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From:
Brasserie Saint James
 
Nevada, United States
Style:
Saison
Ranked #405
ABV:
6.7%
Score:
89
Ranked #11,489
Avg:
4 | pDev: 10.5%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
43
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 16, 2023
Added:
Jan 02, 2015
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  6
This traditional saison pours a hazy yellow. Brewed with three different yeasts, this beer offers the complexity, dryness and earthiness of a true saison. Soft bright fruit, yeast ester and spice pop with the crisp carbonation.
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Ratings by Schwegler:
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Rated by Schwegler from Nevada

4/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Mar 22, 2015
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Reviewed by JasonColemanLasVegas from Nevada

4.46/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Appearance: pours straw in color with good clarity pours a large frothy, white head with lasting retention, and Belgian lacing on the glass.
Nose: spicy, fermentation phenolic character is moderate. White pepper. Lemony citrus Hop aroma. water cracker and unbaked bread dough maybe unbaked sourdough starter.
Palate: Intense uncooked dough and sourdough starter, Malt flavor. High carbonation. Some perfume alcohol flavor and warming. Just as in the nose, the phenolic, fermentation spice and white pepper comes through as well as a moderate lemony citrus hop flavor. finishes dry with lingering lemony, hop flavor and spicy phenolics that last quite a while. Excellent quality. Great beer.
Dec 16, 2023
 
Rated: 4.02 by Nunya from Ohio

Sep 06, 2022
 
Rated: 3.73 by taospowder from New Mexico

Jun 04, 2019
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.81/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Here's a local beer I should review before the place closes down. Pours a hazy yellow, kinda bright, the head on it out of the bottle is massive, and its good size on tap too, 1" or more. All kinds of shit popping off aroma wise, like a blend of saison and lager going on. I don't get anything in the way of a fruit connotation out of the aroma despite the commercial tugjob claims.

The taste is a bitter yet earthy saison. Kind of a mineral water like mouth feel given the big carbonation. Some citrus and hay creep into the development. Definitely has a dry finish to every sip. Seems like the entire beer is driven by the yeast, and that makes sense given the style. Usually seen on shelves for around $11 I believe. I rarely purchase unless I have a real hankering for a saison when I'm at Winco shopping.
Dec 04, 2018
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -12.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Unknown vintage; drank 7/7/16 @ the Yarchives.

Cloudy yellow/orange appearance; champagne bubbles throughout.

A rough pour yielded a HUGE white head; strong, frothy lace.

Banana, orange citrus & black pepper notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel. Banana & faint soap flavors up front; dry black pepper notes on the finish.

Drinkable but instantly forgettable; can't say I'll track another one down.
Feb 17, 2018
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Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado

4.05/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Light, golden yellow body with a decent head; lively carbonation. Grassy, herbal, citrus aroma. Traditional saison funk with the taste; relatively light and mellow; peppery; phenolic. Medium body; coarse on the palate; crisp, dry finish.

This is a rather delicate flavored saison yet fully pleasing on nearly all accounts.
Feb 04, 2018
 
Rated: 4.12 by KAP1356 from Pennsylvania

Aug 21, 2017
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Reviewed by sjdevel from Utah

4.27/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Look - Pale straw / light yellow color. Huge 3-4 finger head billowed up with a moderate pour. A bit hazy. Head recedes pretty quickly, but doesn't go flat... continues to produce bubbles / foam ring.
Smell - Grass, hay, spices, herbs, peppercorns, and biscuit. Some floral notes.
Taste - Tart fruit upfront. Heavy grass and herbs. Slight malt sweetness, then gets dry. Nice yeast and spice flavor. Decent sourness - but not too much. Slight pine/evergreen flavor.
Feel - Low-Medium body. Where it needs to be. Staying more active would have been better.
Overall - This is a great Saison / Farmhouse Ale. I like how prevalent the herb and spices are. Would get again.
May 27, 2017
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Reviewed by mactrail from Washington

4.05/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Nearly clear golden brew. First pour was a lot of foam in the tall Saxo tulip, but it settles down to a lovely sudsy glassful. Lemony aroma with some grain. Creamy and smooth in the mouth. Light and frothy with an abundance of yeasty flavors. At first sip I thought there might be Brettanomyces, it has that distinct dry and peppery taste.

Not very sweet but pleasantly malty. There is some dried pear, and a touch of lime peel. Just enough funkification. Long aftertaste with pear and Cream of Wheat and a bitter touch. This is one of the better Saisons I've had lately. From the 750 ml bottle purchased at Grapevine Liquors in Denver.
May 22, 2017
 
Rated: 4.14 by Kurmaraja from California

Apr 10, 2017
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Reviewed by Buck89 from Tennessee

4.23/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a tulip. A clear golden-yellow color with effervescent bubbles and a large, rocky white head. Aromas of fresh pepper, lemongrass, dough, and floral hops. Really well-balanced and complex on the nose. The taste did not disappoint: delicate flavors including lavender, pepper, lemon, grass, earthy notes, limes, and oranges. There was a nice crackery dry malt presence. Mild funk was there as well. Beautiful.
Mar 08, 2017
 
Rated: 4.02 by needMIbeer from Virginia

Feb 06, 2017
 
Rated: 3.83 by BirdsandHops from Oregon

Nov 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by jordanian2 from Maryland

Nov 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by suckaj from Florida

Oct 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4.13 by leprechaunandfatman from Ohio

Oct 22, 2016
 
Rated: 4.09 by MonkeyBread from Nevada

Oct 16, 2016
 
Rated: 4.05 by WDJersey from Colorado

Sep 11, 2016
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4.09/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
i hear folks speaking negatively about these guys all the time, and i really dont know why. i have not had a ton of their beers, but the ones i have tried have been excellent, nice to see some of their stuff starting to show up around colorado a little bit. this is heady beer man, really good stuff. nothing at all to speak ill of. its bright in color, somewhere between sunflower and golden, with just a little haze and and over an inch of pure white head, thick and lasting and lacy. awesome. it smells great too, definitely bretty, this has some real funk to it, belgian yeast too it seems, farmy, notes of white wine and apricot to it, wheat driven on the malt side for sure, and interesting too, not the normal profile. the flavor is like that too, somehow different on the brett side of things, really pretty evolved, and a lot of fluffy wheat here, yummy! white grape and pear hints, slight floral honey sweetness, sweet citrus later on, drying wild yeast, mixed for sure, some belgian notes there, french saison, cleaner though, lots going on, layers of subtlety on the yeast front build into a rather complex overall profile. i absolutely loved this beer, highly charged and crisp in the finish, pleasant and drinkable forever. not sure the negative speak around these guys, is there some politics i dont know about? their beer has been great and this is really solid!
Sep 10, 2016
Daily Wages from Brasserie Saint James
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 43 ratings