Saison Dell'Aragosta
Oxbow Brewing Company
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- Style:
- Farmhouse Ale - Saison
Ranked #1,083 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #21,492 - Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 11.6%
- Reviews:
- 15
- Ratings:
- From:
- Oxbow Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Avail:
- Rotating/Seasonal
- Wants
- 6
- Gots
- 8
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
Notes:
Gose-inspired saison was brewed with live Maine lobsters.
Reviews: 15
| Ratings: 56
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Reviews by SebastianOwl:
SebastianOwl from Massachusetts
3.58/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Drank on 5/31/16; without a date, not sure how (un)fresh it is based on being archived at BA so this review should be taken with a grain of salt (no pun intended)
Jun 01, 2016
3.58/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Drank on 5/31/16; without a date, not sure how (un)fresh it is based on being archived at BA so this review should be taken with a grain of salt (no pun intended)
Jun 01, 2016
More User Reviews:
Davl22 from New Hampshire
4.5/5 rDev +16%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Light, dry, tart citrus, a touch of funk, finishes with some salinity and a hint of the lobster. Sounds obvious but this is the perfect summer beer to pair with seafood. Really well done.
May 08, 2015
4.5/5 rDev +16%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Light, dry, tart citrus, a touch of funk, finishes with some salinity and a hint of the lobster. Sounds obvious but this is the perfect summer beer to pair with seafood. Really well done.
May 08, 2015
Elicoleman from Colorado
4/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Sep 30, 2019
4/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Sep 30, 2019
doremite from Vermont
3.73/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Jul 12, 2015
3.73/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Jul 12, 2015
stereosforgeeks from Virginia
3/5 rDev -22.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Sep 08, 2015
3/5 rDev -22.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Sep 08, 2015
Slatetank from Pennsylvania
4.07/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I tried this on tap at Birreria Eataly recently, served in a wine glass.
The color is golden with light haze there is not head to speak of. The smell is faintly sour with a light malt aroma and mineral quality. The feel is very good, nice tanginess from the yeast in a light bodied and semi-high carbonation with gentle dry finish.
This tastes very good for the Gose/table saison style -it fits with a mineral essence but not briny in any sense, more vinous than tart with a slight malt flavor with earthy dry quality in the semi-salt accented finish. This was really easy to enjoy -a lighly sour and low abv beer that went well with the aged cheese we ordered.
Dec 14, 2015
4.07/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I tried this on tap at Birreria Eataly recently, served in a wine glass.
The color is golden with light haze there is not head to speak of. The smell is faintly sour with a light malt aroma and mineral quality. The feel is very good, nice tanginess from the yeast in a light bodied and semi-high carbonation with gentle dry finish.
This tastes very good for the Gose/table saison style -it fits with a mineral essence but not briny in any sense, more vinous than tart with a slight malt flavor with earthy dry quality in the semi-salt accented finish. This was really easy to enjoy -a lighly sour and low abv beer that went well with the aged cheese we ordered.
Dec 14, 2015
jlindros from Massachusetts
3.76/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours a light fizzy head fades quickly, clear blond pilsner color
Nose funky saison, earthy farmhouse funk, faint Brett like barnyard and souring, lemony sour, hint cheesy funk, grassy base, faint salty air
Taste starts pretty sour, funky Brett and souring bacteria, big lemony funk and creamy lacto, mild creamy wheat base, mild farmhouse funk and saison spices, touch barnyard cheesy funk, weird earthy dusty wood late and yeasty note, and a little briny salty seaweed like character on the back end, especially on the flemmy finish, the seaweed thing lingers, little lemony cheesy funk also lingering
Mouth is med to lighter bod, flemmy, acidic, little lacto like creaminess
Overall interesting, not quite the funk I tend to go for, the seaweed like lobster thing late is unique but not very pleasant.
