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Recipe: 6 lb 2-row pale malt 6 AAU (17g @ 10.1% AA) Northern Brewer @ 60 4 AAU (23g @ 4.8% AA) Glacier @ 20 4.8 AAU (28g @ 4.8% AA) Glacier @ 5 9.8 AAU (28g @ 9.8% AA) Belma @ 5 Wyeast 3711 - French Saison | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tasting Notes: Tasting notes taken 21 January 2014, 21 days after kegging. Dispensed from kegerator into a tulip. Appearance: dim yellow hue with a very light haze and a light effervescence. Head is a finger of creamy white foam with decent retention and a nice lace on the glass. Something about the hue is a little sickly or off-putting, but I like the head and lacing. (3.5) Smell: a bit of farmhouse funk with a sweet malt that is almost cloying; I think it has more to do with oxidation than anything else. Definitely let this one sit too long in the primary; it's not terrible, but it is not as good as it could be. (3.5) Taste: a little bit of funk, a little bit of sweetness, a little bit of grainy malt and a little bit of oxidation. It's also a little bit thin -- not unexpected, based on its session strength. Now, for all that, it's not a bad beer; I think the hops fit the funk and malt quite well and there is a nice hay-and-grain character that meshes well with the farmhouse theme. (3.5) Mouthfeel: light body but there's a good carbonation here which is well-integrated and yields a surprising creaminess. Good stuff! (4) Drinkability: as a session saison, there's the low ABV and comparatively high flavor factor running in this beer's favor. I might not drink it all day, but it *does* go down easy. (4) Overall score 3.6 (B). I think this beer would have been a lot better had I not let it sit in the plastic primary for four months. That, and I think a low-gravity brew doesn't have enough base material for 3711 to get a lot of work done, flavor-wise. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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