Saint Arnold Divine Reserve #12 - Saint Arnold Brewing Company

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126 Ratings

rAvg: 3.73
pDev: 13.67%
Reviews: 31
Hads: 95

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Saint Arnold Brewing Company

Texas, United States

Style | ABV
Old Ale | 10.00% ABV

Availability: Limited (brewed once). bottle (27), on-tap (3), cask (1).

Notes:
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.

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Reviews by specksnreds:

specksnreds

Texas

2.58/5 rDev -30.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

SA says to age it. Does this explain its present mediocrity? Will it improve exponentially over time? I kinda don't care, since the bottle I had last night was rather ordinary and bland. I expect great things from the SADR releases, and they've previously demonstrated that their excellence is not a fluke. But this beer is not on that track of excellence. Pale in color for an Old Ale, uniformly 1-dimensionsal in taste and nose (think small malt with a hint of adjunct lager). One positive was that the beer tasted better as it warmed up, and the "cheap beer" overtones were muted.

It wasn't like I had to choke it down; it's not that bad. But dayum SA, this shoulda been a fantastic offering at this price point and level of expectation. Here's hoping #13 is back on track.

Serving type: bottle

08-04-2012 18:57:04 | More by specksnreds

More User Reviews:

dvmky

Kentucky

4/5 rDev +7.2%

05-18-2013 00:30:38 | More by dvmky

jl28r1

Texas

3.25/5 rDev -12.9%

05-10-2013 00:18:19 | More by jl28r1

outoffocus

Pennsylvania

3.5/5 rDev -6.2%

05-05-2013 03:13:21 | More by outoffocus

HopHeadCnK

Virginia

3.5/5 rDev -6.2%

05-01-2013 04:20:28 | More by HopHeadCnK

Brabander

Netherlands

3.58/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

I got this beer from my dear beerbuddy Robert (Torino). Thanks Robert. Poured this one in my De Molen tasting glass. Nice golden yellow fluid. Got some heavy pouring to do to get some head. Very light carbonation, little lacing.

Floral smell far away with some anice hints. Good mouthfeel. A decent drinkable beer but not too spectacular. The alcohol is pretty well hidden.

Serving type: bottle

04-28-2013 20:15:50 | More by Brabander

rhoadsrage

Illinois

3.65/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

(Served in a teku)
A- This beer pours a hazy dark orange body with a thick ring of bubbly beige and a very faint pfsst hint is all that was heard when I twisted the cap off.

S- The woody caramel aroma has a slight sweet wort note to it with a sweet ester sugar note in the finish. The aroma is very light but also quite mysterious.

T- The slightly dry caramel turns to a sweet candy hint. There is some wet wood oxidation taste and some slight tartness in the finish. A light citrus juice note comes through in the aftertaste. There is an alcohol taste that grows and cuts the sweetness quite a bit as it opens up.

M- This beer has a medium-light mouthfeel with a full alcohol warmth and a fizz in the finish that gives a fullness texture without being fizzy.

O- This has some characteristics of a miabock and hints of a light barleywine with a soft sweetness and a full alcohol. The flavor and aroma were both pretty soft and I just couldn’t get behind this beer. There were moments it was tasty and then it was more odd characters like the oxidation or the tartness or citrus that outweighed the tasty. Thanks to Thickfreakness for sending to me it was fun to try.

Serving type: bottle

04-25-2013 20:38:51 | More by rhoadsrage

InVinoVeritas

Wisconsin

3/5 rDev -19.6%

04-25-2013 04:26:33 | More by InVinoVeritas

jlindros

Massachusetts

3.79/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Also thanks to thanks to ApostleBrewing as well as dcloeren for this one as I just had a Jester King beer that came from them as well, coincidence.

Pours a decent fizzy almost 1 finger head, not bad for 10% abv, fades at a med pace with little lacing, hazy, slight suspended particulate, amber nectar orange color.

Nose starts like candy, butterscotch toffee, slight peanut brittle, candy syrup, sweet malty, reddish malts, hint of clean booze, light fruity touch as well, not much else though.

Taste starts with more candy, sweet slightly syrupy candy, light toffee and brittle, light apple fruit and candy apple flavor. Booze cuts in and let's you know with warming tingly booze but clean, some nutty caramel with the syrupy sweetness, rich buttery toffee comes out more on the back end. Finish is semi syrupy sticky with an anesthetizing booze feel, lingering nutty and buttery toffee, caramel, just a touch of earthy bitterness even slight creamy caramel and creamed honey.

Mouth is med to fuller bodied, plenty of warming tingly booze, decent carb.

Overall not bad, but nothing special. It's more like a big candy beer than anything, with the sticky sweetness, syrupy flavors, lots of toffee and brittle like flavors, pretty sweet as expected. Not much for the nice malty flavors though, esp aged soft malt characters I expect in a good old ale, but otherwise not too bad.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2013 14:04:51 | More by jlindros

kscaldef

Oregon

3.5/5 rDev -6.2%

04-22-2013 05:54:36 | More by kscaldef

CDCNAM

Louisiana

4.5/5 rDev +20.6%

04-17-2013 03:07:44 | More by CDCNAM

bbadger

Texas

3.5/5 rDev -6.2%

04-16-2013 01:52:19 | More by bbadger

alysmith4

District of Columbia

3.75/5 rDev +0.5%

04-12-2013 02:00:07 | More by alysmith4

elNopalero

Texas

4.2/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Bottle date on 7/12/12, if I read it correctly.

Thanks to XicanoBeerRun for this one. Imported from Texas!

This pours an amber-caramel color with a thin ring of foam.

The hops have faded on this, leaving behind a boquet of caramel and malt notes. It’s stickly piney, with a sweet finish.

The flavor is fairly mellow, with a rounded piney resin, and some light toasted coconut and almond notes.

The body holds up, and it warms well enough to savor for a spell. Certainly the Divine Reserve series is a high point of the St. Arnold stable and this does not disappoint.

Serving type: bottle

04-11-2013 06:41:35 | More by elNopalero