by Ding | Dec 4, 2012 | Beer Reviews, Beer Styles, Jester King Craft Brewery, Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Ding Points: 74.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: What’s the deal with the (apparently) blacked out word between Farmhouse and Ale?? Pour gives an enormous, fluffy head with some good retention and some nice...
by Ding | Nov 6, 2012 | Beer Reviews, Beer Styles, Ranger Creek Brewing, Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Ding Points: 88.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: Thanks go out to @lnashsig for the chance to try this one. bottle-conditioned, 07.18.12, Batch 001. Here’s the official word from Ranger Creek Brewing. My...
by Ding | Nov 3, 2012 | Beer Reviews, Beer Styles, Saison / Farmhouse Ale, Weyerbacher
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: 12 oz single, Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pretty straightforward here. Very sweet, highly spiced Saison. A few medicinal herbs, but nothing too extreme, mainly...
by Ding | Oct 27, 2012 | Beer Reviews, Beer Styles, De Proef Brouwerij, Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth; 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: Always glad to see another De Proef collaboration, this one being the sixth in the series. Some have been great, some less so, but it’s usually pretty...
by Ding | Jul 4, 2012 | Beer Reviews, Beer Styles, Jester King Craft Brewery, Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Ding Points: 88.50 Pour: 100.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 100.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: Jester King is a brewery that I have been monitoring carefully over recent months (even though I’m not crazy about the use of the word ‘craft’ in...
by Ding | May 20, 2012 | Beer Reviews, Beer Styles, Saison / Farmhouse Ale, Tommyknocker Brewery
Ding Points: 48.00 Pour: 50.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 40.00, Mouth: 40.00, Global: 50.00 Tasting Notes: Tommyknocker is a brewery that has flattered to deceive me over the years. One of my earliest experiences with them was their Imperial Nut Brown Ale that, at the...