Squatters Fifth Element
Utah Brewers Cooperative

Squatters Fifth ElementSquatters Fifth Element
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From:
Utah Brewers Cooperative
 
Style:
Saison
ABV:
6.75%
Score:
92
Avg:
4.18 | pDev: 11.48%
Reviews:
41
Ratings:
68
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 19, 2021
Added:
Aug 31, 2008
Wants:
  88
Gots:
  7
Fifth Element is a delightfully complex and rustic "Old World" style Belgian farmhouse ale. Aged in American oak barrels for a year and bottle conditioned, this artisan Belgian ale is sure to refresh.
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Rated: 4.41 by nmann08 from Virginia

Jun 19, 2021
 
Rated: 4.31 by Dr_Fox from Utah

Jul 08, 2019
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Reviewed by iguanodon from Utah

4.35/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
25 oz. bottle from the SLC pub store. Pours clear gold with a small white head. Aroma is citrus, stone fruit, slight funk, hint of alcohol. Taste is tart, funk, citrus. Some apple cider vinegar in the finish. That sounds bad but it’s actually pretty good in this case. A very good sour ale, but given the price I probably won’t have it again.
Mar 02, 2019
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.47/5  rDev -17%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle share. Very active bottle, kept foaming. For what was left, all else was right on target for the style, light, flowery, hints of yeast. Light tartness.
Apr 25, 2018
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Reviewed by MAR_801 from Utah

4.24/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Tasty beer! Really happy Utah is coming out with high quality beers Like this one!!

A: between an orange and yellow hue in color, light in head. With some nice body to it.
Smell: some nice notes of citrus fruits, yeast, funk, woodsy and sour apple.
Taste: citrus, passion fruit, yeasty, sour apple and some nice mellow oak at the end.
Feel: medium mouthfeel, with light effervescent.

Great beer overall!
Mar 12, 2016
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Reviewed by Benish from Utah

4.23/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
This has got to be the best Squatters beer I tried. Poured into snifter glass.

Appearance: bright orange in color with minimal head. The way the beer just shined and dazzled made it one hell of a good looking beer.

Aroma: there is plenty of yeast aroma with a lemony tartness and some mild barnyard character.

Taste: dominantly yeasty with some lemon acidity following through the entire tasting. It's not so complex but yet so delicious. Did not pick up much oak from the barrel age treatment, but this beer really exemplifies a solid farmhouse ale but with additional layers lemon tartness that paired well.

Mouthfeel: light to medium-bodied mouthfeel.

Overall: Squatters released a great beer. It is one of those beers to share with a friend. Not because of the alcohol content but because of how almost overwhelming the flavors were. I wouldn't call this an imperial farmhouse ale (there isn't one), but the flavors can be almost overwhelming.
Mar 12, 2016
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Reviewed by rlee1390 from Indiana

4.1/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Yeast/wheat heavy, rather musty. Some slight oak. A wee bit of lemon and grass as well, but the musty notes dominate. Very light, crisp and refreshing.
Feb 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Lare453 from Florida

Feb 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by BIll_Currie from Wyoming

Jul 24, 2014
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Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan

4.29/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
This pours a cloudy hazy straw color. There’s an aroma reminiscent of wet hay contrasting with an underlying funky tartness. The flavor, wow, comes out of nowhere with a sharp bitterness. More bitterness than I expected while still being sour, with a dry finish.
Dec 11, 2013
 
Rated: 5 by JohnnyUtah11 from Minnesota

Nov 27, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by beernads from Florida

Oct 18, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by maddox716 from Utah

Oct 05, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by BAsbill from California

Aug 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Zbeetleman from California

Jul 09, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by imperialking from Illinois

Jun 24, 2013
 
Rated: 4.75 by Kirk from England

Jun 23, 2013
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Reviewed by utopiajane from New York

4.35/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a hazy lemon yellow with a finger of loose white foam that fell off to a thin ring. Left some soapy lace as it drank. This beer is radiant in the glass. Nose is uplifting and brawny with brett, yeasty funk, buttery oak and lively with tart citrus. Grapefruit and lemon entice the nose with the promise of all that sour while a touch of floral and bread underneath dazzles and tempts you into the glass. Taste is lively, spirited, smooth, but tart. Very tart. Malt opens up mid palate a little grainy, a little grassy to enhance the buttery oak smoothness. Spice grants a little pepper and becomes more prominent as it drinks. Drinks light and engages you with each sip as the hops leave their touch of hay and bitter on the finish. This was my first sour and I can say that it’s robust like ale, drinks like very dry white wine, has a softness to the body that is pure delight against the sour and is far more complex than I expected. This was a luscious and reviving farmhouse ale and I was lucky to have had the opportunity to try it.
Jun 12, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by ygtbsm94 from Utah

Jun 07, 2013
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Reviewed by DavoleBomb from Pennsylvania

3.89/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured into a tulip, 11/12 vintage.

3.5 A: First pour was a nearly clear light orange color. Every pour since then has been progressively more cloudy as is expected in a bottle conditioned brew. One and a half fingers of foamy white head that doesn't last very long, but does leave a decent amount of lacing.

3.75 S: Tart and funky nose. A lot of dusty, old wood with dry-rotten sweat socks. An almost acetic tartness. Just hints of wildflower herbalness. Hay and a small nondescript light fruitiness.

4.0 T: Taste is like the nose, but amplified five fold. Lots of dusty old woodiness, basement funk, and old crispy sweatsocks. Hay, light grassiness and herbal wildflower, hints of light fruits and honey. Acetic tartness. Very tasty.

3.75 M: Lighter medium body. Good moderate carbonation with a pleasant spritziness to it. Super smooth.

4.0 D: Quite a tasty brew. I can't identify any faults. Give it a try.
May 28, 2013
Squatters Fifth Element from Utah Brewers Cooperative
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 68 ratings