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Saint Joseph
Selkirk Abbey Brewing Company
- From:
- Selkirk Abbey Brewing Company
- Idaho, United States
- Style:
- Saison
- ABV:
- 9.2%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 8.25%
- Reviews:
- 10
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 19, 2019
- Added:
- Jul 11, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.8/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
a strong and unique brew here, on tap at the brewery when i was in. only loosely a saison to me, but they can call this whatever they want, its exceptional. they didnt have a printed beer list in here, and they had some new barrel aged stuff on, and i didnt take many notes, so there is a small chance i had the barrel aged version of this one instead of this here original, there was a light woody and vinous aspect to it, lots of booze, yet super mellow. i got a little lost drinking through a lot of these strong ales, but im pretty sure i have it right. ill be back in this part of the world next month and will do my best to track both of them down for clarification. a redder colored strong belgian style here, some sturdy malt body and sweetness to it, big notes of toffee, rock candy, dessert bread, and belgian yeast esters, white and black pepper, dried fruit, very autumnal to me, but not quite rustic enough in grain or yeast to be a saison for me. i like the flavors a lot though, fruity and sweet, classically belgian but distinctive, better than other american brewers are doing with this yeast too. its bright for being so heavy, but has nice warming alcohol to it. i taste dr pepper soda, red licorice, cherry, raisin, and fig. i get some mulling spice and a neat tannic thing, its clever and complex and massive. warms up well too. i need to try this and the barrel aged version side by side, im thinking maybe i had the barrel one now, ill find out soon and update! suffice it to say these guys are way ahead of the domestic belgian beer game, leaps and bounds ahead, regardless of which saint joseph i actually drank...
Nov 19, 2019Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.84/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
22oz bottle from HomeBrewStuff., shared on 7/2. Poured out a clear copper with a small frothy head. Typical saison aromas, flavor adds a bit more fruit sweetness, herbal notes and zesty spice
Jul 10, 2016Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington
4.03/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured into a Gavroche tulip. Whoops forgot to drink this one; properly aged (by accident) in the basement for 6 months. Pours a medium deep bronze amber with a healthy three finger light khaki head with great retention and pillowy lacing. Aroma of spicy saison yeast, apple family fruit, black pepper, hints of caramel and mild biscuit malt. Flavor is similar but more malty; caramel malt, Selkirk's interesting fruit ester yeast, peppery spices, mild Brett. Finishes with bitter and herbs, winter spices, mildly earthy, but with residual hints of the fruity yeast. Medium bodied with peppery, active carbonation, nice mouth feel. A very distinctive take on the saison style, with more bitter herb and estery fruit yeast than normally found in farmhouse styles. The flavor progression was intriguing and invited further tasting. I like the house yeast strain and it added an unsual, but pleasant component to this saison, which may have been too astringent without it; nicely balanced instead. Saisons are are a love / hate style for me, and this one is on the right side of the equation. Another good evening spent with Selkirk.
Jan 10, 2015Reviewed by Orca from Washington
4.1/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22oz into a tulip. Pours a clear amber w/ a big fluffy beige head, nice lacing.
Aroma is sweet and fruity. Bready fruity malt, brown sugar, spice. Some floral notes as it warms. Lots of nice complexity.
Taste follows nose. This is a malty, rich saison. Sweet sugary fruit, toasty caramel malt with notes of spice, orangey citrus, and even a slightly sour twang. There's a bitterness here too, balancing out the sweetness, along with a hint of booze that brings a little warmth. The Belgian yeast takes a back seat to all the other flavors, so it's not as funky or grassy as most saisons. Like the aroma, there's a lot going on here and it takes a while to sort things out.
Mouthfeel is just touch heavier than medium bodied, slick. Finishes semi-dry.
Overall this is a surprising treat. Really enjoying this.
Aug 22, 2014Aroma is sweet and fruity. Bready fruity malt, brown sugar, spice. Some floral notes as it warms. Lots of nice complexity.
