Boquete
Tree House Brewing Company

It pours a dirty chestnut brown color with a ginormous chunky, light tan head. Said head falls to a very ample ring and a nice cap. Pretty good lacing. Clears as it warms and takes on some deep red hues.

Very much coffee forward on the nose - very good coffee. There's a back up band, though. A little cocoa, floral smells, fruity smells, toasted bread, sweetness like caramel or maybe honey. It's all top notes - detectable but hard to define for certain.

The taste brings the game up a tick or three. Coffee - bright and slightly acidic. A very slight earthy funk and sharp, acidic tingle so the farmhouse ale is showing through. Theres a bit of honey sweetness - just a little. I get a dark toast taste, floral notes, and fruitiness that's still unclear. What is clear is a little bit of lime. The floral comes back strong on the swallow. And an odd thing in the aftertaste - almost as if I'd bitten my lip and have a very slight taste of blood. Kind of that slightly salty, iron-like thing - also odd is that it doesn't seem terribly out of place although it's strange.

Pushing medium on the body, it's pretty drying and the carbonation is nice and tingly. Inhaling after the swallow really makes the aromatics bloom - floral, and I think tropical fruit like mango along with apple and a little tobacco.

Interesting and tasty even with the weird aftertaste thing. It's out of the box and the flavors are different and some are quite subtle, but somehow it forms a cohesive whole.

 

Good combo of smooth coffee with backing dark saison and some sourness. Can from the source. A little different to enjoy besides a hoppy beer for change.

 

 

Dull foggy acorn brown with a tall khaki head settling to a persistent bubbly film leaving all kinds of pockmark lacing.

Yet another example of geisha wasted on beer, this is like a cross between schwarz and dunkel. It's quite roasty of a leafy woodiness that pairs with earthy coffee to create a salted caramel characteristic that's more savory and charred than sweet.

The coffee expression is intensely drying and bittering, but to promise it and deliver with aplomb is also a nice payoff. Still, while the faint saison culture perhaps enhances a little fruit, like plum or strawberry (?), I don't think the delicate qualities of geisha are really detectable.

All that said, exhaling from the nose makes me think I'm bleeding. Seriously...the after smell is startlingly blood-like, even providing an unsettling sensation.

 

 

Saisons are becoming a bit more commonplace for Tree House these days, but a dark Saison? This one is their first. And it's adjuncted with coffee at that. I've only had one dark Saison so far, from Forest & Main, and it was absolutely amazing. MY expectations for this one are not at that level, but I'm still excited to try it. Let's dig in

Pours a cloudy medium brown with 2 fingers of light tan head that slowly fades to a thin cap and leaves minimal patchy lacing

Oh man, the coffee here is super present and very roasty, it almost has the nose of a Baltic Porter. I’m picking up on aromas of dark roast coffee, cocoa nibs, caramel malt, floral hops, dark toast, honey, and light raisin

In taste it has a it more of a classic Saison earthy funk, really giving it a nice bite. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting acidic coffee, dark toast, toffee, earthy wheat, lime zest, floral hops, light tobacco, and apple skin. The swallow brings notes of roasty coffee, toffee, toasted nuts, honey, lime zest, floral hops, and pumpernickel toast

A light medium body pairs moderate tingling carbonation, resulting in a smooth yet slightly sharp beer. Finishes mostly dry with a nice roast character

Wow, this is really good. Definitely different for Tree House but very nicely done. I might have to pick up a few more bottles for the cellar if they still have it next time I head up there