BrewDog Nanny State (1.1%)

Formerly brewed at BrewDog
Style: Low Alcohol
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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very hoppy smell,golden, clear, white foam, light sweetness, very bitter, medium body, oily feel, lively, bitter, long finish. nice hoppy beer.

Nice hoppy aroma. Low carbonation. Nice grapefruit taste and full body. Alcohol is not missed much here.

A fantastic experiment. Ever bothered by brewers claiming they’re required to seek balance between bitter and sweetness (almost always ending in colossal sugar bombs)? You know what unsweetened tea and coffee tastes like. This is beer without sugar. And it’s delicious. Real and strong resinous hop aromas and bitterness - real bitterness - with a strong roasty backbone and finish. Lightly effervescent. Even at 1%, it held up well to coming overseas. No flaws.

Bottles in various locations. Lots of hops in the nose, strong bitter flavour. Intense hoppiness. Loads of unfermented malt makes a weird balance at the end. Endless bitter tail, could last for days...

incredible experience with low alcohol. Hoppynes and bitterness is so unbelieveable balanced compared to lackness of alcohol and only mild but meaningfull maltyness.

UPDATED: MAR 17, 2012 Original rate: 7/3/7/315 - A number of bottles ordered from the brewery, drunk in Nov and Dec 09. Medium brown with little head. Strong fresh hop aroma. Light palate as expected for a beer of this strength (or should we say weakness?) but lots of dryness and some phenol flavours. The aftertaste is very insistent and of course, there is sod all in the way of balancing sweetness. A great experiment but I’d pick the How to Disappear ahead of it.

Update: Bottle drunk at home with tashi, 17th March 2012. Two more years in the bottle have changed this beer. Big magnolia head. The heavy hopping is still evident but the beer is much more drinkable, feeling balanced and like a beer of several more %. Surprisingly, malt comes through on the nose! The hops have really mellowed out and the malt and hops are now in tune. Pity that this takes two years to achieve! Much better than the 0.5% (was drinking them head to head).

33cl bottle at Dr. Jekylls. Batch 001, Best before 2010-06-01. Amber colour. Small white head. Lots of carbonation. Very hoppy aroma. Lots og tropical fruits. Bitter flavour. Very hoppy. tropical fruits. Long aftertaste. Very reminiscent of Brew Dog’s Punk IPA, but without all the scary alcohol. A brilliant beer.

12. Thanks clint! Pours a pretty medium amber. A bit cloudy. Dense creamy tan head. Big toasty iced tea nose with fresh grassy hop overtones. Creamy medium body with lively carb. Iced tea, caramel, toast on the mid palate. Long iced tea finish. Hides the alcohol well.

Clear dark amber with a good head. Aroma heavy citrus hoppy Flavor light sweet and watery with a ton of hops in the after taste.

Orange ale with huge, dense off white head. Hoppy aroma with loads of pine, pine apple, grape fruit. Hoppy bitter flavour with underlying malty sweetness. Some what watery palate. Lasting bitterness. Very impressive. Imperial mild is truly a great concept!