Saint Saltan
Magic Hat Brewing Company

Saint SaltanSaint Saltan
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From:
Magic Hat Brewing Company
 
Vermont, United States
Style:
Gose
ABV:
4.6%
Score:
74
Avg:
3.17 | pDev: 16.09%
Reviews:
30
Ratings:
109
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 23, 2015
Added:
Jan 20, 2013
Wants:
  9
Gots:
  3
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Rated: 3.43 by PJCarnell from Massachusetts

Dec 23, 2015
 
Rated: 2.5 by jpuetz from South Dakota

Aug 07, 2015
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Reviewed by JebBeerFish from New Hampshire

2.85/5  rDev -10.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Label is the best aspect of this beer. Label says "Beer brewed with Coriander and Sea Salt". Bottle is likely a year old. Not picking up any coriander or sea salt. Pleasant enough, but nothing I would buy again. Very low carbonation.
May 03, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by ArkyVaughan from New Jersey

Mar 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by RBCBrams17 from Illinois

Sep 22, 2014
 
Rated: 1.75 by Robloc303 from Colorado

Sep 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3.02 by JamieDuncan from Maryland

Sep 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.2 by Washuffizi98 from Tennessee

Aug 12, 2014
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

3.37/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
I am now committed to reducing, if not eradicating, my backlog of bottles. This one was part of a local, in-person trade with tone77.

From the bottle: "The ancient ritual of brewing a distinctly rich and flavorful beer is a performance to behold. Our mysterious melange of time-honored ingredients harmonize with chaotic chemistry, humble patience and blind faith to create this unique beer to share in the rousing company of kindred spirits. Cheers!"; "Do Good, Drink Well, Be Saintly"; "a performance in every bottle".

I am very curious to try this as Gose is not an everyday style. Also, as a U.S. Navy retiree, I am definitely a "salty dog"! I used a heavy-hand to begin the pour, resulting in a pseudo-cascade, settling into a finger off bone-white (salt-white?) head with fair retention, dropping into a skim across the top of the beer. Color was a button-bright sunshine-yellow (SRM = > 5, < 7). Nose smelled like sea spray. I kid you not, I felt like I was back on the forecastle of any of the four ships on which I served. Man, my mouth was watering, both from the memory and at the prospect of what was to come! Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium. The taste was salty, sure and slightly spicy, but in both instances, they seemed muted. This lacked Ooomph! to make it a really standout Gose. Finish was dry, but it could have been so much more.
Jul 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by RHB33 from Maryland

Jun 17, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by KevMo84 from California

Jun 03, 2014
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Reviewed by Foyle from North Carolina

2.82/5  rDev -11%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
Appearance: pours a 1/2" white head that recedes quickly with virtually no lacing. Color is a hazy golden with sediment in suspension and significant carbonation present.
Aroma: smells much like a pilsener to me (this is my first ever Gose style). There is a smell of clean water, lightly toasted malts, a little yeast, and maybe a slight tart hop smell.
Mouthfeel: is light and watery. Finish is fairly dry.
Flavor: tastes much like a pilsener combined with a wheat beer. There is a pleasant barley malt flavor with a mild hop bitterness and just a hint of spice (from the coriander I assume, but it is not strong the way coriander sometimes shows up in Belgian style ales).
Apr 27, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by thatoneguymike from Georgia

Apr 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by delgotit99 from Indiana

Apr 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by MKrauss from Pennsylvania

Jan 12, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by jaydoc from Kansas

Dec 14, 2013
 
Rated: 2.25 by NonicPanic from Pennsylvania

Dec 06, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by jsprain1 from Minnesota

Dec 01, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by Giantspace from Pennsylvania

Nov 29, 2013
Saint Saltan from Magic Hat Brewing Company
Beer rating: 74 out of 100 with 109 ratings