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Circuit
Tin Man Brewing Company
- From:
- Tin Man Brewing Company
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- Bohemian / Czech Pilsner
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 71
- Avg:
- 2.94 | pDev: 30.27%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 25, 2018
- Added:
- Jan 19, 2013
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 9
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Ratings by slipperysoup:
Rated by slipperysoup from Illinois
2.31/5 rDev -21.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
Apr 03, 2015
2.31/5 rDev -21.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
Apr 03, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
3.52/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
In homage to the taste that got the whole pilsner taste going, The brewers at Tin Man venture into the popular and tumultuous style with an authentic taste that celebrates all its worts and all its glory.
Circuit pours with a mostly bright straw but a faint nod to keller-like haze. As a creamy and cottony head builds, the scent of tart lemon and orange tingle the nose ahead of a cereal-sweet taste thats raw of grain and sweet of corn.
Its development across the middle palate is quick and crisp- delivering a mostly malty but partly grain sweetness that's freshly bready and of cornbread minus the grit. Its hop profile that starts floral closes with a spicy bitterness that invites a grassy, lemony and apple-like sulfur taste that lurks deep in the recesses of taste. Bitter but balanced, the beer's taste is chocked full of character and rusticity.
Medium-bodied for pilsner, the beer's creamy grain profile lingers briefly in finish while its hop showcase is herbal, sharp and peppery. Lemongrass wins out as the lager's texture holds firm and remnants of corn and bread live on.
Feb 24, 2016Circuit pours with a mostly bright straw but a faint nod to keller-like haze. As a creamy and cottony head builds, the scent of tart lemon and orange tingle the nose ahead of a cereal-sweet taste thats raw of grain and sweet of corn.
Its development across the middle palate is quick and crisp- delivering a mostly malty but partly grain sweetness that's freshly bready and of cornbread minus the grit. Its hop profile that starts floral closes with a spicy bitterness that invites a grassy, lemony and apple-like sulfur taste that lurks deep in the recesses of taste. Bitter but balanced, the beer's taste is chocked full of character and rusticity.
Medium-bodied for pilsner, the beer's creamy grain profile lingers briefly in finish while its hop showcase is herbal, sharp and peppery. Lemongrass wins out as the lager's texture holds firm and remnants of corn and bread live on.
Reviewed by Buck89 from Tennessee
3.78/5 rDev +28.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +28.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured into a pilsner glass. Crystal-clear pale straw color with a thick and delicate white head. Nice head retention. Aromas were mainly light grain and cracker with some spicy noble hops. Taste followed, with bread and cracker followed by a fairly bitter spicy hop flavor. Clean finish. Medium-bodied.
Dec 27, 2015Reviewed by Jason from Massachusetts
3.5/5 rDev +19%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +19%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
Crisp, Smooth, Balanced, Dry
More and more breweries in the US are getting into the lager game, and I’ve got nothing to complain about there. With all the right malts, hops and yeast, the brewer’s intention here is quite apparent, too. Clear and crisp with spicy Saaz hops throughout, Circuit is grainy and grassy, appropriately bitter and has a drying finish. All in all it’s a good rendition, though the flavors seem a bit strained; both the malt and hops fail to really pop.
Look 4.50 | Smell 3.25 | Taste 3.25 | Feel 4.50 | Overall 3.50
Review from BeerAdvocate magazine issue #106 (NOV 2015)
Nov 13, 2015More and more breweries in the US are getting into the lager game, and I’ve got nothing to complain about there. With all the right malts, hops and yeast, the brewer’s intention here is quite apparent, too. Clear and crisp with spicy Saaz hops throughout, Circuit is grainy and grassy, appropriately bitter and has a drying finish. All in all it’s a good rendition, though the flavors seem a bit strained; both the malt and hops fail to really pop.
Look 4.50 | Smell 3.25 | Taste 3.25 | Feel 4.50 | Overall 3.50
Review from BeerAdvocate magazine issue #106 (NOV 2015)
Rated by psmith161 from Indiana
3.8/5 rDev +29.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev +29.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Good example of a Bohemian pilsner.
Jun 20, 2015Reviewed by KYGunner from Kentucky
3.57/5 rDev +21.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.57/5 rDev +21.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
I'm not one to wax on about appearance, especially in a lager but this foamed up to a dense merangue of a head that was a gorgeous crown on a lemon yellow body.
Decent nose of light Pilsner malts, cracker and cereal grains.
Light flavor and feel, I get wheat like malts, cereal grains, Pilsner malt, yeast (Belgian) and a touch of lemon. Not sure I understand the poor reviews as this is well done for the style.
Mar 20, 2015Decent nose of light Pilsner malts, cracker and cereal grains.
Light flavor and feel, I get wheat like malts, cereal grains, Pilsner malt, yeast (Belgian) and a touch of lemon. Not sure I understand the poor reviews as this is well done for the style.
Rated by derekgw123 from Kentucky
1.61/5 rDev -45.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.75
1.61/5 rDev -45.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.75
Very let down by Tin-Man on this one. Tasted like a glorified Bud Light.
Jan 31, 2015
Circuit from Tin Man Brewing Company
Beer rating:
71 out of
100 with
66 ratings
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