Silenrieux Sara Brune

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Dark amber colour with a rich fluffy beige foam. Sweet black cherries, almond-paste, anise, black pepper with a de Dolle like yeast character. Flavour of yeast with notes of black currant, leaves abd toasted grains. Short finish of currant-leaves and wheat.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Sampled from magnum bottle. Pours clear mahogany with a sudsy tan head. Vionous/red wine aroma up front and some caramelized malts in the background. Sour fruit is the first noticable flavor. Not as spicy from yeast/hops as I expected. Damned odd. Quite good.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Pours a sienna-brown color with tall, fizzy head. I could smell malty goodness without getting my nose anywhere near the beer. For a nice change of pace, wheat makes up only a small element of the malt-aroma. The flavor is richer than most wits; tastier than many as well. Malt dominates, but there's adequate bittering to avoid sweetness. A slight metallic taste in the finish, but that may have been the alcohol and not a character flaw ( I sometimes mistake the two). Buckwheat doesn't contribute a lot here, by comparison to say, Rogue's. Light bodied, but not at all watery, with effervescent carbonation. Interesting and unusual example of the style.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Pours a dark brown with a thick tan head. Aroma is of mild dirt. Mothfeel a tad watery. Flavor is of dark fruit and spice. Initial impression was "wow, this is an odd beer", but after a few sips you get used to it and it is good to go.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

This was a very interesting and tasty beer. A nice bronze/orange color with a nice sized head that stays fairly thick. The aroma hits you with yeast and some earthy scents. Entirely enjoyable and I'd have to agree with 1 previous reviewer who said it reminded him of a Flemish Sour because it did have characteristics of said style. I enjoyed this very much and look forward to trying again.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

The aroma is sweet and floral-like with strong yeast prevalent as well. The appearance is a bronze-orange to a light amber with a medium head that sits on top and is off-white and bubbly and does not discipate throughout consumption. The mouthfeel is full and complex with good balance. The flavor is very strong and unique and surprises you with much quantity of yeast and floral or fruity in flavor and rather unique and hard to get use to but not bad but definitley takes some getting use to. Overall, not to bad with yeast prevalent with a strange taste as well as aftertaste but still is pretty good. Bottomline, this buckwheat ale has an interesting taste that takes some getting use to and is not that bad.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Apperance is a reddish orange with a large head. The aroma is sour cherries and some earthy scents. The flavor reminds me of a Flemish sour ale with some sour cherries, musk, and spices present in the flavor. The mouthfeel is a little thin but it has a very good taste. It was an enjoyable first date with Sara, I wonder if she will call later?

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

lemon aroma, strong malt flavor