Starr Saison
Starr Hill Brewery

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From:
Starr Hill Brewery
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
Saison
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.46 | pDev: 15.03%
Reviews:
24
Ratings:
112
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 02, 2016
Added:
Jul 01, 2012
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  5
Starr Saison is a traditional Belgian-style farmhouse ale. It is crisp and complex with plenty of fruitiness, hints of earth, and refreshing hop aroma and bitterness.

Previously known as All Access Saison.
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Ratings by jwc215:
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Reviewed by jwc215 from Arizona

3.47/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottled on 1/18/13:

Pours golden with a very thin head. Some trailing lace sticks.

The smell is sour - green apples - spicy yeast.

The taste is sour - green apple, some herbal spicing. A touch of honey sweetness mixes in. Turns dry in the finish.

It is well-carbonated and pretty smooth.

It's a decent attempt from a brewery that doesn't specialize in Belgian brews. "Interesting".
Sep 22, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 2.97 by Speedihd from Pennsylvania

Sep 02, 2016
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Reviewed by Jeffreysan from Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle, poured into a goblet

Appearance: Pours a beautiful, golden, rust color with lots of orange highlights and a quarter of a finger of white-colored head that quickly dissolved away into a thin halo of foam that gripped the sides of the glass.

Aroma: Nice aromas of toasted malt, imparting notes of freshly toasted English muffins or French baguettes. There are lots of orange and grapefruit-like citrus aromas as well as some honey and spices such as coriander, black pepper, and maybe a touch of ginger.

Taste: Exactly like the aroma. There’s lots of toasted malt up front, imparting bready flavors of freshly toasted English muffins or French baguettes, followed by some honey-like sweetness, lemony/orange/grapefruit-like citrus and spices such as coriander, black pepper, and maybe a touch of ginger and saffron.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied and pretty effervescent as there is some good carbonation. With an ABV of 6.0%, there is no alcohol on the palate.

Overall: This is a descent American Saison. It has good flavors of toasted malt, citrus and spices. Good quaff.
Jan 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by JNForsyth from Pennsylvania

Dec 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by dsshuck from Delaware

Dec 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by lillitnn92 from Virginia

Nov 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by newbeeraday from Pennsylvania

Nov 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by seanchai from Virginia

Oct 10, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by jaredtp from Tennessee

Sep 22, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by Beershack from Virginia

Sep 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by u2carew from Massachusetts

Sep 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4.02 by bmoraymond from Tennessee

Aug 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.2 by MisterBisco from New York

Aug 13, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by LukeGude from Iowa

Aug 12, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by VTWicked from Virginia

Jul 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by wisrarebeer from Wisconsin

Jul 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by MattSharpless from Virginia

Jul 17, 2014
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Reviewed by IchLiebeBier from Virginia

3.61/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: hazy, golden orange; big frothy off-white head; decent lacing

Smell: sweet, candy-like aroma with coriander; some of that farmhouse funk; smells delicious

Taste: sweet malts on start; jumps to sour, grapefruit-pithe like bitterness; finishes slightly dry and sour with a finish like you bit into a citrus peel; more like a US-IPA finish

Mouthfeel: slightly thin and lightly carbed

Remarks: not too bad overall, but not great, either
Jul 09, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by yammy from Virginia

Jun 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Dreamer from Pennsylvania

Jun 14, 2014
Starr Saison from Starr Hill Brewery
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 112 ratings