Rapunzel
Free Will Brewing Co.

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From:
Free Will Brewing Co.
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Saison
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
80
Avg:
3.38 | pDev: 20.41%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
30
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 22, 2015
Added:
Jul 11, 2013
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
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Reviewed by mvanaskie13 from Pennsylvania

2.79/5  rDev -17.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Poured into a pint glass: color is copper, opaque, off white head that has been huge on some pours and moderate on others, mixture of bubbles sizes and distribution, small lacing. Color is just not that of a saison to me.

Smell is where I'm not sure where this beer has headed, if it is a saison: light funk, but than cloying sweetness and bad hop aromas, i.e. vegetal.

Taste is also off, flavor is sweeter, light cloying presence, caramel notes, no saison like funk, strange off hop flavors with poor presence.

Mouthfeel is average, a bit drying like a saison, but the lingering sweetness is stronger and more dominant.

Overall, this could be out of freshness, but even still a stronger saison should keep moderately similar flavors, i think a poorly fermented batch created a sweeter like saison with the hop presence creating off notes.
Aug 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by curlybird from Pennsylvania

Jul 22, 2014
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

3.72/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
I am now committed to reducing, if not eradicating, my backlog of bottles. For those who may wonder how I got behind, this is a perfect example. I bought it at The Friendly Greek's Bottle Shop, but when I got it home, no picture existed on this site. I then had to get the pic approved, and in the lengthy period that this took to happen, the beer got shuffled into the morass. Now, the pic is approved, but in the interim, the name has changed! Grrr. The pic approval process on here really needs to be streamlined, IMHO.

My pour caused a good deal of head to form, so I backed off almost as soon as I had started. Man, the smell coming off of it was definitely that of a saison! I ended up with two huge, puffy, rocky fingers of eggshell white head that looked like yeast that was ready to be pitched. Color was a slightly hazy orangish-yellow (SRM = > 7, < 9). Nose smelled of barnyard funk, mandarin oranges, mown grass and black pepper. Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium. The taste was initially tart and funky, but then I got a very pleasant orange peel sweetness that cut it drastically. I experienced a tangy return of the tartness on the finish. This was a very dry beer! It really had a white wine vinousness, but it was refreshing on a Summer afternoon.
Jul 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Sound_Explorer from Washington

Jul 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by TimoP from Pennsylvania

Jun 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by ArtZan from New Jersey

Apr 06, 2014
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Reviewed by DrDemento456 from Pennsylvania

3.68/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Mixed and matched a six pack with this for 10 bucks.

A - Damn big chunks of sediment ahoy yet a 1/2 inch of head that settles slowly with some lacing. Color is an obvious hazy amber brown.
S - Mostly hops and yeasts doesn't smell too dry it's not too bad.
T - Like most of their offerings its not to style it has a a drying hop character, some dry yeast and a sweet finish. It's the best part of this beer!
M - Smooth and light to medium.

Overall for under 2 bucks I didn't expect much but it was a decent hoppy saison. Best beer I had from them so far.
Mar 26, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by justcallmecapn from Pennsylvania

Feb 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by LehighAce06 from Pennsylvania

Jan 18, 2014
 
Rated: 2.25 by TheBigBoy from Pennsylvania

Dec 23, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by BeezNeezy22D from Pennsylvania

Dec 12, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by dfhhead25 from Pennsylvania

Nov 29, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Yeroc from Pennsylvania

Nov 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by BuxMontBeerLover from Pennsylvania

Oct 18, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by pwoody11 from Delaware

Sep 23, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by fdig23 from Pennsylvania

Sep 15, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by dokupe from Maryland

Aug 19, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by jp312 from Pennsylvania

Aug 18, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Narbguy

Aug 11, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by xnicknj from Pennsylvania

Aug 08, 2013
Rapunzel from Free Will Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 30 ratings