French Kiss
Illawarra Brewing Company
- From:
- Illawarra Brewing Company
- Australia
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 6.6%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.09 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 10, 2013
- Added:
- Dec 10, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.09/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.09/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Barrel-aged farmhouse ale brewed (or at least, barrel-aged) for GABS Festival in Melbourne, May 2013. Tried there on tap.
Pours a brown colour; far more brown/dark than it should be. Cream-coloured head, webbed lace that doesn't stick around. A bit still.
Smells nice: definite vinous notes with some aspects of barnyard, horse blanket and a belt of oak for good measure. Smells like funky grape juice. Pleasant.
Taste is a disappointment. French oak notes with a slight shiraz character, but also plenty of malt that doesn't really fit in. Definitely lacking on the farmhouse notes, just a touch of barnyard character creeping into the back. Maybe the French oak strangled it all but ultimately it tastes more malty than anything else. Underwhelming.
No trace of carbonation and luckily the alcohol doesn't show through. Body is OK, bit bitty as you'd expect.
Bit of shiraz notes, but leaves me wanting on the farmhouse side.
Dec 10, 2013Pours a brown colour; far more brown/dark than it should be. Cream-coloured head, webbed lace that doesn't stick around. A bit still.
Smells nice: definite vinous notes with some aspects of barnyard, horse blanket and a belt of oak for good measure. Smells like funky grape juice. Pleasant.
Taste is a disappointment. French oak notes with a slight shiraz character, but also plenty of malt that doesn't really fit in. Definitely lacking on the farmhouse notes, just a touch of barnyard character creeping into the back. Maybe the French oak strangled it all but ultimately it tastes more malty than anything else. Underwhelming.
No trace of carbonation and luckily the alcohol doesn't show through. Body is OK, bit bitty as you'd expect.
Bit of shiraz notes, but leaves me wanting on the farmhouse side.
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