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Flat Earth Element 115

Flat Earth Element 115

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A California Common brewed by
Flat Earth Brewing Company

St. Paul, Minnesota USA

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593.12/5.03.11/5.05.5%45.2 Lager glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
UFO experts claim that this element combined with another element make UFOs fly. A true American style beer made with lager yeast fermented at warmer ale temperatures gives this beer a slight fruity character yet remains crisp and refreshing. What kind of beer is it? It depends on whom you ask. Some will call it a West Coast lager, some a California Common and other still will say amber hybrid. We hopped this beer with four different west coast varieties of hops, Northern Brewer, Cluster, Simcoe and Mt. Hood.

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 HogTownHarry (3186), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/59/20

May 13, 2008    Updated: May 14, 2008
Bottle (22oz). Shared with blankboy, garthicus and tupalev, my bottle via trade with Oakbluff. Hmmm - quite a near gusher on opening (I was warned, opened it slowly, still foamed), cloudy orange pour, huge frothy off-white head. Dry, peppery yeasty aroma, slightly metallic, light, vague caramel malt. A bit of fruit to the taste, sour, dry, peppery, stale - long stale aftertaste. Average, stinging mouthfeel, dry, seemed to attack my tongue a bit. Didn’t like it - california common? Frankly, I think it might have been a bit infected.

 KimJohansen (3171), Copenhagen V, Denmark
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/511/20
Jul 30, 2008  
Cloudy amber with medium off white head. Sweet aroma with fruity and yeasty notes. Sweet yeasty flavor with caramel notes. Ends sweet with mild hoppy notes.


 Papsoe (9999), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 30, 2008  
(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of Skyview. Pours a slightly hazy amber golden with a dense off-white head. Lightly sweet citrusy nose. Medium body with some maltiness and lightly tart citrus. The finish a rather hoppy. Mostly reminds me of a decent German Zwickl. 260708


 uhre (235), Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/510/20
Jul 30, 2008  
A bit of hops and malt otherwise the aroma is pretty much like a pilsner. flavor is the same; malty with notes of hops.


 sk8viking (6078), Copenhagen, Denmark
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/510/20
Jul 30, 2008  
Bottle. A amber beer with a malty/straw, grassy aroma and taste, some hay. Medium body with a dry hay finish.


 Ungstrup (11075), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/511/20
Jul 27, 2008  
Bottled - tasted blind. A hazy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel as well as light notes of phenol and something burnt. The flavor is sweet malty and rather spicy - lemongrass and black peber, leading to a dry spicy finish.




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