Evil Twin The Porthole

Evil Twin the Porthole

Brewer's description: 

This beer is made in collaboration with Micah Melton The Aviary and is a modest attempt to imitate The ‘Blueberry’ cocktail as it is served in The Porthole at The Aviary, Chicago. The Porthole is an equally genius and gorgeous infusion vessel designed by Martin Kastner of Crucial Detail design studio. It can be used to create striking cocktails or any other type of infusion - maybe even beer.

In case you have no idea what this project is talking about... here is an image of the Porthole:

(taken from Okono website !)

So essentially this was a "saison" based on this contraption funded by Kickstarter and hyped by Evil Twin ! Here is the final product of the restaurant brewer collaboration that was conceived by Jeppe of Evil Twin and brewed at Westbrook. 

My thoughts: 

Pours a deep golden almost amber color with a finger or so of eggshell foam. Lots of dough right upfront with more complexity as it warms a touch. Clay, smoked applewood salt, honeyed malts, hints of blueberry sweetness, green tea, fernet branca, underlying hop presence creates a stale grass citrusy layer as well. Lingering bitterness and herbaceous peppery yeast.

Retails for $10.99

Buy, Forage & Hoard or Pass By ?

Honestly... if your not a experimental saison fan, then "pass by" but if you are  addicted to trying all types of saisons then you must give it a shot... its a similar beast to a lot of Fantome's most recent batches. If you are intrigued by lighter integrated smoked malts... I say buy, not sure I would forage for this one or hoard though.

Final Rating: 

AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL12/20 

Final Score:

3.5 out of 5

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