Stillwater Premium

Stillwater Artisanal
Brewed at Westbrook Brewing
Style: Specialty Grain
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Serve in Shaker, Tumbler

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UPDATED: JUN 22, 2012 Thanks Ryan. Cloudy yellow with thick white head. Nose is corny, some sweet butter, starfruit, honey, herbal hops. Flavor is on the dry side, some sweetness with a slight bitter finish. Okay. Ryan gave me 4 bottles of this (thanks bro!!) and so I’ve been lucky enough to get to try it 3 times since new years eve. This beer has only gotten better. Its much more funky and dry now and the buttery notes are gone. Hops are present, everything is balanced perfectly. I was trying to trade a bottle a couple days ago but now that I’ve had this again today I’m keeping that last bottle for sure. Delish. Need more beers out there like this. Wish it was a tad more affordable. Third re-rate: this is my favorite beer of 2012 so far. And I had it for the first time on new years eve! Every bottle after those I had on NYE has been excellent to stellar. I never get tired of this stuff. Need to Find a keg to bring to the beach.

Numerous bottles. One of the absolute most drinkable, most delicious beers I’ve ever tasted. I can’t imagine a better session beer. Brett horsiness is dead on, backing up an utterly dry beer with a light but creamy body. Carbonation is perfect, even with the large fluffy white head. I don’t know what this beer could possibly do more right.

[Cask @ Railroad] Poured a hazy golden color with a medium sized, white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of brett, vanilla, honey, floral, and light citrus. Taste of honey, citrus fruits, grassy hops, vanilla, and a wild, bretty finish.

UPDATED: FEB 22, 2013 Bottle from Last Drop after a sunny Fourth of July at a baseball game.

Beautiful hazy yellow with a taut whipped-eggwhite head. Gentle hints of sourness, strong but not overwrought Saaz presence. The modest brett character really makes this one work. This is a truly brilliant session beer at 4.5%, combining the best of Avril, Orval, and Amstel. (Ok, not really Amstel, more like Augustiner Pils, but "Avril, Orval, and Amstel" has a better ring to it.)

8/4/9/5/18=4.4

Revisit at Whistler in February. This time around I’m just not impressed. I guess this is a summertime beer; it seems a bit sour and unpleasant now. I’d give it about a 3.3 today but I’m going to let the original rating stand.

r u jokin or wat?

Pours a very hazy yellow with a great head and good lacing on the glass.

The aroma is lemony with some hay, & some multi layered funk. Pungent, complex, and a joy to stick your nose into a glass of.

The flavor is wonderful, very hoppy & very dry, The beer is funky, earthy, bitter, and lemony, with mild brininess and some great earthy character. The bitterness level is fairly high for this type of beer but suits the flavors here perfectly. Some mild hay character is nice, The beer is very "bright" tasting all around.

The carbonation is high which is perfect here, the mouthfeel is lively and prickly, and yet this drinks particularly easily.

UPDATED: JUN 9, 2012 On tap at Farmer’s Cabinet. hazy gold, moderately effervescent, thin but lasting white head, decent lacing. Bright nose of apricot and grain, bit doughy. Flavor is bright tangerine at front, bit salty with moderate dough and peppery esters before finishing with light grain bitterness, dough, and a bit of cracked wheat qualities. The brett here is noticeable in some fruits, but very dialed down and balanced.

Several bottles at Ginger Man. The aroma has a lot of bright Brett character. Dry and flinty with a lot of bright pineapple character and some bright fruit and a little bit of soft light fruit. There is a touch of soft sweetness on the back that I didn’t expect but kind of works. Lemony and fresh with a lot of light flinty flavour. Tasty. 

UPDATED: JAN 19, 2013 Bottle courtesy of Paul at Spuyten Duyvil during Zwanze day 2012. Pours a clear golden body (more haze as you work your way to the bottom of the bottle) with nice white lacing. Aroma is delicate brett, fresh grassy hop, clean malt, light funk and citrus. Mouthfeel is clean and crisp with notes of freshly cut grass, hops, tons of Brett, light citrus, funk and a nice earthy finish. Awesome and sessionable.

Pours mostly unclear lemonade in color with a huge creamy white head. The aroma brings the wild Brett yeast in the forefront with light tangy notes. The flavor of light lemony and tart notes with the 3 types of Brett dominating the palate in a delicous way. The carbonation is prevalent but works well on a medium body.

I picked this bottle up at the Charleston Beer Exchange when visiting the area. The pour is this hazy yellow color with a big fluffy head collecting on top. Wisps of lacing scatter along the sides of the glass after each sip. The aroma is quite flowery and fruity. Definitely some noticeable brett influence here, with herbs and some barnyard straw. My first sip thoughts are dry, dusty, a bit funky, and tart. This is a really tasty Saison (or whatever you want to call it) that just gets better from there. The flavors; grass, citrus rind, herbal hops, dusty notes, tart bretty funk, and wild flowers meld together really well. The floral note here isn’t as strong as in the scent, however. It’s refreshing and easy going, yet still quite complex. Another winner from Stillwater, who have become one of my favorite breweries.