It looked disgusting during fermentation but it turned into a very pretty beer.
Tasting Notes:
- Aroma:
- It has fruity, almost cider like, smell to it. There is also maybe a hint of funky/cheezy/dirty sock smell lingering in the background. No malt, hops, or alcohol to speak of.
- Appearance:
- It has a pretty good head with a strong pour (as seen in the picture) but it doesn't linger for long. It has settled out to be very clear in the 2 months since bottling. It's a very light colored beer and it almost has a pink hue to it - very strange looking but pretty. Not sure how that happened.
- Flavor:
- Up front I get slight tartness mixed in with a bit of grainy/bready flavor. The middle is a very subdued fruity yeast flavor (gets more pronounced as it warms). The finish has a little bit of a bite to it with some sourness and maybe a bit of alcohol. It's a very light beer, somewhat watery, and the flavors are all very subtle.
- Mouth-feel:
- It finishes very dry and is a pretty refreshing beer. You want to take another sip pretty quickly after the first one. It's pretty highly carbonated but I think it would have been nice to have been a little more carbonated.
- Overall:
- A very refreshing beer that is easy drinking with a pretty low ABV but that still has a fair amount of complexity. A bit more sourness would have been nice but that actually could have detracted from that complexity.
I was really looking forward to brewing one of these. I've gone through about 3/4 of my bottles of this batch so I'm thinking another one may not be many batches away. I don't think I would use the White Labs 677 again though - it produces interesting flavors but I'm really looking for more lactic acid on the next one.
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