Guillemot Nebula
Tired Hands Brewing Company

Guillemot NebulaGuillemot Nebula
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From:
Tired Hands Brewing Company
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Saison
ABV:
8.5%
Score:
93
Avg:
4.18 | pDev: 9.33%
Reviews:
34
Ratings:
182
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 27, 2019
Added:
Dec 01, 2012
Wants:
  81
Gots:
  32
Barrel fermented Dark Saison
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Rated: 4.25 by fthegiants from California

Aug 27, 2019
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Reviewed by Gus_13 from Mississippi

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Nose is tart with a lot of dark fruit. Almost wine like with just a hint of oak and light roast. The taste follows in that it starts tart and lots of cherry and dark fruits. When it finishes there is a lingering roast and touch of chocolate. Very dry and drinkable. Medium mouthfeel and carbonation. I'm always a fan of this one.
May 29, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by DoubleSimcoe from Pennsylvania

Mar 24, 2018
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

4/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
This beer is almost black with a tan-amaretto blanket.

Smell is smoky char and roast with tobacco and baker's cocoa.

Taste is tart yet toasty with a char and some cherry, molasses, strawberry balsamic, blackberry, and a roasty aftertaste.

Frothy soft and smooth but almost powdery in the semi-dry to dry finish.
Mar 14, 2018
 
Rated: 4.08 by taospowder from New Mexico

Mar 13, 2018
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Reviewed by larryi86 from Delaware

4.33/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
8 oz poured on draft

A- Black with a small mocha head.

S- Tart berry, dark chocolate, oak, cherries

T- Chocolate, cherries, currants, tart berries, oak, some roasted malts.

M- Smooth, medium body.

O- A very nice sour with some stout qualities. I love to see this bottled again.
Mar 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.31 by Brendanjames from New Jersey

Mar 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.19 by Kmkapalka from Delaware

Mar 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.19 by MeLoynes from Missouri

Mar 10, 2018
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Reviewed by thebeers from Pennsylvania

4.23/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours very dark -- a ruby-tinted black --with a finger of mocha-colored head that leaves solid lacing.

Chocolate, coffee, cherry and a slight sour note in the nose.

The taste is like a dry Irish Stout mixed with a fruity sour Flanders. It's tart, fruity, roasty, dry. Definite coffee notes. Cherry, currants and red licorice. A hint of vinegar. Roasted malt aftertaste mixes with a lingering creamy, tart fruitiness.

Creamy feel with good carbonation. This is a mindfuck of a beer. Recommended.
Mar 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.33 by zbelair from Pennsylvania

Mar 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.18 by Erikshegda1994 from Pennsylvania

Mar 07, 2018
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Reviewed by ajm5108 from Pennsylvania

4.38/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
They seemed to have dropped the “nebula” on the draft board but otherwise it appears unchanged. Dark pour, fluffy white cap. Aroma has classic saison yeast, chocolate malt, blackcurrant & raspberries. Taste is along the same line - a nice melding of darker flavors (coffee, chocolate, smoked malt) with drier funky / fruity notes (blackcurrant, dry cherry, Saison yeast). Dark saisons can be tricky but this is a great example of one done right
Feb 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.15 by BeerForMuscle from New Jersey

Feb 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.85 by xtonytx from Connecticut

Jan 09, 2017
 
Rated: 4.03 by ConnorSimpson41 from Pennsylvania

May 25, 2016
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Reviewed by MusicaleMike from Pennsylvania

4.18/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
I'm travelling back through my Tired Hands bottles. They seem to have taken a brief hiatus, and I think it's about time to start cracking into my only bottles left of these older gems. Guillemot Nebula, a dark saison. I poured this 375ml bottle into my stemmed OG Believer's Club glass. It has a solid black body, with a thick mocha head on top that shows signs of good lacing. The bubbles are like soapy water, slowly popping in the glass. The head recedes slowly. The beer resembles a stout with a huge head.

But the aroma clearly separates this from the stout category. Despite the blackness of the body, the aroma offers notes of tangy tangerine/mandarin, cranberry, sour cherry, oak, and then underneath all that: roasted cacao. It's tangy, funky, oaky...yeast and wood dominate this entirely.

Upon first sip, the tart aroma is confirmed. Citrus zest tang, semi-acidic, balanced by dark chocolate from the black malt. A deep roast quality on the exhale. Light smoke. Retronasal shows off the really excellent wood quality. Sharp carbonation, acidic, medium body, long finish, but hits the right mark for a saison.

This has held up incredibly well these past 3 years. Great carbonation, appearance, smell and taste. No signs of oxidation. A great example of what "Black Saisons" could be, stylistically speaking. The yeast and wood clearly have the most influence followed by the malt.
Apr 26, 2016
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Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)

3.78/5  rDev -9.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color ale with a medium light brown foamy head with OK retention and limited lacing. Aroma of vinous notes with some tart notes and light roasted malt notes are also perceptible. Taste is a mix of vinous notes with some tart notes and some light roasted malt with light oak notes also perceptible. Body is pretty full with medium carbonation. Enjoyable but did not have the depth I was expecting.
Jan 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.95 by mltobin from Connecticut

Jan 10, 2016
 
Rated: 4.04 by mklisz from New Hampshire

Dec 06, 2015
Guillemot Nebula from Tired Hands Brewing Company
Beer rating: 93 out of 100 with 182 ratings