Wearing Mittons In the Village
Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- From:
- Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 18, 2022
- Added:
- Feb 07, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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This Dark Saison is spicy, peppery, and smooth with hints of molasses and plum - overall its slightly more complex than the preposterous intersection of Mitton/Wellington/Ontario. It's a mid-winter treat that calls for your very best hand-warming attire (we like to imagine that everyone in the Village has matching red knit mittens with that long string connecting them together. Please don't ruin this by saying its not true).
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.69/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
3.69/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
650 mL bottle from the brewery; no packaging date. Served slightly chilled.
Pours a deep, dark, translucent chestnut brown with brick red highlights; gathered atop is roughly one inch of foamy, light tan-coloured head. It collapses almost completely over the next five-plus minutes, leaving behind a tight, creamy collar and filmy cap, with a few strands of lace also flung about. A little roasty on the nose, kind of like burnt grain; hints of dark fruits, yeast spiciness/phenolics and earthiness.
I gotta say, it's not bad - a little straightforward for a saison, but I like what I'm tasting. Hints of plum at the forefront, with light molasses, burnt grain and candi sugar sweetness, followed by a spicy, yeasty back end - peppery, with clove, chicory and some leafy, herbal notes preceding a dry aftertaste. Cocoa powder, maybe (?). Light-medium in body, with aggressive carbonation that prickles the tongue relentlessly with each sip, remaining quite active even towards the end of the session - saisons are a style where I am prepared to tolerate brisk carbonation, but this is pushing it. Fair drinkability: inoffensive, relatively well-balanced, and that dry finish is nice, but the fizziness will limit your sip rate.
Final Grade: 3.69, a B grade. I've had more than my fair share of different kinds of beers over the years, but 'dark saison' is not one that has come up very often, and I don't recall being wowed by the few that I actually *have* tried. Wearing Mittons in the Village at least has saison-like characteristics, rather than just being a Belgian dark ale in disguise. Tone down the carbonation a bit, and give me more of those fruity esters I want out of a saison (or even better, some funk!), and they just might have something here. As is, it's almost on par with their Noble Oaf in terms of quality, i.e. not perfect, but still worth trying.
Feb 18, 2022Pours a deep, dark, translucent chestnut brown with brick red highlights; gathered atop is roughly one inch of foamy, light tan-coloured head. It collapses almost completely over the next five-plus minutes, leaving behind a tight, creamy collar and filmy cap, with a few strands of lace also flung about. A little roasty on the nose, kind of like burnt grain; hints of dark fruits, yeast spiciness/phenolics and earthiness.
I gotta say, it's not bad - a little straightforward for a saison, but I like what I'm tasting. Hints of plum at the forefront, with light molasses, burnt grain and candi sugar sweetness, followed by a spicy, yeasty back end - peppery, with clove, chicory and some leafy, herbal notes preceding a dry aftertaste. Cocoa powder, maybe (?). Light-medium in body, with aggressive carbonation that prickles the tongue relentlessly with each sip, remaining quite active even towards the end of the session - saisons are a style where I am prepared to tolerate brisk carbonation, but this is pushing it. Fair drinkability: inoffensive, relatively well-balanced, and that dry finish is nice, but the fizziness will limit your sip rate.
Final Grade: 3.69, a B grade. I've had more than my fair share of different kinds of beers over the years, but 'dark saison' is not one that has come up very often, and I don't recall being wowed by the few that I actually *have* tried. Wearing Mittons in the Village at least has saison-like characteristics, rather than just being a Belgian dark ale in disguise. Tone down the carbonation a bit, and give me more of those fruity esters I want out of a saison (or even better, some funk!), and they just might have something here. As is, it's almost on par with their Noble Oaf in terms of quality, i.e. not perfect, but still worth trying.
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