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Guillemot - 50% Stainless Steel, 50% Red Wine Barrel-Fermented
Tired Hands Brewing Company
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- From:
- Tired Hands Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Saison
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.28 | pDev: 8.18%
- Reviews:
- 14
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 09, 2021
- Added:
- Jun 15, 2013
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 0
This batch was fermented in both stainless steel and wine barrels (roughly 50/50 split) with resident yeast and bacteria.
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Reviewed by EMV from Pennsylvania
4.52/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.52/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a corked bomber into a Dogfish Head tulip
L: Nearly clear dark, dark brown pour... nearly black with ruby highlights and 2 fingers of tannish head. Great lacing. Some sediment at the end of the 2nd pour.
S: Roast and fruit. Red wine, oak, and cherry.
T.F: Light roasted malts. Mild to moderate acidity... tart green fruit. Baking cherry and strong red wine presence. Nice oak and funk. Leather and black currant. Well carbonated... creamy and smooth. Refreshing. Complex finish but leaves me thinking red wine and funk.
O: An outstanding black saison with a really cool mix of flavors. This one really worked for me and the barrel character was fantastic. A worthy member of their saison lineup.
Feb 15, 2020L: Nearly clear dark, dark brown pour... nearly black with ruby highlights and 2 fingers of tannish head. Great lacing. Some sediment at the end of the 2nd pour.
S: Roast and fruit. Red wine, oak, and cherry.
T.F: Light roasted malts. Mild to moderate acidity... tart green fruit. Baking cherry and strong red wine presence. Nice oak and funk. Leather and black currant. Well carbonated... creamy and smooth. Refreshing. Complex finish but leaves me thinking red wine and funk.
O: An outstanding black saison with a really cool mix of flavors. This one really worked for me and the barrel character was fantastic. A worthy member of their saison lineup.
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.48/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.48/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
On tap at Tired Hands Fermentaria in Ardmore, PA.
This one pours a fairly dark black color, with a small head, and a little bit of lacing.
This smells like very sour black cherry, red wine, chocolate, black currant, lemon juice, and roasted malt.
This about as good as it gets when it comes to black saisons. A lot of black saisons just end up tasting like acidic nightmares with black food coloring. This has a great malt character- fairly roasty, like a schwarzbier, with some nice chocolate and herbal notes. There's lots of red wine tartness, some red grape, and black cherry, with a bit of black currant and raisiny sweetness. This is really complex, and really delicious.
This is slightly creamy, with a lingering tartness after each sip. It's medium bodied, with a typical level of carbonation.
This is a really fun beer. I don't always like dark saisons, but this is exemplary for the style.
Mar 06, 2018This one pours a fairly dark black color, with a small head, and a little bit of lacing.
This smells like very sour black cherry, red wine, chocolate, black currant, lemon juice, and roasted malt.
This about as good as it gets when it comes to black saisons. A lot of black saisons just end up tasting like acidic nightmares with black food coloring. This has a great malt character- fairly roasty, like a schwarzbier, with some nice chocolate and herbal notes. There's lots of red wine tartness, some red grape, and black cherry, with a bit of black currant and raisiny sweetness. This is really complex, and really delicious.
This is slightly creamy, with a lingering tartness after each sip. It's medium bodied, with a typical level of carbonation.
This is a really fun beer. I don't always like dark saisons, but this is exemplary for the style.
Reviewed by cpetrone84 from Pennsylvania
4/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pour is dark brown with a tan head. Nose has a hint of metal, spicy yeast and a touch of cream, present roasted barley note with a touch of sweetness and a hint of currant. Taste has a strong roasted barley presence, lighter yeast note, sweet lemon with a fairly sweet currant/berry note. Lighter carbonation, light body and insanely drinkable soft feel. Roast lingers, drinkable body and nice sweetness balances.
Feb 12, 2014Reviewed by Gosox8787 from New Hampshire
4.54/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.54/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Presentation: 750 mL fliptop growler filled at the brewery. Chilled and served into my Hill Farmstead tulip glass. Big thanks to Centennial for getting me this excellent growler really quickly. Filled on 7/13/2013.
Appearance: Growler pops open pretty nicely and pours a really aggressive, full brown head. Medium to dark brown in color and not very thick at all.
Aroma: Background malt tones of caramel, toasted bread and chocolate is brightened by a really nice tart character of cherries, red wine and green apple. The ABV is not apparent at all from the aroma. A pretty nice amount of saison yeast is present as well.
