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Prairie Ale
Prairie Artisan Ales
- From:
- Prairie Artisan Ales
- Oklahoma, United States
- Style:
- Saison
Ranked #312 - ABV:
- 8.2%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #7,824 - Avg:
- 4.06 | pDev: 9.36%
- Reviews:
- 174
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 12, 2024
- Added:
- Nov 26, 2012
- Wants:
- 80
- Gots:
- 186
Prairie Ale is our classic saison. We brew this beer with pilsner malt, wheat malt, flaked wheat, and cane sugar. A healthy dose of saaz hops are used to add a spicy element to the beer. Prairie Ale is fermented with a mix of ale yeast, wine yeast, and brettanomyces. Notes of black pepper and pineapple can be found in this beer.
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Ratings by ehammond1:
Reviewed by ehammond1
4.57/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.57/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Bottle (2013)
Acquired via trade
Thanks, wagenvolks and xpimptastikx!
Careful! Gusher, here! The cork hit me in the forehead after untying the wire cage.
A lighter than anticipated golden and yellow. Nearly clear, though some slight, floating sediment can be seen. Very large, huge, incredibly persistent, large-bubbled head. This one had an incredible amount of carbonation and leaves thick, chunky spiderwebs of gorgeous lace all the way down the glass.
Complete and appropriate aroma of earth, hay, dried grasses, a hint of musty barnyard, and a complementary, almost juicy, fruit character of perhaps peach, strawberry, and mild citrus.
The flavor is similar, and incredibly drinkable. Earthy, barnyard flavors complement hay, grass, earth, fruit (citrus, melon, and strawberry) and a bit of black pepper. Some very mild lemon as well. Really delicious. One of my favorite straightforward, to-style, American saisons.
Thinner to medium bodied with high carbonation. Incredibly drinkable and very well crafted.
I love this beer. Fantastic American version of what is perhaps my favorite style.
Jul 29, 2013Acquired via trade
Thanks, wagenvolks and xpimptastikx!
Careful! Gusher, here! The cork hit me in the forehead after untying the wire cage.
A lighter than anticipated golden and yellow. Nearly clear, though some slight, floating sediment can be seen. Very large, huge, incredibly persistent, large-bubbled head. This one had an incredible amount of carbonation and leaves thick, chunky spiderwebs of gorgeous lace all the way down the glass.
Complete and appropriate aroma of earth, hay, dried grasses, a hint of musty barnyard, and a complementary, almost juicy, fruit character of perhaps peach, strawberry, and mild citrus.
The flavor is similar, and incredibly drinkable. Earthy, barnyard flavors complement hay, grass, earth, fruit (citrus, melon, and strawberry) and a bit of black pepper. Some very mild lemon as well. Really delicious. One of my favorite straightforward, to-style, American saisons.
Thinner to medium bodied with high carbonation. Incredibly drinkable and very well crafted.
I love this beer. Fantastic American version of what is perhaps my favorite style.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.5/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Hazy pale yellow colour, large white head. Distinct aroma of brettanomyces / farmhouse, wine yeast, lemons and green and black peppercorns. The flavour is medium dry, a slight acidity but not really sour, distinctly yeasty, with loads of green and black peppercorns. Not very bitter. Unusual and interesting, but maybe too yeasty?
May 26, 2022Reviewed by cratez from Canada (ON)
4.59/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.59/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Rating from notes. Consumed April 2014. "Lovely Belgian-style saison with a hint of funk that adds some nice complexity. A first rate farmhouse ale that I would happily buy again. Well done."
Jan 26, 2020Reviewed by clayrock81 from Florida
4/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured a constantly carbonating clear gold body with a one-finger head that died quickly. I got minimal funk and yeast and instead the spices and minimal candi-sugar esque maltiness somehow came across as apple cider. A smooth, clean, light-bodied saison with a prickly carbonation, some acidic sharpness, touches of pepper and spice, all balanced with a light malty and fruity sweetness so the beer is not too sharp or funky.
Nov 04, 2019Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4.35/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This was poured into a tulip. The appearance was a healthy looking golden yellow to orange with a fair brown color in the center of the beer. The head was about a finger’s worth of soft white foaminess that dissipated gently to leave a gentle strings of lacing. The smell started off with a black pepper and light spicy connotation of the hop content. There’s a nice sweet grassy quality with a light lemongrass coming in. The taste was smooth and sweet with a decent light spiciness to enliven my taste buds. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was somewhat sharp but still a decent smoothness rolling around on my tongue. Overall, this was a very good offering from a pretty stellar company.
Jun 05, 2017
Prairie Ale from Prairie Artisan Ales
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
1011 ratings
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