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Serge
Saint Somewhere Brewing Company
- From:
- Saint Somewhere Brewing Company
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- Saison
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.91 | pDev: 13.04%
- Reviews:
- 29
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 18, 2019
- Added:
- Jun 22, 2011
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 14
Black saison / farmhouse ale brewed with all Belgian and noble hops. Slightly roasty with dry finish.
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Reviewed by puck1225 from Texas
3.92/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Purchased in Santa Fe, NM during a recent visit.
Poured from a bomber into a tulip glass. Clear dark brown with a beautiful foamy white head and good lacing. Funky, earthy smell and taste. Took off a bit on taste because, while good, the flavors are not distinctive. This beer did make me want to try other beers from this brewery.
Oct 18, 2019Poured from a bomber into a tulip glass. Clear dark brown with a beautiful foamy white head and good lacing. Funky, earthy smell and taste. Took off a bit on taste because, while good, the flavors are not distinctive. This beer did make me want to try other beers from this brewery.
Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
3.91/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
750ml caged and corked bottle, the cork has 2015 stamped on it.
First pour looks like a clear mahogany, nice off white head of foam, good lacing.
The smell is..sour, with some hints of hops. Yeasty with some Belgian spices and other character.
The taste is superior. Yeah I get some vinous sourness but I get some hop bitterness, chocolate, fig, almost or at least mild phenols. And talk aboot a bone dry finish. Yikes. Now I'm getting some Brett and my second pour shows no more clarity.
On the lower side of medium bodied, very lively champagne like carbonation.
Enjoyable.
Sep 29, 2018First pour looks like a clear mahogany, nice off white head of foam, good lacing.
The smell is..sour, with some hints of hops. Yeasty with some Belgian spices and other character.
The taste is superior. Yeah I get some vinous sourness but I get some hop bitterness, chocolate, fig, almost or at least mild phenols. And talk aboot a bone dry finish. Yikes. Now I'm getting some Brett and my second pour shows no more clarity.
On the lower side of medium bodied, very lively champagne like carbonation.
Enjoyable.
Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
4/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Taking the farmhouse to the dark side, Saint Somewhere brewers unearth the more robust side of saison with toasted grains and a peppery demeanor that shows the historical variety of rustic and rural Belgian ale that we too often forget.
Dark and rusty, Serge pours a ruddy brown color with a soft yeasty haze. A bubbly ecru cap frames the session with the scent of peppercorn, vinous spice, dark fruit and savory toasted grains beckoning. Malt flavors make the beer's first introductions with a steely caramel sweetness with bread crust, medium toast and a slight coffee like earthiness.
Then across the middle palate is where the balance of fruit and spice play out. Fruitiness follows the fast fading sweetness with a dried and pittted flavor of plum, prune, date and fig with hints of apple and lemon seemingly grilled. Peppercorn, cumin and white pepper trail soon after and eventually overtake the fruit esters as the sweetness continues to subside. Slightly winey, a hint of smokey bordeaux shows up late as the flavor of toast keep the taste sharp and robust.
Medium bodied for saison, the elements of toasted grains has the session seeming fuller than actual, but the racy effervescence from carbonation facilitated dryness with its carbonic bite and highlights the beer's more spicy forward balance. Finishing dry, crisp and quite refreshing, the beer's arid dryness also allows the rougher astringent edges of toasted grains to apply a tannin bite for balance and for a woodsy spice afterglow.
Feb 13, 2018Dark and rusty, Serge pours a ruddy brown color with a soft yeasty haze. A bubbly ecru cap frames the session with the scent of peppercorn, vinous spice, dark fruit and savory toasted grains beckoning. Malt flavors make the beer's first introductions with a steely caramel sweetness with bread crust, medium toast and a slight coffee like earthiness.
Then across the middle palate is where the balance of fruit and spice play out. Fruitiness follows the fast fading sweetness with a dried and pittted flavor of plum, prune, date and fig with hints of apple and lemon seemingly grilled. Peppercorn, cumin and white pepper trail soon after and eventually overtake the fruit esters as the sweetness continues to subside. Slightly winey, a hint of smokey bordeaux shows up late as the flavor of toast keep the taste sharp and robust.
Medium bodied for saison, the elements of toasted grains has the session seeming fuller than actual, but the racy effervescence from carbonation facilitated dryness with its carbonic bite and highlights the beer's more spicy forward balance. Finishing dry, crisp and quite refreshing, the beer's arid dryness also allows the rougher astringent edges of toasted grains to apply a tannin bite for balance and for a woodsy spice afterglow.
Reviewed by Dr-Baltar from Indiana
4.7/5 rDev +20.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.7/5 rDev +20.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
Look - Big foamy head, pretty good retention. Dark. Dark and so beautiful.
Smell- Brett funk and leather. A touch of roasted cherry pits.
Taste - Great tartness of cherry and green apple. I agree with others who noticed some grape notes, as well. I was surprised I had a noticeable amount of hoppiness. It is just a little bitterness that I think really helped the sweetness and tartness.
Feel- Great farmhouse carbonation. Champagne like lacing. Its like a cloud in your mouth.
Overall - It is a very well balanced funky beer. It is truly exceptional. I was going to share this bottle, butttttt...
Feb 06, 2016Smell- Brett funk and leather. A touch of roasted cherry pits.
Taste - Great tartness of cherry and green apple. I agree with others who noticed some grape notes, as well. I was surprised I had a noticeable amount of hoppiness. It is just a little bitterness that I think really helped the sweetness and tartness.
Feel- Great farmhouse carbonation. Champagne like lacing. Its like a cloud in your mouth.
Overall - It is a very well balanced funky beer. It is truly exceptional. I was going to share this bottle, butttttt...
Serge from Saint Somewhere Brewing Company
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
132 ratings
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