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Will O' The Wisp
Mystic Brewery
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- From:
- Mystic Brewery
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Saison
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 9.92%
- Reviews:
- 7
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 20, 2019
- Added:
- Aug 26, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
Rye saison
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Reviewed by SABERG from Massachusetts
4.1/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a batch 1 750ml bottle into the test glass
A - Red cedar color, active carbonation feeds an off white frothy cap. During the experience loose lacing hangs on the glass interior.
S - Spicy rye, cherry skin, black pepper, brown sugar cookies. earthy autumn grass.
T - Red wheat, rye and toast malt, earthy hops, brown bread toast, caramel, raisin, a kiss of molasses, some dark cherry skin, and cracked pepper.
M - Medium in body, sweet start then waves of spicy grains, weave in and out. Carbonation is a bit prickly and welcome. The finish is drying with some sweetness hanging on.
O - A very good autumn ale, spicy, effervescent, with enough depth to keep your interest.
Oct 20, 2019A - Red cedar color, active carbonation feeds an off white frothy cap. During the experience loose lacing hangs on the glass interior.
S - Spicy rye, cherry skin, black pepper, brown sugar cookies. earthy autumn grass.
T - Red wheat, rye and toast malt, earthy hops, brown bread toast, caramel, raisin, a kiss of molasses, some dark cherry skin, and cracked pepper.
M - Medium in body, sweet start then waves of spicy grains, weave in and out. Carbonation is a bit prickly and welcome. The finish is drying with some sweetness hanging on.
O - A very good autumn ale, spicy, effervescent, with enough depth to keep your interest.
Reviewed by oceanman907 from Texas
3.79/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A-Dark Brown, muddled and murky, rotten leaves, opaque; off color cream head.
S-Sweet Cherry, toasty oak and rye dominate the palate, spicy apple, wet hay
T-Cherry and apple falling off to intense amounts of spicy slightly sweet brown sugar and a bit of a tart aftertaste.
M- medium body with a surprising amount of effervescence, really nice for a bottle conditioned ale
O-Very rye forward saison with plenty of caramel and fruit notes with peppery aftertastes. Just not enough acidity for the style and the yeast character is not as [resent as I would like it to be for year old beer. also a little too rye forward, but good for a unique rye forward fall saison.
Nov 07, 2014S-Sweet Cherry, toasty oak and rye dominate the palate, spicy apple, wet hay
T-Cherry and apple falling off to intense amounts of spicy slightly sweet brown sugar and a bit of a tart aftertaste.
M- medium body with a surprising amount of effervescence, really nice for a bottle conditioned ale
O-Very rye forward saison with plenty of caramel and fruit notes with peppery aftertastes. Just not enough acidity for the style and the yeast character is not as [resent as I would like it to be for year old beer. also a little too rye forward, but good for a unique rye forward fall saison.
Reviewed by hagbergl from Maryland
4.12/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.12/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Everything that I have tried from Mystic Brewery has been really high-quality and complex; I expect the same from their fall seasonal saison, Will O' The Wisp. It comes highly recommended from beer geeks at Craft Beer Cellar Newton. Let's go.
Appearance (4/5): Poured into my Firestone Walker snifter. Dark brown body, slightly off-white head. The color contrast between body and head is pretty cool. The head sticks around for close to the entire drink, in the fashion of many of the better Belgian, bottle-conditioned beers. I'm impressed.
Smell (3.75/5): Lightly hoppy, some spice from the malted rye, but I cannot really detect the brown sugar. You can definitely tell that this a dark saison, though, since you get some light roasty, nutty, and spicy notes that aren't present in this beer's paler cousins. I'm liking it; it's subtle and complex, though not outstanding.
Taste (4.25/5): The rye and brown sugar are much more evident in the taste. The brown sugar in particular adds a great dimension to the beer, giving it a subtle molasses-like sweetness that you don't get in a traditional saison. The yeast lends a dryness and spiciness, which also plays nicely off the rye malt. The hop profile is grassy and lightly spicy–less citric and bright than your typical saison–but the hops stay in the background for the most part. I also get a considerable amount of dark bread–pumpernickel and wheat–as well as a nutty character. Really cool, dynamic flavors going on here that in some ways remind me of an English brown ale or Belgian dubbel.
