 muzzlehatch (4425), Burlington, Vermont, USA
Apr 21, 2008
22 ounce bottle from City Market in Burlington, VT (April 2008) served a little above fridge temperature from an Allagash glass. Very pale amber-gold with lots of tiny bubbles clouding the liquid, topped by a largish smooth bubbly snow-white head which laces thickly as it drops rapidly....nose is sweet-ricey, indeed somewhat reminiscent of stickier nigori sakes, but mixing with the pilsener grassiness doesn’t really work and the aroma is more medicinal and gross than it is inviting....the body is thick and sweet, hops not noticed really, fruity and sugary throughout, more than a little sticky and cloying though not entirely undrinkable....an odd beast this; I entered it initially as an amber ale but the rice character really is strong if not dominant. I might recommend this to those with a somewhat experimental bent, but I’m not really liking it.
Lubiere (3250), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Aug 31, 2008 A golden ale with a thick creamy lacing white head. Aroma is fruity, grainy, and bready, with the sake notes coming out well. In mouth, a sweet malt with caramel notes, oily mouthfeel, alcohol and fermented rice. Medium bodied.
KyotoLefty (113), Kyoto, Japan
Aug 29, 2008 In the 650 ml bottle. Light, fruity aroma, with bread, yeast. Slightly sake-like. Sweet, fruity flavor with sake traces, grape, funkiness (just a touch), grains. Rather unpleasant actually, like a cheap, sweet, sake one-cup. Interesting idea but it didn’t really work.
rocbyter (638), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Aug 28, 2008 Aroma of apple juice. Hazy golden color with a medium white head. Light silky beginning with a Sweet fruity yeast finish.
porterhouse (926), Alna, Maine, USA
Aug 25, 2008 (22 oz. bottle from Kappy’s) Pours light goldish amber, a bit hazy. One finger of off-white head. Aroma is very sweet and candy-like. Mouthfeel is fairly smooth and quite sticky. Light weepy sheets and rings of lacing. Flavor is candy-like and sticky with a bit of perhaps vanilla extract and juniper. Somewhat of a sweet rice taste also towards finish, or is it the Koji? Just kind of a sweet, sticky mess - not really terrible but the whole thing really just doesn’t work.
VTHopHead (673), Barre, Vermont, USA
Aug 3, 2008 Sample at the 2008 VT Brewers Fest - Poured a very straw yellow in color with a small white head that very quickly disappeared. Aroma was grainy, with bready yeast, and slightly sour. Flavor was a bit unusual with some malty sweetness and some fruity sourness. Interesting... perhaps worth repeating at some point.
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