Prairie Ale
Prairie Artisan Ales

Prairie AlePrairie Ale
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From:
Prairie Artisan Ales
 
Oklahoma, United States
Style:
Saison
Ranked #312
ABV:
8.2%
Score:
91
Ranked #7,823
Avg:
4.06 | pDev: 9.36%
Reviews:
174
Ratings:
1,011
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 12, 2024
Added:
Nov 26, 2012
Wants:
  80
Gots:
  186
Prairie Ale is our classic saison. We brew this beer with pilsner malt, wheat malt, flaked wheat, and cane sugar. A healthy dose of saaz hops are used to add a spicy element to the beer. Prairie Ale is fermented with a mix of ale yeast, wine yeast, and brettanomyces. Notes of black pepper and pineapple can be found in this beer.
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Ratings by Guden:
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Reviewed by Guden from Maryland

3.54/5  rDev -12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
A- gushes out of the bottle with a huge force. Not surprisingly the pour into a Tripel Karmeliet tulip is cloudy, with a huge white head of loose bubbles that fades very slowly leaving thick laces. Color is a cloudy light gold.

S- funk, hay, noble hops, pear, banana, cardamom, mineral water, maybe a touch of alcohol. Smells like a funky farmhouse ale with lots of complex characteristics.

T/M- Dry and highly carbonated. Starts with a soft lemony bite that fades to bready and hay like malt mixed with a farmyard funk that displays decaying earth, before a fairly bitter and dry swallow. Taste seems to lack some of the complexity of the nose with the spice and fruit largely displaced by the earthy funk, the sweet malt and the intense combination of carbonation and bitterness.

O- I'm going back and forth on this one. While it delivers what it promises (farmyard) the extreme carbonation and moderate bitterness are a bit off putting and as it warms the alcohol, rather than fruit or spice, is the most increasingly noticeable attribute.
Jul 12, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.06 by Jonathan-Morgan from Florida

Feb 12, 2024
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Hazy pale yellow colour, large white head. Distinct aroma of brettanomyces / farmhouse, wine yeast, lemons and green and black peppercorns. The flavour is medium dry, a slight acidity but not really sour, distinctly yeasty, with loads of green and black peppercorns. Not very bitter. Unusual and interesting, but maybe too yeasty?
May 26, 2022
 
Rated: 4.15 by SpaethJam from New York

Mar 15, 2021
 
Rated: 4.5 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Apr 10, 2020
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Reviewed by cratez from Canada (ON)

4.59/5  rDev +13.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Rating from notes. Consumed April 2014. "Lovely Belgian-style saison with a hint of funk that adds some nice complexity. A first rate farmhouse ale that I would happily buy again. Well done."
Jan 26, 2020
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Reviewed by clayrock81 from Florida

4/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured a constantly carbonating clear gold body with a one-finger head that died quickly. I got minimal funk and yeast and instead the spices and minimal candi-sugar esque maltiness somehow came across as apple cider. A smooth, clean, light-bodied saison with a prickly carbonation, some acidic sharpness, touches of pepper and spice, all balanced with a light malty and fruity sweetness so the beer is not too sharp or funky.
Nov 04, 2019
 
Rated: 3.98 by DBosco from Massachusetts

Jul 20, 2019
 
Rated: 4.13 by oksooners2000 from Oklahoma

May 28, 2019
 
Rated: 3.74 by Chico1985 from Massachusetts

Mar 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by jwg782 from Texas

Aug 12, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Dovers from Wisconsin

Aug 05, 2018
 
Rated: 4.2 by BeardedWalrus from North Carolina

Jul 14, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Patches826 from Massachusetts

Feb 13, 2018
 
Rated: 4.21 by JakerLou from New Hampshire

Oct 15, 2017
 
Rated: 3.82 by neurobate from California

Jul 26, 2017
 
Rated: 4.14 by chrismattlin from Ohio

Jul 17, 2017
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

4.35/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This was poured into a tulip. The appearance was a healthy looking golden yellow to orange with a fair brown color in the center of the beer. The head was about a finger’s worth of soft white foaminess that dissipated gently to leave a gentle strings of lacing. The smell started off with a black pepper and light spicy connotation of the hop content. There’s a nice sweet grassy quality with a light lemongrass coming in. The taste was smooth and sweet with a decent light spiciness to enliven my taste buds. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was somewhat sharp but still a decent smoothness rolling around on my tongue. Overall, this was a very good offering from a pretty stellar company.
Jun 05, 2017
 
Rated: 4.39 by fathercharles from Maine

May 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4.17 by Hop_God from California

Apr 29, 2017
Prairie Ale from Prairie Artisan Ales
Beer rating: 91 out of 100 with 1011 ratings