Roads Diverge
Cellarmaker Brewing Co. - The Rare Barrel
- From:
- Cellarmaker Brewing Co. - The Rare Barrel
- California, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 9.02%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 23, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 01, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Roads Diverge is our first tart saison aged in barrels! Delicate in aroma and flavor, soft in texture and acidity, this tart saison showcases notes of hay, citrus rind, pear, and peppercorn.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by scottfrie from California
3.13/5 rDev -21.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.13/5 rDev -21.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Growler filled today, poured into tulip.
A: Pours a lightly cloudy dark golden with a short-lived, thin, off-white head that quickly faded into a thin collar. A few spots of soapy lace were left down the glass.
S: Belgian yeast dominates with earthy, spicy, and slightly fruity notes. I get hints of bubblegum, stone fruit, and lemon, along with bread dough, and a subtle mineral quality. Complex but light smelling.
T: Unfortunately, the flavor in this is extremely plain. I get hints of lemon, straw, peppery spice, and a subtle bitterness in the finish, but all flavor are very delicate and even muted. Tartness is clean and light with a minerally edge to it. The easily noticeable Belgian yeast scent is much harder to pick out on the palate. The aftertaste is quick with only a mild tartness and subtle straw flavor lingering.
M: Light body, light, smooth, and soft carbonation, mellow tartness, light and watery mouthfeel.
O: I understand the description of this beer states that it has a delicate flavor, but for me this was too light and water for me to love. What flavors that were there were good but, but this is one of the lightest flavored saisons I’ve tasted, tart or not. If that’s what TRB was going for, then it’s spot on, but I think they should tweak the recipe in this one a bit.
Feb 20, 2017A: Pours a lightly cloudy dark golden with a short-lived, thin, off-white head that quickly faded into a thin collar. A few spots of soapy lace were left down the glass.
S: Belgian yeast dominates with earthy, spicy, and slightly fruity notes. I get hints of bubblegum, stone fruit, and lemon, along with bread dough, and a subtle mineral quality. Complex but light smelling.
T: Unfortunately, the flavor in this is extremely plain. I get hints of lemon, straw, peppery spice, and a subtle bitterness in the finish, but all flavor are very delicate and even muted. Tartness is clean and light with a minerally edge to it. The easily noticeable Belgian yeast scent is much harder to pick out on the palate. The aftertaste is quick with only a mild tartness and subtle straw flavor lingering.
M: Light body, light, smooth, and soft carbonation, mellow tartness, light and watery mouthfeel.
O: I understand the description of this beer states that it has a delicate flavor, but for me this was too light and water for me to love. What flavors that were there were good but, but this is one of the lightest flavored saisons I’ve tasted, tart or not. If that’s what TRB was going for, then it’s spot on, but I think they should tweak the recipe in this one a bit.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.79/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Had this after the 17th annual dipa fest. Poured a cloudy yellow, small 1/3" head, white, small bubbled. Aroma was pretty mild, some hay, pear like notes, very restrained.
Taste, hold the spice rack, throw on the hay and pear, keep the back end and mouth feel dry as a bone. Minimal funky notes. Very clean, relatively light bodied kind of OG of a tart saison. Definitely not an acidic wild ale that masqueraded its way into the saison pantheon. The oak is in just the right amount given the light body, doesn't bully its way around, contributes just the right amount of taste and mouthfeel to the beer.
Its kind of a no frills beer. Packaged among side some real sour and acidic wild ales, something like this is likely to escape through your tasting visit without much attention. Its pretty soft and relaxing, no flaws, just enjoyable stuff all the way around.
Feb 13, 2017Taste, hold the spice rack, throw on the hay and pear, keep the back end and mouth feel dry as a bone. Minimal funky notes. Very clean, relatively light bodied kind of OG of a tart saison. Definitely not an acidic wild ale that masqueraded its way into the saison pantheon. The oak is in just the right amount given the light body, doesn't bully its way around, contributes just the right amount of taste and mouthfeel to the beer.
Its kind of a no frills beer. Packaged among side some real sour and acidic wild ales, something like this is likely to escape through your tasting visit without much attention. Its pretty soft and relaxing, no flaws, just enjoyable stuff all the way around.
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