Convergence
Backlash Beer Company

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From:
Backlash Beer Company
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
Saison
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.87 | pDev: 10.59%
Reviews:
22
Ratings:
91
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 03, 2020
Added:
Oct 14, 2011
Wants:
  6
Gots:
  12
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Ratings by t0rin0:
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Rated by t0rin0 from California

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

Aug 20, 2012
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Reviewed by StoutElk_92 from Massachusetts

4.44/5  rDev +14.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours hazy amber gold with a dense creamy white foam head. Notes of bready cereal grain, apple, banana, phenolic peppery clove spice, some lemony orange citrus, tropical pineapple, passionfruit notes, farmhouse yeast, toasty hay, with floral earthy herbal grassy hops. Feels thick medium bodied, creamy with moderate carbonation. Overall a nice farmhouse ale with Galaxy hops.
Aug 03, 2020
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Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina

4/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: Pours hazy and verges on golden colored; the massive head splashes lacing all around

Smell: Bready with a hint of lemon and coriander

Taste: Bready with a developing lemon and coriander aspect; spicy yeast, through the middle, with a burgeoning white pepper flavor; the finish is rather dry

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Overall: From a six year-old bottle that lingered a bit too long in my cellar, I was expecting this to be oxidized but the wax cap kept this one in fairly good shape
Jul 03, 2017
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Reviewed by MikeyBadnews from Massachusetts

4.15/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
You know how as a kid you have bad experiences and they haunt you the rest of your life? For example I remember a friend of mine Scott once laughed at 7th grade lunch and out from his nose came milk and pieces of hot dogs. For YEARS I was soured on the both of them, for YEARS the thought of consuming either was just digusting.

about 20 years later I had the adult version of hot dog and milk when on a brewery tour one company (quite famous and usually very good) served us their "experimental" Saison, brewed with hibiscus and peppercorns. Maybe it was because it had become like warm, maybe it was because it was stop #5, or maybe it's because drinking a beer brewed with stank flowers and table spices is just plain nasty, but for 2+ years I steered clear of Saisons. This is my reintroduction into the style.

Poured from a tribute bottle to the victims of the Orlando Nightclub shooting, really cool design with a silhouette of a city (I'm guessing Orlando) with a fading rainbow flag design down the right side.

Nice pour, thick fair weather cumulonimbus head is slow to retreat while the body fills in unfiltered golden honey.

Smells of Belgium yeast, hay some fruitiness. Maybe crab apple, aromatic tartness.

Taste is a knockout of Belgium spices, decent array of fruit flavors like licking an apricot or peach but not fully digesting the flavor.

Goes down smooth, no stickiness.

I like this, good stuff for a good cause

Cheers!
Dec 12, 2016
 
Rated: 4.77 by harsley from Massachusetts

Dec 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.85 by 7irondave from Massachusetts

Oct 01, 2016
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Reviewed by trevorpost from Pennsylvania

4.29/5  rDev +10.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From the 2016 revival to benefit the pulse nightclub victims.
Pours a hazy golden blonde with a 3 finger frothy white head. Good head retention.
Aroma is very fruit forward. Galaxy hops are immediately present, big honeydew melon and tropical fruit. Would like a bit more saison character but very pleasant.
Flavor is an excellent balance between the peppery yeast and the fruity hops. Complex, certainly not a car wreck the way some dry hopped farmhouses can be.
Finishes dry and bitter, never thing though. I'd guess there are some adjunct grains in here to help with the mouthfeel.
Very good beer. Wouldn't mind this coming back for real in cans down the road...
Sep 18, 2016
 
Rated: 4.23 by lakamoso from Massachusetts

Aug 01, 2016
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Rated by nick35712 from Massachusetts

3.69/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
9.25.15 draft @ Biltmore in newton, ma
Sep 26, 2015
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Reviewed by MattyB203 from Connecticut

4.45/5  rDev +15%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
Got this as an extra. Strong on the nose - look and smell indicate that this should be a great brew - only problem is that it doesn't follow through on the taste. Strong on the tongue at first, but it loses that taste very quickly. Definitely an enjoyable beer, but wish the taste lasted longer.
Aug 05, 2015
 
Rated: 3.71 by Coorsy from Massachusetts

May 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.85 by PhineasMcClintock from Massachusetts

Feb 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by fossage78 from Massachusetts

Oct 02, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by WasupBeerQueen from Massachusetts

Oct 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Masters from Massachusetts

Sep 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3.84 by doc_logic from Ohio

Sep 21, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by Patlee3324 from Massachusetts

Sep 04, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by sdaly3 from New Hampshire

Aug 11, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by ettbeer from Massachusetts

Aug 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by SuperHop18 from Massachusetts

Jul 21, 2014
Convergence from Backlash Beer Company
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 91 ratings