Midnight Sun Anchor from Midnight Sun Brewing Company

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Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Anchorage, Alaska USA

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Ratings Average Score Seasonal ABV Style Pctl Serve in
25 3.45/5.0 3.31/5.0 Special 6.25% 86.5 Tumbler, Weizen
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Commercial Description:
Witbier with Brettanomyces
6.25 % Alcohol By Volume
20 International Bittering Units (IBUs)

CREATOR = Gabe

Beer Description: This Belgian witbier begins with equal parts malted wheat and pale barley to create its traditional cloudy white appearance. The addition of Brettanomyces gives ANCHOR its trademark "green apple" or "horse blanket" aroma and lends tartness to the flavor and finish. At over 6% ABV, this ANCHOR’s got a bit of more kick than most wits.

BEER LINE: "Raise your Anchor"

2009 Crew Brew Series: Heading into 2009, the NINE of us will each designnamebrew a beer to be released in 2009. We are all very excited about this series. It’s a great way to “freeze” this time and space – right before we jump into the new place and add new folks. These NINE beers will be fabulously eclectic and delicious.

Creator of This Beer: Since joining MSBC in 1998, Gabe has worked and mastered the complete gamut of jobs in our brewery. As Head Brewer, he uses his accumulation of brewing knowledge and experience to continually conceptualize and create amazing beers. With oak-barrel aging, a multitude of yeast strains and a plethora of processes in back pocket, Gabe is now experimenting with Brettanomyces and other "bugs". This beer combines his long-standing favorite beer style, witbier, with his new BFF, Brettanomyces. Raise your Anchor!

SONG INSPIRATION: “Through churning waters and midnight skies You were my anchor." lyrics from Anchor by Misery Signals on the Mirrors LP, released 2006

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TampaBrew (746), Tampa, Florida, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Nov 8, 2009

Pours a hazy yellow. Nose is big brett, some yeast, bready. Flavor is a nice amount of bretty funk, mild mild tartness, grainy, bready, wheat.

Rustyham (545), miami, Florida, USA

1.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
1.1	2/10	1/5	2/10	2/5	4/20

Nov 4, 2009

No flavor that I can taste, this seems like perrier with yeast, to me. Bottle from Ryan Blanksi’s Sourfest- Hollywood, Florida, thanks to JW77.

daknole (2805), Plantation, Florida, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Nov 1, 2009

Thanks to JW77. Cloudy yellow pour. Aroma is bretty, woody and a little funky tartness. Flavor is full of brett, malt some light wood and hay.

travita (1861), Frisco, Texas, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Oct 27, 2009

Bottle thanks to bman1113vr. The look is cloudy, yellow in color, with a white colored head. The smell is brett, fruits, and tart. The taste is tart, fruits, brett, and good.

ericandersnavy (1039), crossroads, Texas, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Oct 21, 2009

bottle thanks to bman1113vr. poured a cloudy yellow with a white head. aroma was lemon, bubble gum, and vanilla. flavor was lemon, spice, and vanilla. light body with high carbonation.

Beerlando (2284), Orlando, Florida, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Oct 16, 2009

Pours a mostly clear, light golden hue with a very slight haze. A thick, frothy head of off-white foam is incredibly well retained, leaving vertical columns of jagged lacing on the glass. The aroma is exactly as advertised, light and crisp wheat malt showing lightly sweet, with notes of lemon rind and white pepper. Dry, dusty brett imparts a bit of farmhouse funk. Flavors follow suit, mildly sweet and fresh with wheat grain, with a light candied sweetness and some dry, barnyard, horseblanket brett elements. Medium bodied, lively, and dry, the prickly carbonation intensifies the bretty, bitter lemon finish. Excellent witbier. Midnight Sun rules.

bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Oct 15, 2009

Bottle. pale golden beer with a whitish head. Tart, light yeast and light malt aroma. Wheat and spice flavor with yeast and a light tartness. Medium bodied. Yeast, spice, wheat, and a light tartness linger.

BMan1113VR (2757), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Oct 2, 2009

Bottle via a trade with americanbrew. Pours with a huge white head over a milky yellow body. Aroma of light brett phenols, horse blanket, orange and lemon citrus. Flowery and perfumey. Taste is dry and flowery with orange peel, light brett and citrus. I could drink a TON of this stuff! Not quite a Boulevard Saison Brett or Jolly Pumpkin’s Wit, but it is still very nice. Fizzy and dry mouthfeel.

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