Hennepin
Brewery Ommegang

Appearance: Upon opening the glass, it is billowing out of the bottle. Pours a semi-cloudy (~40%), medium golden/orange color that has sediment floating around in it. A strong white head. SRM of 9-10. (4.00)

Aroma: Moderate aromas of bread and cracker malts upfront. This follows into a banana and clove ester quality. A bit of banana bread and Belgian spice. Some juicyfruit, but ultimately it smells malty. (3.75)

Flavor: The flavor follows with more bready malts upfront. Cracker, bread, and then follows into a Belgian spices of clove and banana. This linger and provides a tart and spicy pepper astringency before it finishes with a sweet, almost candied malt finish. (3.75)

Feel: Medium-bodied. Strong carbonation. Finishes soft on the palate.

Compared to Boulevard's Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale 4/16/21: Pours a more orange color with a milder head. More bready, clove, and banana malts. Less fruit, citrus, coriander, and yeast. Winner: Tank 7

Overall: A pretty good farmhouse ale/sasion. I wanted to see how this one compared to one of my favorite saisons, which is Tank 7. I think I prefer the Tank 7. This is a decent beer, but as other have mentioned its leans more malty, bready, and sweet. The clove, banana, and pepper spice show here. Overall, not as good as I expected, and drinks pretty average. (Final Rating: 3.79)

 

 

This is another one of those beers that have been around and drinking here and there so long that I'm surprised I haven't reviewed it.
Pours a cloudy gold with a huge white head. Can't fit the 12oz bottle in a pint glass. Excellent retention, bands of lace
Aromas of green banana, ginger, white pepper, savory herbs, a bit of citrusy coriander.
Sweet bready malt flavor with an awesome herb and spice component; I get celery, flat-leaf parsley, coriander, ginger, white pepper, and a bit of clove along with some green banana and pear.
Light bodied, effervescent, fluffy and satisfying mouthfeel
Really set the standard for American brewed, clean saisons.

 

 

 

 

Pours a clear golden color with a runaway tall foamy head and heavy lacing.

Smells of yeast, banana, citrus and spice.

Tastes of sweet malt, Belgian yeast, orange, pear and apple with an alcohol warm peppery finish.

Medium light body with moderate carbonation. Slightly syrupy, smooth mouthfeel.

This is a very tasty, well-made brew.

 

Look: huge head that receded quickly
Smell: Yeast, lemon, orange, little bit of banana, marshmallow maybe; touch of pear
Taste: follows nose with the fruit flavors, especially lemon peel; celery taste (maybe what others are calling coriander), considerable bitterness, a hint of sweetness, I did get the ginger but it took me a while; a little funky; wintery spices, quite a luscious beer
Finishes dry but with a sweet tingle; pleasant carbonation, low viscosity but still creamy with the foam, and crisp
On the whole, I like the spices and flavors of this beer. A good, modern saison. I got this one from Whole Foods.

Procured in a trade/proxy arrangement with @turkeysdrinkbeer in February 2022. Drink in October that year.

L: There are orange cordial vibes going on with the presentation of this beer, making my mouth water before I even contemplate putting my nose into the glass. There's no head bar a small rim around the edges. Sediment from the full-bottle pour hangs suspended in the beer, barely ruffled by the few large bubbles of carbonation that dart to the top of the glass.

S: On the nose, there's a slight yeast note and an indefinable tanginess that hangs in the aroma.

T: The taste has sweet orange, sherbety orange pith and yeast - that orange note probably accounting for the tanginess I picked up on the nose. The orange is followed by a musty, slightly aniseed note. It's probably the coriander and whatever bird-of-paradise grain is. Or perhaps it's the last vestiges of the yeast playing with those spices. Regardless, it's extremely tasty and definitely compels a second mouthful straight after the first.

m: On the tongue, there's almost a sherbety quality to the beer, but it's followed by a spritzy snap after the swallow, and it dries things out quickly after that point. 4.25

O: This beer comes together extremely well. The taste is somewhat unique and the mouthfeel and nose only add to that impression. I wonder if I could drink more than one of these, though, as I can imagine palate fatigue setting in quickly with such a sweet, sherbety beer. It treads this side of the cloyingly sweet line well, but volume could push it over. Based on drinking one rather than several, however, it stands up very well.

Cheers!

 

 

 

great taste of a European farm house ale slightly sour

Awesome saison that most people could pick up and enjoy. Love the color on this and the foam sticks around forever. Bright, orangey taste with a bit of ginger, some delightful malty sweetness. Smell is a bit off-putting: very sour and yeasty, a bit funky. But it's a very pleasing drink, would definitely get it again. Ommegang is consistently excellent

This was actually pretty close to excellent for me, great floral notes, grassy underpinnings and a good citrus finish. I liked this one more than I thought I would

 

Expected a little more from this brew for the price and the rating. enjoyed the carbonation (akin to with a semisweet sparkling wine mouthfeel), but overall it tasted too much like booze and spices. I got mine from a 4-pack at a grocery, so maybe a draft experience would be different. Might seek out again.