Taste follows nose. This is a malty, rich saison. Sweet sugary fruit, toasty caramel malt with notes of spice, orangey citrus, and even a slightly sour twang. There's a bitterness here too, balancing out the sweetness, along with a hint of booze that brings a little warmth. The Belgian yeast takes a back seat to all the other flavors, so it's not as funky or grassy as most saisons. Like the aroma, there's a lot going on here and it takes a while to sort things out.
Mouthfeel is just touch heavier than medium bodied, slick. Finishes semi-dry.
Overall this is a surprising treat. Really enjoying this.
Reviewed by woemad from Washington
3.73/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
22oz bomber purchased at the brewery’s tasting room for $10 (I think) about 8 months ago. The strength of this beer makes me think that time will not be an issue.
Poured a dark amber color, with a big, sudsy beige-colored foam head that dropped rapidly but left a foam collar that hung around for a while. It ultimately subsided to a slight, bubbly skiff atop the beer.
Initially, fruity and spicy aromas greeted the nose – in that order. As it warmed, a boozy scent emerged.
A flavor not unlike grape jelly was the initially most notable aspect of this beer’s taste. There were also spicy Belgian yeast notes, but they were more reticent, generally sticking to the background. As the beer warmed, the booziness noted in the aroma became a kind of mid-level player in the flavor profile, lending things a winey aspect. It wasn’t a terribly hot booziness, perhaps unlike how it would have seemed if I had immediately opened the bottle when I returned home from purchasing it, but it stood out rather well. There was not a lot of discernable hop flavor.
The body was fairly robust, the carbonation a little low. I though a little higher carbonation would improve it, but it wasn’t too big of an issue.
An intriguing beer, this Imperial Saison. It would have been interesting to try this as an evening sipper after a big meal rather than in the middle of the day. It’s not something I would want much of at a sitting (I would really like to see a 12oz bottle of this), as it’s too big a beer, in both body and alcohol level for sessioning. I would also like to try a newer example to see if it was, indeed, packing a lot of alcohol heat when it was newer. Selkirk Abbey does not rest on their laurels, I’m glad to say, and despite my above-noted reservations, I think this can be considered another of Selkirk’s imaginative spins on the saison style.
May 18, 2014Poured a dark amber color, with a big, sudsy beige-colored foam head that dropped rapidly but left a foam collar that hung around for a while. It ultimately subsided to a slight, bubbly skiff atop the beer.
Initially, fruity and spicy aromas greeted the nose – in that order. As it warmed, a boozy scent emerged.
A flavor not unlike grape jelly was the initially most notable aspect of this beer’s taste. There were also spicy Belgian yeast notes, but they were more reticent, generally sticking to the background. As the beer warmed, the booziness noted in the aroma became a kind of mid-level player in the flavor profile, lending things a winey aspect. It wasn’t a terribly hot booziness, perhaps unlike how it would have seemed if I had immediately opened the bottle when I returned home from purchasing it, but it stood out rather well. There was not a lot of discernable hop flavor.
The body was fairly robust, the carbonation a little low. I though a little higher carbonation would improve it, but it wasn’t too big of an issue.
An intriguing beer, this Imperial Saison. It would have been interesting to try this as an evening sipper after a big meal rather than in the middle of the day. It’s not something I would want much of at a sitting (I would really like to see a 12oz bottle of this), as it’s too big a beer, in both body and alcohol level for sessioning. I would also like to try a newer example to see if it was, indeed, packing a lot of alcohol heat when it was newer. Selkirk Abbey does not rest on their laurels, I’m glad to say, and despite my above-noted reservations, I think this can be considered another of Selkirk’s imaginative spins on the saison style.
Reviewed by cavedave from New York
4.17/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
More big thanks to beertunes for yet another PNW treat!
Cloudy light brown beer with thick tower of tan foam atop. Slathery lace remains as the head recedes to a thick and lasting cap.
Don't know what to expect of an imperial saison's bouquet, but this seems to be a light strength, mild, hints of spice to it and some light tart in there as well as some bready sweet to it.
