 7
pours clear amber with a small, off-white head. Caramel malt aroma, tangy orange. Flavour is caramel with a steady, leafy bitter. Well done, sessionable. Thanks for the hand-me-down chain via ibrew2or3, Shrubber85....
Tried
on 02 Jan 2014
at 15:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Growler courtesy of Ibrew2or3 via shrubber85. Earthy, slightly funky hop and caramel malt aroma. Clear copper with a moderate off-white head. Toasty caramel malt, subdued earthy hops, and citrus peel flavor. Medium body and carbonation.
Tried
from Growler
on 01 Jan 2014
at 10:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Growler courtesy of Ibrew2or3 via shrubber85. Sassafras hops, light funky Belgian yeast aroma. Hazy light amber with a small off-white head. Earthy rooty hops, light funky yeasty bready malt, and light citrus flavor. Nice balance. Body on the light side of medium,. moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Growler
on 01 Jan 2014
at 10:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Poured up at the brewpub where it exhibits a clear deep gold body that has copper hues and supports a thin white head. The aroma offers up a nice load of a fruity ester like mix of apples, pears and apricots and then it hits a touch of grainy malts as some fruity Belgian candi sugar and yeasty spices come to the surface. Cool. The taste begins with a mild yet inviting grainy maltiness before the thick honey covered sweet ripe green apples, sweet Belgian candi sugar and bit of ripe apricot join in the fun. To midway sweetness smoothed out yeasty Belgian spices come to the surface adding interest against the thicker sweet notes. Nice and easy drinking for the style with everything lined up with a pleasing degree of balance.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2013
at 18:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured up at the brewpub where it exhibits a clear amber body that supports a tan head of foam. The aroma offers up lots of integrated spice notes mixing with a pretty big apple component. Pleasing and inviting Winter holiday aroma. The taste has smooth spices like cinnamon and ginger that seem to be coming from all over the place. It then pulls up a Belgian candi sugar note that has a touch of candied apple to it. Nice drinking Holiday beer that stays balanced.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2013
at 18:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured up at the brewpub where it exhibits a clear pure copper body that supports a white head that leaves behind sheet lacing. The aroma offers up spicy Saison yeast and muted peppercorn spiciness as well as some sweetness and a hit of citrus. The taste starts with a mix of smooth muted integrated peppercorns and spicy Saison yeasty notes. It maintains these notes and the peppercorn and hops seem to cut down any sweetness that tries to well up midway and into the finish. I also get a mild white wine Nelson like hoppiness as the taste experience comes to an end. This is an American made Saison I can see drinking over and over again as it stays crisp and fresh. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2013
at 18:32
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Quaffed some of the 2nd batch of this at the brewpub (that has been tweaked compared to batch 1) where it exhibited a clear pure copper body that supports a white head that leaves behind sheet lacing. The aroma offers up a mix of woody spicy hops as well as citrus and then faint maltiness. The taste starts with a pleasing mouthfeel and brings about a nice mix of spicy woody hops and various citrus hop notes. The body stays assertive without being heavy and sluggish creating a nice sessionable experience. Solid frikin’ Pale.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2013
at 18:13
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
So a 64oz growler of this was killed in no time Thanksgiving Day between my brother-in-law and myself. It was just too damn good. He loved it and prefers it over the Refuge IPA. The growler poured with a clear copper body that has golden hues and supports a light tan head. The aroma offers up a pleasing and inviting mix of citrusy hops and mango as well as resiny pine notes and a faint ring of hoppy dank onions well underneath the sticky fruity aromas. The taste is pretty full on the tongue allowing for a suspended and relaxing quaff of this tasty liquid. Like the aroma I get a tasty array of clementine and tangelo and grapefruit malt sweetened hoppy goodness that has some richness and depth. Along the periphery of the flavor lingers modest resiny pine hops and a grounding earthy onion dank hoppiness. These notes are just going very well together. I hope they make this one again.
Tried
from Growler
on 26 Dec 2013
at 18:11
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle (thanks Ibrew2or3). Caramel orange malt and earthy hay aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Lightly sweet caramel malt and mildly bitter straw flavor. Nice, easy drinking beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2013
at 09:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Growler (courtesy of Ibrew2or3). Grass, sarsaparilla, yeast, and orange peel aroma. Hazy golden yellow with small head. Lightly sweet orange, root beer/sarsaparilla and mildly bitter grass/citrus peel flavor. Nice balance and moderate carbonation. Definitely not a typical saison but delicious nonetheless.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2013
at 09:26