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Mishawaka Transit of Venus Sunrise Ale 3.23 11

Mishawaka Transit of Venus Sunrise Ale


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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
113.3/5.03.23/5.0Special6.1%25.6Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Brewed using four malts and only one hop variety (Centennial) Transit of Venus Sunrise Ale is brewed in the style of an India Pale Ale. It contains only malted barley, hops, water and yeast (It does not contain any wheat). Sunrise Ale has a color that emulates the color of a rising sun. It was created to comemorate the rare occurence of the Transit of Venus that will occur on June 8, 2004. It will be visible in Mishawaka, IN at sunrise and will be visible for 74 minutes. Hence the name "Transit of Venus Sunrise Ale."
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 Tmoney99 (4791), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Sep 27, 2005  
Draft sampler at MBC. Dark amber color with a moderate white head that diminished slowly. Moderate hoppy aroma. Medium body with dry texture. Light hoppy flavor with a small bitter finish.


 BBB63 (4271), La Porte, Indiana, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Jul 21, 2004  
Bottle: Clear golden hue with fizzy fading head and little lace. The aroma has notes of toasted malts, piney and floral hops, papery and earthy yeast esters, and a touch of pepper. The taste offers a moderate piney bitterness with a sour citrus around the edges. A bready and chalky aftertaste. The feel is lively. Sadly, this beer has a homebrew kit quality about it and is missing complexity and balance.


 Ughsmash (4079), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/513/20
Jul 29, 2005  
Orange/amber pour with a light off-white head. Centennial hops provided most of the aroma, with a little caramelly sweetness behind it. Flavor followed the aroma very well, but the single hop variety kept this from being more complex and interesting. Finish carried through the caramel and piney hops, and was a bit sticky.


 jsquire (2123), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Sep 28, 2004  
On tap at Mad Anthony’s Octobeer Fest. Pretty golden color with a fluffy white head and an orange citrus nose. Grainy astringency with a rotten orange rind funkiness in the finish. Both of Mishiwaka’s beer that I tried reminded me of homebrew.


 StewardofGondor (1934), Washington Heights - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 5, 2005  
Nice deep gold color with Mishawaka’s creamiest off-white head. Aroma is haystacks, neglected grass fields, cedar and caramel. Much creamier than their other renditions. Smooth, and a reserved hop profile. How many IPAs neglect the hops and favor the malts? Other elements include basement paneling, moth balls and spring cleaning. Decent, but an IPA? I’m not so sure.


 DrnkMcDermott (1862), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
May 9, 2005  
Draft. Another pale ale. Could tell it was all one hop, somehow. Orangey hop taste matches its orangey color, Sweet light caramel malts. Toward the end, a big pineyness comes along, too.


 Schroppfy (1813), Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
May 16, 2004  
On tap at the brewery. This was really a toasty malt delight, with just a hint of woodiness, pine, earthy. The body was nice; far heftier than the other beers I had there that day. If this was on regular rotation I would drink it. Nice golden reddish amber.


 tjthresh (1781), Greenfield, Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/512/20
Aug 4, 2005    Updated: Aug 13, 2005
All Centennial hops makes for a nice hop aroma. Copper orange. Medium head with some lacing. Kind of grainy and grassy. Ample bitterness. Medium body. Basicly a Two Hearted knock-off.



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