Taste is brighter than the nose, with some herbal bitter joining the other flavors in the aroma. The spice of it is more prominent, sort of a tangy spice rather than the usual peppery of most saisons, and the herbal bitter join it through the sip. Along the way some citrus and unripe fruit/sorta tart notes accompany. As it warms some nice lemon drop notes come in. End of sip is some pretty clean bitter that doesn't get rooty or over resiny. Deelish.
Mouthfeel is perfect for the taste, not sure how it rates to style, medium carb., nice clean cling, excellent finish.
What a surprise, but not the first from my friend I have not yet met in person.. Highly recommended for a yummy treat
Feb 03, 2014Cloudy light brown beer with thick tower of tan foam atop. Slathery lace remains as the head recedes to a thick and lasting cap.
Don't know what to expect of an imperial saison's bouquet, but this seems to be a light strength, mild, hints of spice to it and some light tart in there as well as some bready sweet to it.
Taste is brighter than the nose, with some herbal bitter joining the other flavors in the aroma. The spice of it is more prominent, sort of a tangy spice rather than the usual peppery of most saisons, and the herbal bitter join it through the sip. Along the way some citrus and unripe fruit/sorta tart notes accompany. As it warms some nice lemon drop notes come in. End of sip is some pretty clean bitter that doesn't get rooty or over resiny. Deelish.
Mouthfeel is perfect for the taste, not sure how it rates to style, medium carb., nice clean cling, excellent finish.
What a surprise, but not the first from my friend I have not yet met in person.. Highly recommended for a yummy treat
Reviewed by MDDMD from Pennsylvania
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A-light brown ruby color with a nice tan head and minimal lacing
S-caramel malt, pepper, cinnamon, hint of sour cherry
T-caramel malt, plum, cinnamon, little pepper, toffee, mild bitter finish
F-medium body with moderate carbonation, smooth
O-solid beer, but to me drinks more like a Belgian dark ale than a Saison.
Aug 31, 2013S-caramel malt, pepper, cinnamon, hint of sour cherry
T-caramel malt, plum, cinnamon, little pepper, toffee, mild bitter finish
F-medium body with moderate carbonation, smooth
O-solid beer, but to me drinks more like a Belgian dark ale than a Saison.
Reviewed by JohnGalt1 from Idaho
4.01/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
I guess this is the brew made for their first anniversary... Congrats fellas!! Label calls this an "Imperial Saison".
Picked this up at Brewforia Meridian for a pricey $12ish... Poured into my HotD goblet and a 2 finger tan head rises up and sticks around forever... Great lacing as the clear reddish amber brew drops.
The nose is interesting.... spicy peppery phenols and a light kiss of banana... almost some ginger character.
Flavor mirrors the nose with a middle of the road sweetness for such a large ABV saison.. maybe not sweetness, but a good residual caramel maltiness and some dark toast... Flavors are a mash-up between a BSDA and a darker saison. Perhaps could have a little less malt profile. With warmth a pleasant sorta plummy element comes out.
Body is pretty hefty, but plenty of small bubble carbonation helps lift it up.
I will pick this up again... I hope the COOP gets it in.
4.5/4/4/3.75/4
Aug 15, 2013Picked this up at Brewforia Meridian for a pricey $12ish... Poured into my HotD goblet and a 2 finger tan head rises up and sticks around forever... Great lacing as the clear reddish amber brew drops.
The nose is interesting.... spicy peppery phenols and a light kiss of banana... almost some ginger character.
Flavor mirrors the nose with a middle of the road sweetness for such a large ABV saison.. maybe not sweetness, but a good residual caramel maltiness and some dark toast... Flavors are a mash-up between a BSDA and a darker saison. Perhaps could have a little less malt profile. With warmth a pleasant sorta plummy element comes out.
Body is pretty hefty, but plenty of small bubble carbonation helps lift it up.
I will pick this up again... I hope the COOP gets it in.
4.5/4/4/3.75/4
Saint Joseph from Selkirk Abbey Brewing Company
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
23 ratings
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