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The Forager
Stone & Wood
- From:
- Stone & Wood
- Australia
- Style:
- Witbier
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 2.91 | pDev: 3.09%
- Reviews:
- 2
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 08, 2016
- Added:
- Jan 21, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by doktorhops:
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
2.82/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.82/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
The Forager: Sweet mighty forager, picking berries and wild herbs, jumping from vast redwood to redwood, singing to the heavens “I’m a forager and I’m OK, I sleep all night and I forage all day!”... have I used that Monty Python reference yet? No? Good, it’s in now *crosses item off list*. So Stone & Wood have decided to start releasing beers that are made with ingredients that have been foraged locally in Byron Bay - expect forthcoming beers to be brewed with a hint of cannabis and surf board wax then.
Poured from a 500ml bottle into a Duvel tulip.
A: Hazed very pale straw, I mean there’s very little in the way of colour on this body - which is standard for a Wit, with a thin white lace ring in the glass. Agitated it for head but it was pretty much a “meh!” from the beer, what came about dissipated fairly quickly... on the plus side I won’t be getting any ‘Belgian dip’ from this Wit. 6/10.
S: Nose is quite dry “and how can one smell dryness?” you might ask, well I just can... it’s drying out my nose as I breathe in... shut up! Notes of orange peel, coriander, spicy yeast and something herbal that sticks out (and no it isn’t cannabis)... trying to wrap my head around it but I can’t quite place it - it’s got to be something random like ‘St. John’s Wort’ or ‘Horehound’... or ‘St. John’s Hore’s Wort’, in any case I’m stumped. 7/10.
T: As far as Wits go this one is a bit on the boring side, yes it has the above flavours: orange peel, coriander, spicy yeast, St. John’s Hore’s Wort. However it is all a bit wishy-washy and reminiscent of Hoegaarden - only a lot more expensive. Apart from that it ticks all the Witbier flavour boxes: Crisp; check! Dry; check! Spicy; check! Orangey; check! But I’m over paying way too much for craft beers that can’t even compete with macro beer flavours. 5/10.
M: Mid to light bodied with medium carbonation. 6/10.
D: Far and away Stone & Wood’s weakest effort of a beer, what happened to those guys - they’ve always been pretty decent, but this beer left an $11 hole in my wallet (ergo my heart) and I don’t know if I’ll ever trust another limited release from them after this... the description of ingredients in the next Forager would have to be pretty damn interesting/bizarre/experimental in any case. S&W WTF?!? 5/10.
Food match: Wit stuff - seafood, chicken, salad, chicken salad, salad chickens, etc.
Apr 08, 2016Poured from a 500ml bottle into a Duvel tulip.
A: Hazed very pale straw, I mean there’s very little in the way of colour on this body - which is standard for a Wit, with a thin white lace ring in the glass. Agitated it for head but it was pretty much a “meh!” from the beer, what came about dissipated fairly quickly... on the plus side I won’t be getting any ‘Belgian dip’ from this Wit. 6/10.
S: Nose is quite dry “and how can one smell dryness?” you might ask, well I just can... it’s drying out my nose as I breathe in... shut up! Notes of orange peel, coriander, spicy yeast and something herbal that sticks out (and no it isn’t cannabis)... trying to wrap my head around it but I can’t quite place it - it’s got to be something random like ‘St. John’s Wort’ or ‘Horehound’... or ‘St. John’s Hore’s Wort’, in any case I’m stumped. 7/10.
T: As far as Wits go this one is a bit on the boring side, yes it has the above flavours: orange peel, coriander, spicy yeast, St. John’s Hore’s Wort. However it is all a bit wishy-washy and reminiscent of Hoegaarden - only a lot more expensive. Apart from that it ticks all the Witbier flavour boxes: Crisp; check! Dry; check! Spicy; check! Orangey; check! But I’m over paying way too much for craft beers that can’t even compete with macro beer flavours. 5/10.
M: Mid to light bodied with medium carbonation. 6/10.
D: Far and away Stone & Wood’s weakest effort of a beer, what happened to those guys - they’ve always been pretty decent, but this beer left an $11 hole in my wallet (ergo my heart) and I don’t know if I’ll ever trust another limited release from them after this... the description of ingredients in the next Forager would have to be pretty damn interesting/bizarre/experimental in any case. S&W WTF?!? 5/10.
Food match: Wit stuff - seafood, chicken, salad, chicken salad, salad chickens, etc.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Andrewharemza from Australia
3/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
From bottle, pours Pale cloudy yellow with a small white head, that disapates to a small ring. Aroma herbs, spices, coriander. Taste coriander, banana, spice, herbs.
Feb 14, 2016
The Forager from Stone & Wood
Beer rating:
2.91 out of
5 with
2 ratings
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