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Vinland Two
Mystic Brewery
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- From:
- Mystic Brewery
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Saison
- ABV:
- 7.3%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 10.88%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 21, 2017
- Added:
- Sep 30, 2013
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 8
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.52/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This was poured into a snifter. The appearance was a nice looking hazy golden orange to yellow color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There was some light lacing sticking and then sliding down into the beer. The smell had a bready sweet yeasty blueberry. The taste was basically the same as the smell with a light sticky sweet blueberry blended bready aftertaste. A light sweet sticky wet finish enters in at the end. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. I didn’t find this one too sessionable but it wasn’t necessarily a sipper either. Different, definitely. Overall, I say this was a pretty good saison which is what the bottle said on it. I’d have it again.
Jun 21, 2017Reviewed by portia99 from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
375ml C&C bottle (Batch 001) poured into an Idle Hands tulip.
A - Pours a pale, straw golden color, moderately hazed with a finger of frothy white foam that falls slowly and leaves foamy sheets of lacing on the glass.
S - Somewhat white wine-like in aroma on first sniff. Rather grapey, definitely fruity overall, a touch spicy, extremely mild funk going on, and even though it is just blueberry plant derived yeast, I think I am getting a little bit of blueberry in here too. Rather yeasty, faintly tart, even getting traces of alcohol.
T - Hmmm, rather bland in taste. Dry, biscuit and yeasty, bready malt base. A bit peppery/spicy with a medium-ish hop bitterness. Fruitiness is reduced compared to the aroma, still getting suggestions of blueberry - probably subliminal in nature.
M - Lower level carbonation for the style, lightish-medium body. Spicy, yeasty, estery in taste, smell, feel - very farmhouse-y overall. Tends towards wine-like too.
O - Interesting...but not very exciting. Fairly ordinary tasting saison/farmhouse ale. I insist that I am getting hints of blueberry throughout - can blueberry plant derived yeast really do that? Nothing really sets this apart from others in the style. I would drink this regularly without any issue, but I know how good the style can be, so I'd probably regularly be left wanting something more...
Jun 07, 2014A - Pours a pale, straw golden color, moderately hazed with a finger of frothy white foam that falls slowly and leaves foamy sheets of lacing on the glass.
S - Somewhat white wine-like in aroma on first sniff. Rather grapey, definitely fruity overall, a touch spicy, extremely mild funk going on, and even though it is just blueberry plant derived yeast, I think I am getting a little bit of blueberry in here too. Rather yeasty, faintly tart, even getting traces of alcohol.
T - Hmmm, rather bland in taste. Dry, biscuit and yeasty, bready malt base. A bit peppery/spicy with a medium-ish hop bitterness. Fruitiness is reduced compared to the aroma, still getting suggestions of blueberry - probably subliminal in nature.
M - Lower level carbonation for the style, lightish-medium body. Spicy, yeasty, estery in taste, smell, feel - very farmhouse-y overall. Tends towards wine-like too.
O - Interesting...but not very exciting. Fairly ordinary tasting saison/farmhouse ale. I insist that I am getting hints of blueberry throughout - can blueberry plant derived yeast really do that? Nothing really sets this apart from others in the style. I would drink this regularly without any issue, but I know how good the style can be, so I'd probably regularly be left wanting something more...
Reviewed by ryan1788a5 from Massachusetts
3.8/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
375ml cork and cage bottle poured into a tulip glass.
A: Hazy golden color. Creamy white head settles quickly. Wispy blotches of lacing.
S: Bready and crackery malt with some whiffs of wheat. Mild tart/acidic scent. Yeasty, cellar must. Vague berries and fruit skins start to dominate. Almost a cranberry sort of impression.
T: Crusty bread and coarse wheaty flavors. Very mild tartness. Yeasty, "cellar" taste. Vague fruit and fruit skin. Spike of alcohol hides in a controlled phenolic edge. Mild balancing hop bitterness. Musty, rustic yeast finish.
M: Medium bodied. Full and firm feel. Carbonation prickles and scrubs assertively.
O: A medal winner at the GABF. Nothing mind-blowing really, just a good saison with a nice rustic charm.
May 11, 2014A: Hazy golden color. Creamy white head settles quickly. Wispy blotches of lacing.
S: Bready and crackery malt with some whiffs of wheat. Mild tart/acidic scent. Yeasty, cellar must. Vague berries and fruit skins start to dominate. Almost a cranberry sort of impression.
T: Crusty bread and coarse wheaty flavors. Very mild tartness. Yeasty, "cellar" taste. Vague fruit and fruit skin. Spike of alcohol hides in a controlled phenolic edge. Mild balancing hop bitterness. Musty, rustic yeast finish.
M: Medium bodied. Full and firm feel. Carbonation prickles and scrubs assertively.
O: A medal winner at the GABF. Nothing mind-blowing really, just a good saison with a nice rustic charm.
Reviewed by Seanniek91 from Rhode Island
3.69/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Served from 375ml C&C bottle into a Crooked Stave tulip. Cellar temp.
Appearance- Hazier gold with quick bubbly white head that left no real traces.
Smell- Very bready/yeasty, mild sugary sweet blueberries, light crisp hops, malts.
Taste- Bready yeast, no real "wild yeast" presence or blueberry presence, light crisp hops, light alcohol, sweet, hoppy finish.
Mouthfeel-Highly carbonated, light burn, light bodied, clean finish.
Overall- Dissapointed with this beer. No "wild" characteristics, no blueberries. Nothing it claims to be.
Apr 16, 2014Appearance- Hazier gold with quick bubbly white head that left no real traces.
Smell- Very bready/yeasty, mild sugary sweet blueberries, light crisp hops, malts.
Taste- Bready yeast, no real "wild yeast" presence or blueberry presence, light crisp hops, light alcohol, sweet, hoppy finish.
Mouthfeel-Highly carbonated, light burn, light bodied, clean finish.
Overall- Dissapointed with this beer. No "wild" characteristics, no blueberries. Nothing it claims to be.
Vinland Two from Mystic Brewery
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
74 ratings
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