This is going to be made from the same wort as the Ancient Grains ale, just with the addition of Dark Candi Sugar and spices after drawing off the wort post-boil.
During secondary racking, decided to put 1 gallon on mango juice and another gallon on pineapple juice.
Saison alone - pours half a finger of foam that dissipates quickly with a mahogany color. Aroma is sweet bread pudding with raisins and a slight alcohol aroma. Flavor is sweet raisin with some maple syrup bread pudding in the background, followed by a little bit if alcohol heat, but quickly overtaken by a sweet raisin breath. Body is a bit thin but not terribly watery and then a bit of sharpness from the carbonation. The flavor is great, best I've achieved with a Belgian. I am disappointed with the carbonation, and I feel like this is holding it back. 4 out of 5 due to carbonation issues.
Pineapple version - pours very dark orange with about 1 finger of foam. Aroma is fig and some spicy yeast phenols with a sweet element that is pineapple like. Flavor follows the nose but with a slightly vinegar or vinuous quality that I don't care for. The body is thin with a bit too little carbonation. Overall, this is an okay beer but it's not something that I'd be pleased with at a bar. I'll give it 2 stars.
Mango version - pours little foam so likely undercarbed. Color is on the verge of brown and opaque. Aroma is sweet malt and mango, more sweet malt than mango though. Flavor is a sweet bread pudding with raisins and then mango as a backdrop. Body is fine, a little heavier than I'd expect of a saison but not quite medium. There's some nucleation sharpness but not as much as there should be. The beer overall is pretty much what I hoped for, a malty saison with little more than subtle mango flavor. The base saison is just okay, not really what I wanted, and the lower carbonation is a technical flaw. In the end, I'll go with 4 stars.
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Scored a 36 in a homebrew exhibition for a local county fair using BJCP scoresheets, but not judges.
8/17/2018 7:07:02 AM
Scored a 29.5 at the Oregon State fair. Feedback was great aroma of phenols and malt but not carried over into the flavor, too minerally with possible balance issue of chloride to sulfate.
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Scored a 36 in a homebrew exhibition for a local county fair using BJCP scoresheets, but not judges.
8/17/2018 7:07:02 AMScored a 29.5 at the Oregon State fair. Feedback was great aroma of phenols and malt but not carried over into the flavor, too minerally with possible balance issue of chloride to sulfate.
9/21/2018 6:40:25 PM