Taste: The red wine is definitely apparent and really feels like it is at the correct level. The tartness livens up the other aspects of the beer and helps the dark fruit, caramel and chocolate notes pop. Incredibly refreshing and drinkable. The saison yeast really adds a nice feel as well.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied for the most part with some really nice carbonation. Drinkable and refreshing.
Overall, a really incredible take on a dark saison. The red wine character is at the perfect level and matches really well with the tartness in the beer. Perfect for a warm day.
Jul 18, 2013Appearance: Growler pops open pretty nicely and pours a really aggressive, full brown head. Medium to dark brown in color and not very thick at all.
Aroma: Background malt tones of caramel, toasted bread and chocolate is brightened by a really nice tart character of cherries, red wine and green apple. The ABV is not apparent at all from the aroma. A pretty nice amount of saison yeast is present as well.
Taste: The red wine is definitely apparent and really feels like it is at the correct level. The tartness livens up the other aspects of the beer and helps the dark fruit, caramel and chocolate notes pop. Incredibly refreshing and drinkable. The saison yeast really adds a nice feel as well.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied for the most part with some really nice carbonation. Drinkable and refreshing.
Overall, a really incredible take on a dark saison. The red wine character is at the perfect level and matches really well with the tartness in the beer. Perfect for a warm day.
Reviewed by mdfb79 from New York
4.2/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
From 07/13/13 notes. On tap at the brewery in Ardmore, PA.
a - Pours a deep brown, almost black color, with one inch of medium tan head and low carbonationevlent. Lots of lacing left on the glass.
s - Smells of roasted malts, red wine notes, sweet dark red fruits, light bitter chocolate, burnt malts, and some bready malts. Nice nose, roasted notes dominate, but the dark fruits are evident.
t - Tastes of roasted malts, sour red wine and sour red dark fruits, oak, burnt malts, sweet chocolate, bakers choclate, toasted malts, and bread. A little more sour then the nose, though still not super sour, from the wine. Better than the nose in my opinion.
m - Medium body and low carbonation. Body is super smooth and this is very easy to drink, like a lot of their beers. Great mouthfeel.
o - Overall a very good beer from Tired Hands. They list this as a dark saison, but I consider it more like an easy drinking sour stout. It has a lot of roasted characteristics and chocolate, while having light sour red wine and fruits in the nose and more in the taste, though it never gets too sour. Worth checking out for sure, would love to have it again.
Jul 16, 2013a - Pours a deep brown, almost black color, with one inch of medium tan head and low carbonationevlent. Lots of lacing left on the glass.
s - Smells of roasted malts, red wine notes, sweet dark red fruits, light bitter chocolate, burnt malts, and some bready malts. Nice nose, roasted notes dominate, but the dark fruits are evident.
t - Tastes of roasted malts, sour red wine and sour red dark fruits, oak, burnt malts, sweet chocolate, bakers choclate, toasted malts, and bread. A little more sour then the nose, though still not super sour, from the wine. Better than the nose in my opinion.
m - Medium body and low carbonation. Body is super smooth and this is very easy to drink, like a lot of their beers. Great mouthfeel.
o - Overall a very good beer from Tired Hands. They list this as a dark saison, but I consider it more like an easy drinking sour stout. It has a lot of roasted characteristics and chocolate, while having light sour red wine and fruits in the nose and more in the taste, though it never gets too sour. Worth checking out for sure, would love to have it again.
Reviewed by WillCarrera from Ohio
4.24/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
32 oz growler filled 7/7/13, poured into a snifter two days later.
A- pours a dark brown color with a finger of off-white head, spotty lacing.
S- Lots of dark fruit and wine, light cherry as well as some oak, a bit of roastiness.
T- Similar to the aroma with the focus on fruit and vinous flavors over the roastiness, lots of wine, a bit of tartness, lots of fruit, some oak, roastiness is present as well and blends nicely with everything else.
M- Medium bodied, very very smooth, a bit creamy, pretty awesome.
O- Another killer Saison from TH, this is my favorite of the Guillemot beers so far.
Jul 16, 2013A- pours a dark brown color with a finger of off-white head, spotty lacing.
S- Lots of dark fruit and wine, light cherry as well as some oak, a bit of roastiness.
T- Similar to the aroma with the focus on fruit and vinous flavors over the roastiness, lots of wine, a bit of tartness, lots of fruit, some oak, roastiness is present as well and blends nicely with everything else.
M- Medium bodied, very very smooth, a bit creamy, pretty awesome.
O- Another killer Saison from TH, this is my favorite of the Guillemot beers so far.
Guillemot - 50% Stainless Steel, 50% Red Wine Barrel-Fermented from Tired Hands Brewing Company
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100 with
63 ratings
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