Harvest Saison
Penrose Brewing
- From:
- Penrose Brewing
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 6.33%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 08, 2015
- Added:
- Nov 11, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
Brewed with locally sourced, wet hops from Empire, Michigan. Fresh hop aromatics with a toasted biscuit malt character leading to a mild bodied beer and a slight lemon thyme finish.
45 IBU
45 IBU
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Reviewed by TMoney2591 from Illinois
3.98/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Served from tap in a snifter at Firkin.
You know it's time to harvest your saisons when they're up to an elephant's eye. Anyway, this stuff pours a hazy midnight brass topped by a finger of cream foam. The nose comprises berries (leaning toward a marmalade kind o' scent), clove, and musty hay. The taste holds notes of toasted sweet grains, mild grass, light clove, light brown sugar, and a bit of orange peel. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a drying finish. Overall, a very nice saison, one that lured me in with the surprisingly fruity smell and kept me invested with a rustic, slightly hoppy flavor profile. Not bad at all, Penrose.
Mar 05, 2015You know it's time to harvest your saisons when they're up to an elephant's eye. Anyway, this stuff pours a hazy midnight brass topped by a finger of cream foam. The nose comprises berries (leaning toward a marmalade kind o' scent), clove, and musty hay. The taste holds notes of toasted sweet grains, mild grass, light clove, light brown sugar, and a bit of orange peel. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a drying finish. Overall, a very nice saison, one that lured me in with the surprisingly fruity smell and kept me invested with a rustic, slightly hoppy flavor profile. Not bad at all, Penrose.
Reviewed by ac22rush from California
3.53/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
For using fresh hops and being dry hopped the hop flavor and aroma left something to be desired completely drowned out by the yeast derived flavors and aromas. Would try a more robust hop cascade just couldnt compete with the yeast strain they used.
Jan 03, 2015
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