Midnight Sun 2007 Deadly Sins: Pride

Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
Anchorage, Alaska USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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651mL courtesy of savnac. Well holy god this one was good! The pour is a hazy, glowing, bright orange with a gargantuan ice cream head with infinite retention and stratospheres of lace. Aroma is Brett at its best: fresh citrus, fresh/sweet oranges, rose pedals, spicy oak, fruit caramel, fresh and earthy. Taste is fresh, zippy, dry with sweet fruits, tropicals, mango, caramel, rose, and potpourri. Really just unbelievable. I think the bottle was empty in about three minutes. Need more!

22oz Vintage 2008 Bottle Thanks to ditmier. Pours out a deep gold/orange topped with a off white cream head. Aroma was Brett, fruit, funk, and some citrus. Taste was Brett from start to finish along with some of the fruit showing up.

From a bomber. Pour is hazy orange with a large pillowy white head. Big funky aroma with brett and some tart lemon acidity present as well. Reminiscent of a gueuze in the aroma. Flavor starts of slightly spicy, with some earthiness and acidity that lead into dry finish. Seems a tad dusty in the finish, too. Thanks JW for this beer. Pretty damn good stuff.

Bomber shared with mattyb83. Pours a, deep golden orange with a medium sized fluffy white head. The brett presence on the nose is so large its almost overwhelming. Brett, lemon citrus, and barnyard funk comprise the aroma. A high amount of carbonation is present despite only the medium sized head. A lot of the dry, chardonnay notes come through in the taste. Yeast, lemon, spice, funk, and slightly acidic for a Belgian ale. Slight tartness on the finish. Overall a very nice belgian ale with a big brett funk.

22oz bottle. Rating #76. Clear bright orange with pretty much no head. Big brett aroma, dry and a bit tart. Slight brett in the finish, very drinkable and a bit dry, really nice. (1415)

Brett-y yet quite fruity aroma: don’t know that I’ve ever had so much of the two in the same beer’s aroma. Elegant, slightly dusty flavor - like dusty dried apricots.

Thanks to my FL homie, Jw347, for this surprise in the last box he sent me. You the f’n man! Poured into Portsmouth tulip. A - Pours a dark yellow/orange, off-white creamy head, nice cap, lots of sticky lacing, and some chucks of goodness from the bottle of the bottle. Very nice looking beer. S - Wonderful brett aroma, some oak, melon sweetness (honeydew, cantaloupe). Lots of stuff going on here to meld together and create an awesome-smelling brew. T - Brett, slight funk/tart, melon sweetness, oak. Very saison-like, which is a good thing. Very solid. M - Light, crisp, refreshing, semi-dry finish. D - A wonderful offering from MS. I would love to have this one again and I think there’s room for more development in the bottle. Thanks again, JW, for this one. Highly recommend.

A: A gush of beer and foam as the cap is popped, but a quick pour into the glass shows a cloudy golden orange/amber with a huge white head. S: Tons of brett in the form of an earthy funkiness which is quite pleasing along with the bright, lemony acidity. A bit of oak and grass to keep things nice and "green". T: The flavor is just as good as I had hoped: a really clean and bright acidity with some lemon and green apple. The funk provides a nice earthy and light bitter note, and some mild oak. M: The body is toward the light side with a bounty of carbonation that pricks the tongue. D: One of the best of the Sins beers and even of the Midnight Sun offerings I’ve had. Just delicious.

2008 Bottle - Courtest of savnac, thanks!!! - Pours a hazy dk golden with a large, frothy white head...aroma is malty and lemony, straw and dusty funk, typical MS Brett aroma...flavour is pretty straightforward, dusty, bretty vanilla oak, tannic woodiness, raw grain and lemon...

bottle pours gold with a medium white head. Aroma is honey and floral hops. Flavor is light grass and hay with a peppery floral hop bite that dry out the finish.