Nov 23, 2016
3.76/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours a light fizzy head fades quickly, clear blond pilsner color
Nose funky saison, earthy farmhouse funk, faint Brett like barnyard and souring, lemony sour, hint cheesy funk, grassy base, faint salty air
Taste starts pretty sour, funky Brett and souring bacteria, big lemony funk and creamy lacto, mild creamy wheat base, mild farmhouse funk and saison spices, touch barnyard cheesy funk, weird earthy dusty wood late and yeasty note, and a little briny salty seaweed like character on the back end, especially on the flemmy finish, the seaweed thing lingers, little lemony cheesy funk also lingering
Mouth is med to lighter bod, flemmy, acidic, little lacto like creaminess
Overall interesting, not quite the funk I tend to go for, the seaweed like lobster thing late is unique but not very pleasant.
Nov 23, 2016
PhineasMcClintock from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Oct 01, 2018
4/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Oct 01, 2018
Kelp from New Hampshire
3.94/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jun 28, 2015
3.94/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jun 28, 2015
billab914 from Virginia
3.41/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Jul 25, 2015
3.41/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Jul 25, 2015
bobv from Vermont
4.11/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Moderate to vigorous pour yields a 1/4 inch head that is gone in 2 seconds flat! No lacing with a very clear yellow body. Nose of citrus and brine. Taste mirrors nose with a very nice feel and real nice finish. As it warms there is a hint of crustacean on the nose and palate. Cheers!
Sep 16, 2017
4.11/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Moderate to vigorous pour yields a 1/4 inch head that is gone in 2 seconds flat! No lacing with a very clear yellow body. Nose of citrus and brine. Taste mirrors nose with a very nice feel and real nice finish. As it warms there is a hint of crustacean on the nose and palate. Cheers!
Sep 16, 2017
Rifugium from North Dakota
3.92/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Aug 21, 2016
3.92/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Aug 21, 2016
craftaholic from New York
3.59/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Love the saltiness that the lobster adds to this geuze, has a balance of sour and tart that rides the malts nicely. Like a saltine cracker with a lemon wedge
Nov 09, 2016
3.59/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Love the saltiness that the lobster adds to this geuze, has a balance of sour and tart that rides the malts nicely. Like a saltine cracker with a lemon wedge
Nov 09, 2016
cpetrone84 from Pennsylvania
2.16/5 rDev -44.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Pour is pale yellow, light haze, fizzy white head that dissipates quickly. Nose is leathery brett, off firecracker/gun powder, a bit salty, very different. Flavor follows suit with a bit more lemony sweetness. Same burnt sulfur note, light leather, light carb, soft body, salty finish.
Jul 17, 2015
2.16/5 rDev -44.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Pour is pale yellow, light haze, fizzy white head that dissipates quickly. Nose is leathery brett, off firecracker/gun powder, a bit salty, very different. Flavor follows suit with a bit more lemony sweetness. Same burnt sulfur note, light leather, light carb, soft body, salty finish.
Jul 17, 2015
oline73 from Maryland
3.75/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jan 07, 2018
3.75/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jan 07, 2018
petermethot from New Jersey
4.25/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
May 11, 2015
4.25/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
May 11, 2015
Knapp85 from Pennsylvania
3.32/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Aug 09, 2015
3.32/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Aug 09, 2015
duceswild from Heard & McDonald Islands
4/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jul 23, 2016
4/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jul 23, 2016
hopley from Massachusetts
3.6/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Aug 09, 2015
3.6/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Aug 09, 2015
jjcote from New Hampshire
4.46/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
May 27, 2015
4.46/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
May 27, 2015
BEERMILER12 from Maine
3.93/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 13, 2017
3.93/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 13, 2017
acurtis from New Jersey
3.63/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Aug 10, 2015
3.63/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Aug 10, 2015
Satchboogie from New Hampshire
3.79/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Aug 25, 2015
3.79/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Aug 25, 2015
tkdchampxi from New Jersey
4.25/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Somewhat opaque, yellow tinged beer with a slight head.
Lemony, slight sour, taste and smell with a hint of brininess on the nose and in the mouth. I like it
Jul 25, 2016
4.25/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Somewhat opaque, yellow tinged beer with a slight head.
Lemony, slight sour, taste and smell with a hint of brininess on the nose and in the mouth. I like it
Jul 25, 2016
Saison Dell'Aragosta from Oxbow Brewing Company
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
56 ratings
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