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Jason

Massachusetts

3.38/5  rDev -16.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

750 ml green champagne magnum with no freshness date to be found other than the year 2002 on the cork which I assume it was the bottling year.

Appearance: Has a hazed golden cider hue, crackling carbonation leads to a fallen head though the lace sticks around.

Smell: Raw honey maltiness, brash grassy malt and hops, and herbal / earthy phenolic, cellar mustiness and yeast aromas all over the place. Suggestions of plums and mint come to mind as well.

Taste & Mouthfeel: Fluffy crisp on the palate, grassy from the grain and withered hop flavour. Hop bitterness is there but seems bigger only because it joins up with some medicinal phenols and a yeasty bite. Vague spicing and more grain in the mouth. Warming alcoholic esters are in tow but not without some fruitiness in hand. Touch vinous and lemony middle to end.

Notes: A simple beer, I expected a bit more. Rough around the edges showing some withdrawn complexities. There are other Saisons out there that are better.

Serving type: bottle

04-13-2003 11:31:21 | More by Jason

UncleBuccs

Arizona

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

06-19-2013 03:44:41 | More by UncleBuccs

orangesol

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

06-17-2013 01:41:56 | More by orangesol

YieldToNothing

New York

4.5/5  rDev +11.4%

06-09-2013 18:58:45 | More by YieldToNothing

lacqueredmouse

Australia

4.1/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Bottle purchased from Whole Foods Soma in San Francisco.

Pours a dull yellow colour, extremely hazed with decent weight and fine carbonation to the body. Head is a solid meringue of white, with some lemon tinged colouring to it. Overall, it looks very solid.

Earthy, aromatic characters on the nose. A touch of sulphur, some mushroom, along with sharped characters of sawn wood and resin. It's very pleasant.

Light, earthy entry again: mushroom, soil, but clean and brusque. Smooth mid-palate, with a clean, velvety character through the centre and some estery notes from the yeast. Finish is extremely smooth and supple.

Feel is amazing. Soft, smooth and light. Delicate but structural. Lovely.

Overall, this is a really gorgeous beer. Smooth, lovely and amazingly drinkable. It's velvety, it's caressing, it's calming. Wonderful stuff.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2013 03:15:54 | More by lacqueredmouse

patrick802

Vermont

4.5/5  rDev +11.4%

06-03-2013 21:42:15 | More by patrick802

jl28r1

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

06-02-2013 03:20:46 | More by jl28r1

rynosf23

Florida

4.75/5  rDev +17.6%

06-01-2013 03:15:40 | More by rynosf23

Bockerdoppel91

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -13.4%

05-31-2013 01:34:04 | More by Bockerdoppel91

brendaniel

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

05-25-2013 17:36:26 | More by brendaniel

Janeinma

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -13.4%

05-25-2013 15:18:58 | More by Janeinma

robertmitchum

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

05-24-2013 09:28:59 | More by robertmitchum

kvnstfrd

Missouri

1/5  rDev -75.2%

05-23-2013 04:44:48 | More by kvnstfrd

Thumpybass

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +11.4%

05-22-2013 23:27:03 | More by Thumpybass

coreyfmcdonald

Georgia

4.15/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

750ml bottle into a snifter

A: Pours a hazy golden color with two fingers of fluffy white head. Great retention and good lacing.

S: Typical funky Dupont yeast aromas here. Lots of lemon zest, clove, and cardamom. Mild fruity sweetness behind that to balance.

T: Similar to the aroma, but funkier. I get a musty flavor with peppercorn, lemon zest, and cardamom. Extremely well balanced.

M: Medium to light mouthfeel with high carbonation, appropriate for the style.

O: A great Saison - a balanced, tasty, and intense flavor and aroma. I can see why people want to use this yeast for their Saisons. I much prefer the dryness I get here to the sweeter American versions.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2013 01:02:18 | More by coreyfmcdonald

CasanovaCummins

Nevada

4/5  rDev -1%

05-14-2013 02:58:00 | More by CasanovaCummins

nh2032

New York

4.5/5  rDev +11.4%

05-12-2013 21:46:25 | More by nh2032

paulromeroii

California

4/5  rDev -1%

05-10-2013 06:39:20 | More by paulromeroii

IrishKevin

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

05-04-2013 16:44:01 | More by IrishKevin

samEBC

Belgium

4/5  rDev -1%

05-03-2013 21:25:56 | More by samEBC

George2744

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

04-30-2013 23:53:53 | More by George2744

AR_Rios

Kentucky

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

04-27-2013 00:30:33 | More by AR_Rios

randylangford

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1%

04-26-2013 22:40:43 | More by randylangford

Jason1337

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

04-26-2013 15:06:30 | More by Jason1337

popery

California

4.04/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Pours a dull light wood color, right around pine. It's almost the exact color of my bookcase. Cloudy, opaque. Big white head. Lots of lacing. Clumpy lines of bubbles stick to the walls of the glass. Very good retention. At least a centimeter of foam remains after quite awhile.

The aroma has an excellent fresh grain character. Fairly sweet. It's a pleasant bready sweetness. There's a touch of band-aid and a dry yeasty note. Fresh bread. Some light fruitiness, apricots and lemons. Just a tiny sour twinge. A little simple compared to some saisons, but easy to like.

The taste is drier and ups that yeasty tartness some. It starts with some of that fresh barley sweetness and apricot frutiness, but it quickly dries out and adds in lemon tartness and a nice dose of spice. Peppercorns. Again, a bit of that medicinal flavor that I don't love. The finish is quite dry and a bit dusty. Lots of yeasty flavor with lemon peel and pepper.

Mouthfeel is effervescent. The finish leaves a very dry feel, almost woody.

A very nice saison, though I don't like it as much as the flagship Dupont. It just seems a bit simpler. No big complaints, and it might just be a case of being so used to Saison Dupont that's it's hard to avoid comparison bias completely.

Serving type: bottle

04-21-2013 17:08:35 | More by popery