Mouthfeel (4.25/5): Dry finish, amazingly creamy mouthfeel from the bottle conditioning. It's a relatively easy drinker compared with other dark ales you'll be drinking this winter.
Overall (4.25/5): Another excellent and unique saison by Mystic Brewery of Chelsea, MA. It incorporates some of the flavor profile of dark Belgian and English ales while maintaining its saison "core," so to speak. To the grassy, spicy hop character and dry yeastiness of a traditional saison are added a sweetness from brown sugar and a robust, spicy and bready character from the use of rye malt. Really good. If you see it, buy a couple bottles and check it out for yourself.
Jan 23, 2014Appearance (4/5): Poured into my Firestone Walker snifter. Dark brown body, slightly off-white head. The color contrast between body and head is pretty cool. The head sticks around for close to the entire drink, in the fashion of many of the better Belgian, bottle-conditioned beers. I'm impressed.
Smell (3.75/5): Lightly hoppy, some spice from the malted rye, but I cannot really detect the brown sugar. You can definitely tell that this a dark saison, though, since you get some light roasty, nutty, and spicy notes that aren't present in this beer's paler cousins. I'm liking it; it's subtle and complex, though not outstanding.
Taste (4.25/5): The rye and brown sugar are much more evident in the taste. The brown sugar in particular adds a great dimension to the beer, giving it a subtle molasses-like sweetness that you don't get in a traditional saison. The yeast lends a dryness and spiciness, which also plays nicely off the rye malt. The hop profile is grassy and lightly spicy–less citric and bright than your typical saison–but the hops stay in the background for the most part. I also get a considerable amount of dark bread–pumpernickel and wheat–as well as a nutty character. Really cool, dynamic flavors going on here that in some ways remind me of an English brown ale or Belgian dubbel.
Mouthfeel (4.25/5): Dry finish, amazingly creamy mouthfeel from the bottle conditioning. It's a relatively easy drinker compared with other dark ales you'll be drinking this winter.
Overall (4.25/5): Another excellent and unique saison by Mystic Brewery of Chelsea, MA. It incorporates some of the flavor profile of dark Belgian and English ales while maintaining its saison "core," so to speak. To the grassy, spicy hop character and dry yeastiness of a traditional saison are added a sweetness from brown sugar and a robust, spicy and bready character from the use of rye malt. Really good. If you see it, buy a couple bottles and check it out for yourself.
Reviewed by bylerteck from Canada (ON)
4.06/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.06/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Bottle from Winooski Beverage Warehouse.
A - Good carbonation and bright. Mahogany colour with two fingers of fluffy off white head. Really nice spatterings of thick lace and a solid half finger of retention throughout.
S - Red ale aroma. A bit of caramel. Some mild hops. Not a ton going on.
T - Again, very similar to a red ale. Toffee sorta flavour. Definite rye present, but not aggressively spicy. You can pick up the sugar there too. Dark fruit. Drinks more like a Belgian Dubbel as the yeast is added. There is a pleasant sweetness present too. What didn't seem like a very complex or interesting beer, certainly takes on some newer elements with the addition of the yeast, and some warming.
M - Good carbonation, medium body, dry and sweet finish with some spiciness.
O/ D- I enjoyed this. Some good complexity and the rye didn't take it over. Well done.
Dec 10, 2013A - Good carbonation and bright. Mahogany colour with two fingers of fluffy off white head. Really nice spatterings of thick lace and a solid half finger of retention throughout.
S - Red ale aroma. A bit of caramel. Some mild hops. Not a ton going on.
T - Again, very similar to a red ale. Toffee sorta flavour. Definite rye present, but not aggressively spicy. You can pick up the sugar there too. Dark fruit. Drinks more like a Belgian Dubbel as the yeast is added. There is a pleasant sweetness present too. What didn't seem like a very complex or interesting beer, certainly takes on some newer elements with the addition of the yeast, and some warming.
M - Good carbonation, medium body, dry and sweet finish with some spiciness.
O/ D- I enjoyed this. Some good complexity and the rye didn't take it over. Well done.
Will O' The Wisp from Mystic Brewery
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
34 ratings
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