North By Northwest Saison 500
North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery
- From:
- North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 0.25%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 22, 2007
- Added:
- Dec 23, 2006
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by HardTarget from Texas
3.97/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle Inspection: Green 750 ml bottle with a hang tag listing that this is in celebration of NXNWs 500th brew. 6% abv.
Aroma: Spicy and slightly sour with a shovel full of earthiness. Mild old hops and hay are also in there. Hard to pin the spicy note, peppery, but more. Thyme? Lavender?
Appearance: Clear golden glass (fine layer of sediment in the bottle carefully held back) never really manages to hold a head, but a few spots of white. No lace.
Flavor: Mild farm elements, sour hay is about right, mild sweetness tempered with spicy rather than hoppy elements. Interesting and well used spices dont overpower. Im thinking a lot of the flavor elements here are yeast driven, good Belgian stock.
Mouthfeel: Light slick body, just enough carbonation to be lively but still low, dryish slightly puckering finish.
Overall Impression: Paired with my Thanksgiving turkey dinner, and it did well. A suitable celebration of NXNWs continued excellent representation of the Texas beer scene.
Heres to batch 1,000, and beyond!
Nov 22, 2007Aroma: Spicy and slightly sour with a shovel full of earthiness. Mild old hops and hay are also in there. Hard to pin the spicy note, peppery, but more. Thyme? Lavender?
Appearance: Clear golden glass (fine layer of sediment in the bottle carefully held back) never really manages to hold a head, but a few spots of white. No lace.
Flavor: Mild farm elements, sour hay is about right, mild sweetness tempered with spicy rather than hoppy elements. Interesting and well used spices dont overpower. Im thinking a lot of the flavor elements here are yeast driven, good Belgian stock.
Mouthfeel: Light slick body, just enough carbonation to be lively but still low, dryish slightly puckering finish.
Overall Impression: Paired with my Thanksgiving turkey dinner, and it did well. A suitable celebration of NXNWs continued excellent representation of the Texas beer scene.
Heres to batch 1,000, and beyond!
Reviewed by Pegasus from Texas
4/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: Hazy, medium yellow color, with a modest white head, and scattered fine-beaded lacing.
Aroma: Earthy, with sharp old cheese, and sour hay, quite authentic for the style.
Taste: Opens with a wave of cloves and coriander. Midway through the taste some herbal hop bitterness appears, as well as a sharp and distinct earthy note. The malt backbone, while somewhat obscured by a cacophony of over-the-top rustic notes, manages to provide a solid mildly tart foundation throughout the taste. Finishes with a rather lingering metallic and herbal hop note.
Drinkability/notes: A rather nice example, with all of the delightful idiosyncrasies of a Belgian-brewed Saison.
Presentation: Packaged in a 750ml green glass champagne bottle with a cork and wire cage closure, and a cardboard hang-tag with label information. Brewed in celebration of North-By-Northwest's 500th batch of beer. Many thanks to Beer Czar Rick for generously sharing this example.
Dec 23, 2006Aroma: Earthy, with sharp old cheese, and sour hay, quite authentic for the style.
Taste: Opens with a wave of cloves and coriander. Midway through the taste some herbal hop bitterness appears, as well as a sharp and distinct earthy note. The malt backbone, while somewhat obscured by a cacophony of over-the-top rustic notes, manages to provide a solid mildly tart foundation throughout the taste. Finishes with a rather lingering metallic and herbal hop note.
Drinkability/notes: A rather nice example, with all of the delightful idiosyncrasies of a Belgian-brewed Saison.
Presentation: Packaged in a 750ml green glass champagne bottle with a cork and wire cage closure, and a cardboard hang-tag with label information. Brewed in celebration of North-By-Northwest's 500th batch of beer. Many thanks to Beer Czar Rick for generously sharing this example.
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