Curb Appeal
Good Measure Brewing Co.
- From:
- Good Measure Brewing Co.
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 7.7%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.85 | pDev: 2.6%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jul 31, 2017
- Added:
- Jun 24, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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As we continue to brew, we push the boundaries of experimentation while at the core we remain true to style. This beer is a true example of that philosophy. We brewed this beer as a tribute to the Belgian tradition of brewing with the seasons. This Dubbel-inspired beer was brewed with locally foraged fresh spruce tips for an extra citrus note. We hopped it lightly with palisade and finished the beer with house made dark candi sugar. Open fermented hot in one of our tanks we allowed it to mature warm for multiple weeks to allow our house expressive saison yeast to shine though. Notes of plum, brown sugar and fresh baked bread interweave themselves with citrus, pepper and funk. It's dark but remains complex on the palate.
2-Row, Maris Otter, Flaked Oats, C-40, C-120, Pale Chocolate, Chocolate, Cara-Pils, Kiln Coffee Malt, House-Made Dark Candi Sugar
Palisade
2-Row, Maris Otter, Flaked Oats, C-40, C-120, Pale Chocolate, Chocolate, Cara-Pils, Kiln Coffee Malt, House-Made Dark Candi Sugar
Palisade
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.94/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.94/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Growlette share.
My portion was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a nice looking fairly dark brown close to black sort of color with a film of a little white foamy head. Quickly fell off to barely leave any lace.
The aroma varied all over with some dark fruits, light juniper/spruce/pine sort of blend rolling into some light chocolate malt balls, some dark chocolate, light citrus sort of pulp, black pepper and some basement/funk sort of ending to that blend.
The flavor was moderately sweet with those Belgian qualities starting to take a hold a bit and grip just as I expected they would in the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, maybe a touch over with a fair sipping sort of quality about it. Not one to want to pound. Carbonation felt somewhat low, but not bothersome. ABV felt appropriate. The finish was somewhat dry, peppery, a little bit of that funk. Definitely gives off that "back of the throat" grab a Belgian beer does, somewhat like a Dubbel.
Overall, this is one of those beers where I want to sit down with the brewer and ask them, what in the hell were you trying to brew here. All that I can end with is that it's some sort of blend of a saison to dubbel. I liked this one for me, but if anything, it's an odd one to say the least.
Jul 31, 2017My portion was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a nice looking fairly dark brown close to black sort of color with a film of a little white foamy head. Quickly fell off to barely leave any lace.
The aroma varied all over with some dark fruits, light juniper/spruce/pine sort of blend rolling into some light chocolate malt balls, some dark chocolate, light citrus sort of pulp, black pepper and some basement/funk sort of ending to that blend.
The flavor was moderately sweet with those Belgian qualities starting to take a hold a bit and grip just as I expected they would in the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, maybe a touch over with a fair sipping sort of quality about it. Not one to want to pound. Carbonation felt somewhat low, but not bothersome. ABV felt appropriate. The finish was somewhat dry, peppery, a little bit of that funk. Definitely gives off that "back of the throat" grab a Belgian beer does, somewhat like a Dubbel.
Overall, this is one of those beers where I want to sit down with the brewer and ask them, what in the hell were you trying to brew here. All that I can end with is that it's some sort of blend of a saison to dubbel. I liked this one for me, but if anything, it's an odd one to say the least.
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