 Pigfoot (2222), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
May 13, 2008
Shakparo:
ale made from sorghum & millet, brewed without wheat or barley, fire-brewed, African-style...with a label featuring a trio of African pals, giraffe, lion, and elephant traveling together against an African sunset without once mauling or stampeding one another...hakuna matata!
16 ounce bottle, 5.7% abv.
Poured into a Delirium Tremens tulip glass. Elephants going back to Africa, so to speak.
Very hazy apricot appearance, disappearing head...
Slightly sour and funky aroma, at first...smells like a spiced wheat beer, though we know it isn’t. Reminds me of a yeasty Belgian pale ale, oddly enough.
Bright flash of flavor in the mouth. Citrusy feel, then softly fading, leaving a faint lemony ring behind. Feel almost hefe weizen-like at times, though there’s no wheat here...so this is what sorghum beer tastes like, eh? Not bad...
Although for a while, it gets too acidic and astringent for me...
got to say, not the sort of thing I’d want to have too often...
phishpond417 (1162), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Jul 21, 2008 When rating sorgum beers, I think one needs to be very openminded. If you have a gluten intolerance, and regular beer is definately out of the picture- then these types of brews are blessings. So with that out of the way: the beer pours a cloudy yellow colour with an off white head. Aroma is sorta stanky- no lie, but you have to have an understanding nose. Rice, corn and a sake like aroma. Tatse is sort of sour, but tolerable.
Beerlando (1157), Orlando, Florida, USA
Jul 6, 2008 Pours a cloudy brazen color with a small, fizzy, off-white head. Minimal spotty lacing noted. To say that the aroma is heavily spiced would be an understatement. Basically smelling like an overly sweet wheat beer, it seems as though the brewers dumped just gobs of sorghum, nutmeg, and allspice in without regard for subtlety or pairing. Flavors, too, were intensely sweet up front, turning towards abrasively spicy and almost bitter on the back end. Very little, if any, hop character, with the bitterness stemming from the seemingly raw spices contained within. Medium-plus, sticky, syrupy body. Oh what a vile creation this is! Absolutely wretched from start to finish.
ZephramStark (1), , Wisconsin, USA
does not count  Jun 18, 2008 Shockingly sweet, dry cider and ginger flavor that grows on you and becomes delicious by the third or fourth bottle. Best buzz of any beer I’ve tried. Most notably, a beer without gluten means no wheat and barley farts. $7/4pack-16oz
dalepryor (145), St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Jun 2, 2008 This ale seems like it missed the plot, the smell made me interested, i kind of got an idea of what i was going to taste and then well it just wasn’t what it seemed, it’s really carbonated but no flavor, only an acidic aftertaste and maybe some sort of fruit but just lacking any noticeable enjoyability. I’m kind of upset i have to drink this, i don’t want to pour it out i spent money and times are hard!
redlight (1030), Winter Park, Florida, USA
May 30, 2008 Over ripe apricots, doughy aroma. pours a cloudy blonde with a thin white head. Fruity, funky, wheaty, with hints of citrus, almost bubble gummy, with a strong resemblence to Hitachino Nest Red Rice, almost olive-live. Not bad, but i like me some gluten!
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