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    Saison Rue

    February 16, 2010
    / Beer Review /
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    Name – Saison Rue
    Country – United States
    Type – Saison

    Appearance – Poured a pretty cloudy amber color with a gigantic white head.  You couldn’t avoid it even if you tried.

    Smell – The nose is very complex and very different.  There is a funk there.  Not like sour fruit funk but farmhouse type funk.  Rye can be picked up and there is some apple like smells as well.

    Taste – The taste is quite funky as well.  Grass, hay and rye are strong.  There is a sour apple sweetness in there a bit but the funk totally controls this.

    I sampled this about a week before the Bruery hit shelves down here and really enjoyed this.  Then when I got a full bottle it was completely different.  The funk of this one is strong and I’m not talking George Clinton.  I guess I was really caught off guard with this.  I also was a little congested when I had the bottle so I don’t know if that played a part.  I’ll try it again in the future just to see if it was different with the bottle I had.

    Overall Grade – B-

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    Please Vote for Me!

    February 15, 2010
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    I have been nominated at the local newspaper, the Sun Sentinel, for best Foodies Blog in South Florida. (Closest thing to drink there was a category for)  There are a lot of awesome blogs on there and a good deal I follow or am friends with.  So I know it could be a tough call.  So if you want to help, and I really hope you want to, just head over to the voting page and find the Foodies section.  You can vote once a day up until March 1st when the voting ends. You do need to have an account with Sun Sentinel but it only takes a minute to sign up.  So again I really appreciate it and thank you for your support that even got me this far.

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    Augustijn

    February 15, 2010
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    Name – Augustijn
    Country – Belgium
    Type – Tripel

    Appearance – Pours a mostly hazy orangish color with a big bubbly white head.  It stuck around a bit but then subsided into the brew.

    Smell – Apples, cherries and yeast are picked up.

    Taste – The apple and cherry are present in the taste as well.  There is a bit of banana in there and a little bit of malts as well.

    A pretty good tripel.  A little heavier than most ones I have had in the style but still refreshing.  I know a lot of people really like this one but tripel just isn’t one of my favorite Belgian styles.  I don’t know why.  But It is still good for what it is.

    Overall Grade – B

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