Undertow (2017)
Tired Hands Brewing Company
- From:
- Tired Hands Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 7.8%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.94 | pDev: 4.82%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 16, 2019
- Added:
- May 24, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Black wheat saison fermented on local merlot grapes and blueberries in one of our large oak foudres; ~3 months in the foudre then another ~8 in the bottle before release.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Rifugium from North Dakota
3.68/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Bottle from the General Store.
A different variation from the original brewing, this batch of Undertow used Merlot grapes and blueberries (as opposed to just blueberries in the original), and underwent bottle conditioning. I'm giving a similar rating to this batch, actually identical, to the batch I reviewed nearly 5 years ago. But for different reasons.
I'm not a huge fan of dark saisons, but I guess you could say this one is done right. It's a dark pour, looking almost like a porter or stout in fact, with a thick tan head. There's roast and funk in the aroma, and some berry flesh. The fruit was definitely much more prominent in this version, whereas with just the blueberry, it was very distant. There's also more of a sour/funk element in the new version, and not so much the grassy / typical saison character. This almost comes off more like an oud bruin or dark sour, or rather just somewhere between a dark sour and dark saison. There's also a distinctive wood taste from the foudre. Somewhat chewy in the mouthfeel. Overall I like this, but I don't love it, but only because, again, I'm not crazy about the style in general.
Jun 15, 2017A different variation from the original brewing, this batch of Undertow used Merlot grapes and blueberries (as opposed to just blueberries in the original), and underwent bottle conditioning. I'm giving a similar rating to this batch, actually identical, to the batch I reviewed nearly 5 years ago. But for different reasons.
I'm not a huge fan of dark saisons, but I guess you could say this one is done right. It's a dark pour, looking almost like a porter or stout in fact, with a thick tan head. There's roast and funk in the aroma, and some berry flesh. The fruit was definitely much more prominent in this version, whereas with just the blueberry, it was very distant. There's also more of a sour/funk element in the new version, and not so much the grassy / typical saison character. This almost comes off more like an oud bruin or dark sour, or rather just somewhere between a dark sour and dark saison. There's also a distinctive wood taste from the foudre. Somewhat chewy in the mouthfeel. Overall I like this, but I don't love it, but only because, again, I'm not crazy about the style in general.
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