Sprecher Shakparo Ale

Brewed by Sprecher Brewing Company
Style: Traditional Ale
Glendale, Wisconsin USA

Date: 06/21/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Pre-RBSG

hazy dark yellow with tiny floaties, wispy white head, funky spicey malt aroma, creamy body, dry caramel malt flavor with lots of oaky funk, light tartness, touch of vanilla, earthy funk is prominant but not as bad as the aroma,

Aroma: 1/10; Appearance: 4/10; Flavor: 2/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 4/20
Rating: 1.3/5.0
Drinkability: 2/10
Score: 4

Peach-amber colour with a thin head. Truly bizarre aroma - could be peaches, could be whisky, could be a garbage heap, could be a really bad batch of mofongo - use you imagination. Honestly, it’s probably just a heavy sorghum aroma, but it’s not pleasant. Raunchy sour sorghum character, like the fruity funk of a Caribbean stout but without the stout. This one is a major struggle.

16oz bottle acquired in trade with drewbeerme (thanks!). Poured a medium and cloudy amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Lots of small floaters. Aromas of bananas, fruity, (spices defintiely cloves in there), smoked wood, and maybe a trace of bubble gum. Tastes of bananas, cloves, wheaty/graininess, fruity, and had that same woody-smokiness to it. Had a very light tart finish. Very interesting beer that seems to cross a few styles. This one is growing on me with every sip I take.

Pours a transparent golden bronze with a small frothy covering of white head. Interesting fiery smoked grainy sugary aroma has some bready Bavarian yeastiness and some clove spice. Body starts with a mild pale malty sweetness with hints of caramel and some light fruitiness before revealing toasty biscuits and a bittersweet earthy hop finish. Another interesting brew from Sprecher that I prefer over the Mbege, and makes for more of a hefe-weizen than a traditional ale.

Pours copper and slightly hazy with a thin white head. Smells of rice and fruit with some subtle peppery splashes. Taste is a little opn the funky side with some underrlying lactic hints, some fruit and hints of sweet malt. Decent for what it is.

Amber beer, fast-fading head with lots of suspended yeast. Aroma is quite sweet and herbal with a fairly cidery character. Light apple/pear aromatics with a touch of banana. Also a touch of brown sugar. Flavour is fairly sweet and fruity with a light herbal spiciness on the back. Some lactic tartness on the back as well. It’s sweeter than I’d like, but it isn’t bad.

This pours a very hazy apricot body that chock full of particulates and is topped by a small, creamy off-white head. The aroma is that of a watery orange juice with a splash of vanilla extract. Tastes a bunch like watery OJ, too, with some pureed bananas and mild brown spices. This is an interesting experiment by Sprecher, but I doubt I’ll be having it again.

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Quite cloudy amber liquid with a taller beige head that diminishes quite quickly. Sweet caramel with a touch of dark candi in the aroma. Nothing real strong, just somewhat mild, in a relaxing sort of way. Dry caramel flavors with a lightly woody and wheat undertone. Agree with the other assessments that this does have a mild Belgian quality, lIkely from the yeast. Light fruit in the finish, with raisins and a touch of melon. This reminds me of there base brew for the old belgian raspberry.