Sledutah (12396) reviewed Saison from Hilliard's Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
16oz can picked up at Total Wine in Spokane
Appearance: Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head and some lacing
Aroma: Citrus, coriander and barnyard
Taste: Sweet malts, sour wheat, citrus with a bitter orange peel finish
I wasn’t sure when I saw a Saison in a can, but this delivers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from Malt & Vine. Pours slightly hazy gold with a foamy white head. Aroma is earthy/spicy. And a bit bready. Near med body. Bready in a very good way. And it is earthy and spicy. Not sure this isn’t more German than Czech, but it’s pretty tasty. Finishes with a touch of sweet malt and a lot of bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4
Can from Malt & Vine. Can says simply "Blonde". Not even an ABV. Pours hazy gold with a fizzy white head. Aroma is bready/corny. Med body. Flavor is bready. Better than the aroma. It’s a little bit bitter. So this is Scottish how? A Tennents clone? Beats Bud anyway.
pictoman (9831) reviewed Saison from Hilliard's Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
One Pint Can. Odd aroma of sour citrus and dough. Pale and hazy. Rich, but light, grainy wheat flavours with a nice finish.
Dogbrick (24322) reviewed Saison from Hilliard's Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample at the brewery taproom. Pours a slightly hazy yellow-gold color with a thin and fizzy white head that burns away quickly. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of malt and faint hops. Light body with flavors of grainy malt, wheat and mildly bitter hops. Some fruit in the background. The finish is short with a slightly tart fruit aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample at the brewery taproom. Clear orange-amber pour with a medium thin bone white head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing. Aroma of spiced hops and malt. Light-bodied and crisp with flavors of grassy hops, citrus and malt. The finish is mildly bitter with an herbal hops aftertaste. Decent overall.
Dogbrick (24322) reviewed Amber Ale from Hilliard's Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample at the brewery taproom. Hazy amber pour with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of malt and mild hops. Light-bodied with flavors of malt, caramel and grassy hops. The finish is short and sweet with a grainy malt aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample at the brewery taproom. The beer pours a hazy golden color with a medium white head that evaporates steadily to a film. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of biscuit, hops and sweet malt. Light-bodied with flavors of grainy malt, mild hops and a touch of fruit. The finish is somewhat sweet with a bready malt aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
bhensonb (22726) reviewed Saison from Hilliard's Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from Malt & Vine. Pours hazy gold with a creamy/foamy white head. Aromas of fruit and something barnyard. Med body. Flavor is sort of citrus/wit with a trace of barnyard. Truthfully this seems closer to something like an Imperial Wit than a saison. But arguably it fits the style. Which is irrelevant as to whether the beer is good. It is! If a case of this washed up on my desert isle, I would be overjoyed.
theisti (5579) reviewed Amber Ale from Hilliard's Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pint can courtesy of BVC. The pour is hazed orange copper, with a firm two inch tan head. The head falls with some splotchy lacing. The beer is visibly un-filtered looking. The aroma is fresh malt grain, light apple fruit sweetness, touch of nut and caramel behind that. The taste is cracker malt, some pleasant grassiness and a bit of a grain harshness to the finish. The finish also has some generic hop bitterness. The finish is dry and earthy, which extenuates the bitterness further. The palate light to medium bodied, un filtered mouth feel, and the dry earthy bitter finish. Easy enough to drink. Thanks for sending this my way, Brandon!