Fork Knife
Northwoods Brewing Company
- From:
- Northwoods Brewing Company
- New Hampshire, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 3.28%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Sep 19, 2020
- Added:
- Mar 20, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire
3.55/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From a 16 oz. can dated 05/20/20. Sampled Sept. 19, 2020.
Murky looking light amber pour with a quick lived whit fizzy head.
The aroma emits some coriander, other light spice, feint wild yeast, and a toasted white bread character
Effervescent and smooth light to medium body.
The flavor is at first sweet and toasty with a slight but not overdone tartness at the end. A semi-dry ending.
Sep 19, 2020Murky looking light amber pour with a quick lived whit fizzy head.
The aroma emits some coriander, other light spice, feint wild yeast, and a toasted white bread character
Effervescent and smooth light to medium body.
The flavor is at first sweet and toasty with a slight but not overdone tartness at the end. A semi-dry ending.
Reviewed by ichorNet from Massachusetts
3.78/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This is my third beer from Northwoods, a small brewery based out of NH who are known for using kveik yeast and wild yeast in weird recipes. No, seriously, that's part of their claim to fame. My review for their Cavelight Porter highlighted how unusual and potentially not-smart it is to ferment a dark, roasty beer with a farmhouse ale strain, because that beer really was not great (even if the idea is cool). I'm hoping they can do well by me with this, a 4.2% table beer in the Belgian blonde ale/saison-esque style.
Pours pretty much like an unfiltered cider. Hazy and golden-light yellow with a thin, sparkling head that never really builds up to much at all. It's not really fully opaque because I can see carbonation rising gently but steadily from the bottom of the glass. If this were a cider, I think I would give it a great score for appearance, but it's not. Instead, it looks like a weird quick sour. I really hope it's not, but given this brewery's penchant for using funky yeast in DIPAs and stuff, I won't hold my breath for it to be clean.
The nose is, well, also a little cider-like. Guys, c'mon. I know this is a few months old at this point, but what's going on here? Your website says this is "brewed with Pilsner malt, Belgian candy sugar, and kiss of classic German hops [sic]," so why does it smell like a tiny little wild saison? I get some light estery aromatics, pear, apricot, and underripe mealy apple with not much else to it. Not quite inspiring confidence.
Flavor is actually kind of refreshing. It tastes a bit like a cider crossed with a tiny beer (aka a graf, I believe). I get flavors of apple skin, clove, nutmeg, Belgian yeast, a touch of wheat, grassiness, and a hint of funky sourdough in the finish. Okay, I actually don't mind how this tastes. I don't really think of table beer as being funky and acidic, but sure, I can sorta reach and give them a tiny bit of benefit of the doubt here. This is almost like a light version of a kvass, in a sense, actually. If I think of it that way, it's definitely better. It would probably be even better if it were less than 3% ABV, but we can't have everything we want.
Feel is light, spritzy, fun, and effervescent. Not difficult to drink, if you like the flavors. Of course, I'm a bit middling on how this comes across, but I am glad it's better than the appearance and nose led me to believe right off the bat. The finish is luckily quite dry and endearing, which makes gulping this enjoyable, though it's not a bad sip either, especially as it's decently refreshing. Huh. A weird one. I am not really likely to run out to purchase new Northwoods beer, but I can see the appeal if you prefer the more rustic and amateur-ish (in an endearing way) side of NH brewing. I could give this a tentative recommendation to those of you who enjoy odd small beers, but this will definitely appeal to cider drinkers as well, which gives it a cool crossover appeal.
Aug 21, 2020Pours pretty much like an unfiltered cider. Hazy and golden-light yellow with a thin, sparkling head that never really builds up to much at all. It's not really fully opaque because I can see carbonation rising gently but steadily from the bottom of the glass. If this were a cider, I think I would give it a great score for appearance, but it's not. Instead, it looks like a weird quick sour. I really hope it's not, but given this brewery's penchant for using funky yeast in DIPAs and stuff, I won't hold my breath for it to be clean.
The nose is, well, also a little cider-like. Guys, c'mon. I know this is a few months old at this point, but what's going on here? Your website says this is "brewed with Pilsner malt, Belgian candy sugar, and kiss of classic German hops [sic]," so why does it smell like a tiny little wild saison? I get some light estery aromatics, pear, apricot, and underripe mealy apple with not much else to it. Not quite inspiring confidence.
Flavor is actually kind of refreshing. It tastes a bit like a cider crossed with a tiny beer (aka a graf, I believe). I get flavors of apple skin, clove, nutmeg, Belgian yeast, a touch of wheat, grassiness, and a hint of funky sourdough in the finish. Okay, I actually don't mind how this tastes. I don't really think of table beer as being funky and acidic, but sure, I can sorta reach and give them a tiny bit of benefit of the doubt here. This is almost like a light version of a kvass, in a sense, actually. If I think of it that way, it's definitely better. It would probably be even better if it were less than 3% ABV, but we can't have everything we want.
Feel is light, spritzy, fun, and effervescent. Not difficult to drink, if you like the flavors. Of course, I'm a bit middling on how this comes across, but I am glad it's better than the appearance and nose led me to believe right off the bat. The finish is luckily quite dry and endearing, which makes gulping this enjoyable, though it's not a bad sip either, especially as it's decently refreshing. Huh. A weird one. I am not really likely to run out to purchase new Northwoods beer, but I can see the appeal if you prefer the more rustic and amateur-ish (in an endearing way) side of NH brewing. I could give this a tentative recommendation to those of you who enjoy odd small beers, but this will definitely appeal to cider drinkers as well, which gives it a cool crossover appeal.
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