Charleston
Ale Architect
- From:
- Ale Architect
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.65 | pDev: 1.92%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 28, 2018
- Added:
- Oct 08, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by csmrx7 from Canada (AB)
3.6/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured a lot darker than I was expecting, but should have been clear as there is a fair amount of rye.
Not a lot of spice on the nose where the malt and banana esters are present, and the taste is similar with a bit more spice and pepper but less than the description would imply.
Decent, but nothing to write home about.
Oct 11, 2018Not a lot of spice on the nose where the malt and banana esters are present, and the taste is similar with a bit more spice and pepper but less than the description would imply.
Decent, but nothing to write home about.
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.6/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
473ml can - a 'Saison aux Épices', made with grapefruit zest and French tarragon.
This beer pours a clear, medium bronzed amber colour, with two fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat fizzy ecru head, which leaves a bit of bubbling cauldron profile lace around the glass as it quickly dissipates.
It smells of bready and grainy cereal malt, generic yet prominent citrus peel, some earthy spiciness, faint old-school yeast, and some plain leafy, musty, and floral noble hop bitters. The taste is gritty and crackery pale malt, still muddled domestic citrus rind, an ethereal estery yeastiness, muted dirty spice, and more well-understated herbal, musty, and grassy hoppiness.
The carbonation is quite tame in its milquetoast frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and generally smooth, with little getting in the way of a pleasant time at this particular point in the process. It finishes off-dry, the malt pretty much running the lingering racket.
Overall - this actually comes across as less spiced than yer typical version of the style produced without any adjuncts. Not a bad thing, per se, but it renders it more in the Belgian Pale Ale category, IMHO. A well-intentioned offering, I'm looking forward to more from this local outfit.
Oct 08, 2018This beer pours a clear, medium bronzed amber colour, with two fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat fizzy ecru head, which leaves a bit of bubbling cauldron profile lace around the glass as it quickly dissipates.
It smells of bready and grainy cereal malt, generic yet prominent citrus peel, some earthy spiciness, faint old-school yeast, and some plain leafy, musty, and floral noble hop bitters. The taste is gritty and crackery pale malt, still muddled domestic citrus rind, an ethereal estery yeastiness, muted dirty spice, and more well-understated herbal, musty, and grassy hoppiness.
The carbonation is quite tame in its milquetoast frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and generally smooth, with little getting in the way of a pleasant time at this particular point in the process. It finishes off-dry, the malt pretty much running the lingering racket.
Overall - this actually comes across as less spiced than yer typical version of the style produced without any adjuncts. Not a bad thing, per se, but it renders it more in the Belgian Pale Ale category, IMHO. A well-intentioned offering, I'm looking forward to more from this local outfit.
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