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Sprecher Shakparo Ale

Sprecher Shakparo Ale - Traditional Ale

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A Traditional Ale brewed by
Sprecher Brewing Company

Glendale, Wisconsin USA

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772.7/5.02.7/5.0Special5.7%9.1Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard P  Stats

Commercial Description:
African-style ale, based on West African tradition. Brewed with sorghum and has notes of spice and fruit. Unfiltered.

Shakparo style beers originated West African and are brewed with sorghum. Our Shakparo is light and refreshing with hints of fruit and spice, and is presented unfiltered as is traditional with this style.
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 JPDIPSO (4661), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20

Jan 10, 2007  
Quite cloudy amber liquid with a taller beige head that diminishes quite quickly. Sweet caramel with a touch of dark candi in the aroma. Nothing real strong, just somewhat mild, in a relaxing sort of way. Dry caramel flavors with a lightly woody and wheat undertone. Agree with the other assessments that this does have a mild Belgian quality, lIkely from the yeast. Light fruit in the finish, with raisins and a touch of melon. This reminds me of there base brew for the old belgian raspberry.

 jbuzz (638), South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/101/511/20
Jun 22, 2009  
chemical taste. Some other alcohol hints and sweetness very odd. But looks good in the glass


 topherh (675), Kearney, Missouri, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/54/101/56/20
Apr 7, 2009  
Pours a murky golden with a thin white head. Aroma is odd. Pleasant bourbon and ripe peaches one moment and very chemical the next. Flavor is chemical, super glue, nail polish remover come to mind. Different for sure, but not in an enjoyable way.


 Beershine (2268), Bamberg, Germany
1.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/103/52/103/53/20
Mar 29, 2009  
Oh God I hated this thing. Bottle at Zeke’s. Pours a milky amber color, really looks nice with a thick tan head and lots of lacing. But it’s all downhill from there. A horrid paint thinner chemical bouquet--I almost don’t want to put this into my body and everything in me shouts not to. But I take a sip...and there is nothing to redeem it! No malt or hop character to speak of. The tastes are, however, better than the aromas. It’s like drinking a steaming pile of rotting fruits bathed in acetone. It’s like the garbage disposal in your sink is getting revenge. If I were allergic to gluten I would stick with wine and vodka. F--- this shit.


 Oakes (7618), Bamberg, Germany
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/52/101/53/20
Mar 27, 2009  
Peach-amber colour with a thin head. Truly bizarre aroma - could be peaches, could be whisky, could be a garbage heap, could be a really bad batch of mofongo - use you imagination. Honestly, it’s probably just a heavy sorghum aroma, but it’s not pleasant. Raunchy sour sorghum character, like the fruity funk of a Caribbean stout but without the stout. This one is a major struggle.


 djd07 (606), Houston, Texas, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/59/20
Mar 15, 2009  
Bottle as shown. Pours a cloudy yellow golden with a very small white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is a skunky fruit with spice. Decent spotty lacing on the glass. The taste is a bready malt with some citrus and very watery. Not much going on with this one.


 DocLock (4440), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/58/20
Feb 25, 2009  
Bottle from Craft Ale. Pours turbid orangy coppery with minimal head and no lacing to speak of. Nose is citrus, bready malt, mild fruity and funky feety notes. Tastes wheaty bready malty, with spic, citrus, and mild hops, but is unbalanced and rather flat. Falls apart at the end, becoming a bit like a very diluted mead mixed with a few ounces of IPA. Forgettable.


 nearbeer (1695), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/53/103/57/20
Dec 30, 2008  
16 oz. bottle. Deeply cloudy orange-peach color with a lasting eight-inch disc of bubbles. Belgian-like aroma of cheese, earth-spiced tart apples and bananas baked in brown sugar. Tastes of funk, peppermint stick, cardboard, banana, and apple cider. A bitter medicinal finish of cardboard, minty tongue depressor and lemon coughdrop. Light-medium body is fizzy and finishes very dry.


 esjaygee (1260), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/59/20
Dec 14, 2008  
Hazy yellow to amber with a thin white head. Aroma of toasted malt, sorghum, banana and other assorted fruits and some sweet malt, er, millet. Taste is in a word… strange. Sorghum, fruit, mildly metallic, mildly fruity. Church wafer aspects creep into mind. Kind of thin. Good thing they put it into a big 16oz bottle because it is a bit tough to drink the whole thing. 8 oz would have been more than enough.



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