Van Lear Rose
Burke-Gilman Brewing Company


- From:
- Burke-Gilman Brewing Company
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Grisette
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.49 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 06, 2024
- Added:
- Sep 06, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by kemoarps from Washington
3.49/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a light and pale yellow. Not totally clear or crisp, but more see through than not. Goooood finger+ of tight white bubbles that dissipates to just a simple cap but nice lacing.
Nose has earthy minerality that calls to mind a solid saison, but there's also a faint but lush undertone of sweet fruits and flowers.
The first impression is the carbonation. It's very sharp and blankets the mouth. Then the bitter funk of the yeast comes in and that with the carbonation combines for a very sharp impression again. Once we move past that it's actually incredibly soft with fluffy hops that are somewhere in a light tangerine realm maybe? Some grass? A bit more mineralic and mildly barnyard funk. A touch of nondescript floral.
I'll be honest... I'm probably not the target audience for this. I enjoy a lot of farmhouse/saison beers, but I've never really enjoyed the sharp yeasty character that seems to be kind of a hallmark of the style based on the few that I've tried. And that's the defining element here. Sharp mineralic yeast. Makes it very tart, but not in a pleasant way (to my palate).
It seems well put together, it's just not my cup of tea (as it were).
Sep 06, 2024Nose has earthy minerality that calls to mind a solid saison, but there's also a faint but lush undertone of sweet fruits and flowers.
The first impression is the carbonation. It's very sharp and blankets the mouth. Then the bitter funk of the yeast comes in and that with the carbonation combines for a very sharp impression again. Once we move past that it's actually incredibly soft with fluffy hops that are somewhere in a light tangerine realm maybe? Some grass? A bit more mineralic and mildly barnyard funk. A touch of nondescript floral.
I'll be honest... I'm probably not the target audience for this. I enjoy a lot of farmhouse/saison beers, but I've never really enjoyed the sharp yeasty character that seems to be kind of a hallmark of the style based on the few that I've tried. And that's the defining element here. Sharp mineralic yeast. Makes it very tart, but not in a pleasant way (to my palate).
It seems well put together, it's just not my cup of tea (as it were).
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