3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pour is a hazy orange with some slight red around the edges, small off-white head. Citrus and grassy herbal hops on the nose with slight notes of light biscuit and caramel malts. Flavor is much like the aroma but just kind of bland, watery, not much going on. Light to medium bodied.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft @ redlight redlight. Malty bready aroma with cereal notes. Pours a rich golden color with a white head. Bready Malts upfront with grassy hops and an earthy bitterness and very crisp finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at The Trappist Provisions
Appearance: Clear amber with a big off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Fruity, Belgian malts, caramel and yeast
Taste: Caramel, Belgian malts and citrus
Nice and clean
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tap at Meridian Pint. Pours a clear, light amber. Webby beige lacing. Nose is sweet cherry juice box, a bit vegetal with sweet greens and fresher broccoli. Taste is soapy, sticky, metallic with a sharp metal twang. Lemon soap and hydrogen peroxide in mouthfeel. Eh.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
The aroma is vegetable, caramel. The appeara nce is cloudy amber, white head. The flavor is toasted malt, earth, caramel, bitter hops. The finish is earthy, noble hops. Medium in body. Decent, interesting.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brewvival Trip Beer 112. Draft at Brewvival. Cool to see a new (to me) midwest brewer there. It’s a shame I didn’t make it to their table before a they had one beer left. Pours a clear amber color with a large frothy off-white head. Good head retention. Aroma of herbal hops and toasted malts. The taste is toasted malts, caramel, herbal hops. Medium bodied.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Shaker on draft at the Local Option. Dark, muddy, amber-brown color, no clarity. The aspect that stood out to me was definitely damp malts. It felt a bit like wet bread with a hint of American hops hiding in there. Light drink, medium to light carbonation. Very malt driven and in a novel way. Very subued and gentle on the cheeks. I liked it but would not be my "go-to" beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft. Notes of citrus, sweet bread and floral hops. Pretty darn good beer. Wish it was in bottles...or more available around me.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle served in a Stone imperial pint glass. Picked up at the local Binny’s.
A: Pours a burnt caramel-like color with a semi hazy body and dark amber edges. A one finger off-white head forms on the pour and slowly recedes to a thin film and a slightly thicker collar. Clingy and soapy waves of lace are left down the glass.
S: Light citrus notes are present with a slight nutty malt body and small yeast finish.
T: The malted barley body is present right up front and is slightly oaty, as well as nutty, in nature. A hint of toasted malts come through in the front. Light weisse yeast and a mild hop presence are both noticeable as well. The is a tiny bit of citrus fruit presence that gets drawn out at the end.
M: Medium to light bodied with ample carbonation. The finish is slightly dry and malty. Very drinkable.
O: Is this a nice representation of the Bavarian peasant ale? I don’t know, but it was good. I can definitely pick out the weisse yeast used and I think it’s a nice touch. Definitely drinkable. I would obviously choose much more flavorful brews given the opportunity, but it was a nicely crafted beer.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 12-22-2011
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Super hazy deep apricot coloured body with a copper and amber glow and a thin, fast-dying off-white head. Aroma of metal, alcohol, apricots, fruit, pungent hops and a bit of medicine. Medium-bodied; Assertive nutty flavour at first with a medicinal feel and a malty, yet almost caramel and toffee sweetness going right through. Aftertaste is nice and robust with some lighter alpha acid hops, some mild yeast notes and a bit of good malt as well. Overall, an interesting beer and definitely worth trying to find - for the style and for the legend of a bar it represents in Chicago. I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased from Binny’s in Chicago (Lincoln Park), Illinois on 04-December-2011 for US$6.66 (love it) sampled at home in Washington on 10-September-2012.
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