Surette Provision Saison
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project

Surette Provision SaisonSurette Provision Saison
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From:
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Saison
Ranked #166
ABV:
6.2%
Score:
93
Ranked #3,418
Avg:
4.18 | pDev: 7.89%
Reviews:
229
Ratings:
1,358
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 04, 2023
Added:
Feb 16, 2013
Wants:
  92
Gots:
  199
Artisan ale aged in oak barrels
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Ratings by UrbanCaveman:
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Reviewed by UrbanCaveman from Ohio

4.58/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
12.7 oz bottle, poured into a tulip glass at approximately 45 degrees F.

A: Pours a dark, hazy gold, the color of honey left sitting at room temperature until it crystallizes solid. Forms a relatively thin white head, which dies to a cap and ring fairly quickly. Patchy lacing clings to the glass in the wake of the beer.

S: The aroma opens with fresh wheat, grass, and honey, before hints of light fruit waft in - melon and pear. There's a faint mustiness present as well, though no wood character.

T: Tart and sour, this beer bites at the tongue on the opening and doesn't relent until well after the swallow. Citrus and melon flavors roll through the sharpness, above a wheaten plain, before yielding way to a funk that seems not unlike mildewed oak and grass just before the finish. Said finish is quite dry, possibly the driest I've experienced from a beer. There's a distinct coppery metallic tang in the aftertaste, as if the flavor tartness were sharp enough to draw blood from the tongue.

M: Sharp and light, with bite from both the flavors and the carbonation. This seems like a light, drinkable beer, but trying to quaff it quickly would bring tears to the eyes.

O: An excellent saison, delivering a complex flavor profile with a strong sour bite that seems less reliant on hops and more on yeast. Will repeat.
Dec 09, 2014
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by buschbeer from Ohio

4.12/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
375 ml bottle
Served in a tulip glass
2013 Batch 8

It pours a brilliant amber hue with golden highlights. It is topped with an inch of tan head that leaves decent lacing.

It smells sour, not over-the-top sour, but decently sour. I get some stonefruit and a little funk.

It is sour. I get green apple and a little funk. Sour throughout.

Medium bodied with a dry mouthfeel

Ten years didn't seem to hurt in any. Nice sour saison.
Jul 04, 2023
 
Rated: 3.93 by DOCRW from Kentucky

Dec 20, 2022
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.3/5  rDev -21.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
375 ml bottle, as Crooked Stave Surette Provision Saison Artisan Ale Aged in Oak Barrels, 2014 batch 13. ABV is 6.2%. At Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Slightly hazy golden colour, low white head of poor retention. Sourish aroma, strong notes of farmhouse, lemons, white wine vinegar and oak. Very sour and lemony flavour, medium dry, nearly like an unblended lambic, some oaky notes. Not a saison by any stretch of the mind.
May 29, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by NickMunford from Wyoming

Jul 18, 2021
 
Rated: 4.5 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Jul 08, 2020
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Reviewed by officerbill from New York

4.12/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: page honey/wheat with a thin white bread that quickly dissolves into a ring
S: mild lemony citrus with some grape, apple, and bread
T: tart lemon, sour apple, not quite ripe grapes, yeasty funkiness, and oak
F: tart and tingly and dry across the tongue
O: wow, slightly astringent, a little tart, something like a very dry white wine. The oak barrel gives it more body and some tannin, but I would really like to try an unaged version. Overall an excellent farmhouse saison
Jul 04, 2020
 
Rated: 3.82 by Curt3 from Ohio

Sep 22, 2019
 
Rated: 4.16 by schopenhauerale from Arizona

Jul 05, 2019
 
Rated: 4.08 by emerge077 from Illinois

May 30, 2019
 
Rated: 4.16 by Boone757 from Virginia

May 23, 2019
 
Rated: 5 by igl from Russian Federation

Apr 11, 2019
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Reviewed by ryan1788a5 from Massachusetts

4.21/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
375ml bottle, cellared for the past 4 years. 2014 date, batch 16.

Vinous white nose with a lot of tropical fruit. Mild but even funk layer. Oaky vanillins. Taste more or less follows suit. Underlying sweet and toasty malt mingles with an easy toffee, toast, and vanilla oak character. Light and even funk layer. Mild tartness. White wine. Peach zest. Medium bodied with some malty firmness and gentle carbonation. Great.
Nov 22, 2018
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Reviewed by Bruno74200 from France

4.24/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
One of the 14 beers we have had in one session of some bad-ass tasting brew.
A bit of funk and lactic acidity for this fruity season. Frank and well crafted
Nov 06, 2018
 
Rated: 3.84 by Livyatan1996 from Missouri

Sep 28, 2018
 
Rated: 4.13 by robotic_being from Illinois

Sep 20, 2018
 
Rated: 4.34 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Aug 20, 2018
 
Rated: 4.01 by bschmidt_37 from Illinois

Aug 16, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by bigred89 from Maryland

Aug 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.1 by fthegiants from California

Aug 04, 2018
Surette Provision Saison from Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Beer rating: 93 out of 100 with 1358 ratings