Sorgham Beer
St. Peter's Brewery Co Ltd

Sorgham BeerSorgham Beer
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From:
St. Peter's Brewery Co Ltd
 
England, United Kingdom
Style:
German Pilsner
ABV:
4.2%
Score:
66
Avg:
2.7 | pDev: 25.56%
Reviews:
51
Ratings:
86
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 20, 2020
Added:
Jun 28, 2009
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  6
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Ratings by DavoleBomb:
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Reviewed by DavoleBomb from Pennsylvania

1.82/5  rDev -32.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 1.25
Poured into a pils glass.

3.25 A: This is carbonated like mad. First pour gave me over two hands of head. Several pours later I discovered a clear medium yellow color. Three plus fingers of foamy white head. Retention lasts seemingly forever as bubbly reinforcement from below keep it maintained. Lots of lacing.

1.75 S: Smells of perfumy doughy sweetness with notes of ginger ale. Strange and I don't really care for it.

1.5 T: Sweet doughiness. No much in terms of hops. Perfumy ginger ale. Not much else to say - doughy overly sweetened ginger ale.

3.5 M: Medium body. I swirled this enough to get the carbonation down to an acceptable level. Moderately creamy. Not bad here.

1.25 D: All I need to say is that I wouldn't drink beer if I had to drink sorghum beer. Stuff is horrible.
Jun 02, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 2.58 by markallmon from Tennessee

Apr 20, 2020
 
Rated: 2.07 by Zaktcc from Maryland

Mar 24, 2018
 
Rated: 2.75 by JayKay412 from Pennsylvania

Mar 07, 2017
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Reviewed by ordybill from Georgia

2.53/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Poured from a 16.9 OZ bottle into a pint glass at the World of Beer in Pooler, GA. The appearance is a clear gold color with a large white head. Not pleasant aroma. Overpowering taste. Not good.
Jun 30, 2016
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Reviewed by irrevjim from Massachusetts

3.06/5  rDev +13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
from a bottle to a beer tulip
look; golden, clear, much carbonation, huge head, good retention, foamy lacing
smell; herbs and spices, sage, oregano, big skunk, some citrus and barnyard, ginger ale, medicine, interesting and starts as a 4+ but consistently skunky from several sources over several years (i have a gluten free friend who leaves behind often)
taste; you can taste the herbs and some almost malty sweetness but it all comes together like a skunky lager
feel; light, a little bitter, a little over-carbonated
overall; this is tough, if i get past the overall effect of a skunky lager it has some interesting aspects which would make me drink it over, say, a glutenberg, if i were gluten free. I don't know if the 'skunk' is from traditional causes (it is a slow selling import in a green bottle) or the nature of what it's made of.
Mar 14, 2016
 
Rated: 2.79 by Duff27 from Illinois

Oct 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.59 by beerbart from California

Aug 24, 2015
 
Rated: 2.44 by spycow from Illinois

Aug 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Beer-Zombie from Oregon

Oct 11, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by afsdan from Colorado

Aug 06, 2014
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

3.1/5  rDev +14.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.25
I had purchased this a while back, thinking that perhaps an article on gluten-free beers might be in the offing. When I could not find a taker, the beers got shunted to the side. I had a colleague who has issues with gluten and she was always curious about beers that were gluten-free. I usually eschew them since I am not gluten-intolerant and prefer to leave them for people who are. In the interim, I am purging my massive backlog of bottles this summer and lo and behold! this one popped up. They will now be part of The Great Bottle Purge of the Summer of 2014.

From the bottle: "Beer made from Sorghum (contains no wheat or barley)"; "Sorgham Beer (TM) [-] A clean, crisp beer with a pilsner style lager finish and aromas of citrus and mandarin from American Amarillo hops. Made from Sorghum, not wheat or barley. Brewed with skill and patience on one of Britain's finest malt breweries."; "Historical Notes [-] St. Peter's Brewery is located in a medieval hall in a remote and beautiful corner of Suffolk. There our beers begin their lives deep below the brewery with water drawn from a pure source - as it has been for over 700 years, essential for the full flavour and pure character of all St. Peter's beers."; "Our beautiful flask-shaped oval bottle is a faithful copy of one produced c. 1770 for Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. The original is now kept at St. Peter's Hall and is a rare example of an oval Eighteenth Century beer bottle."; [depicted -] St. Peter's Hall, circa 1280 AD".

Having learned that these gluten-free beers have no lees, I proceeded with an aggro pour, creating two bubbly, fizzy fingers of bone-white head with decent retention. Nose had a soft apple vinegar scent, not as sharp as with most of the others that I have tried. Color was a yellowish-gold (SRM = 4 - 5) with NE-quality clarity. Mouthfeel was thin and watery. The taste had a salty, grassy quality. like a cross between a Gose and Samuel Smith's Organic Lager, possibly due to the water they are using. This was oddly pleasant, which I realize is another instance of my damning with faint praise. I have come to realize that I am not a fan of these gluten-free beers, but neither am I really their intended audience. Finish was semi-dry with a light sweetness beginning to emerge. I did not really perceive citrus or mandarin, but at least it was palatable.
Jul 30, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by JoeMans from New York

Jul 17, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by macesq from California

Jun 26, 2014
 
Rated: 2.25 by BuzzCP from California

Jun 22, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by MaddDogg84 from Texas

May 31, 2014
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York

2.63/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
A: The beer is crystal clear dark yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger high bright white head that quickly died down and left a wide collar consisting of large bubbles around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of sorghum are present in the nose.
T: Like the smell, the taste is dominated by sorghum flavors but these seem to be muted a bit by the hops, which contribute a slight amount of bitterness and faint hints of citrus. The sorghum flavors linger through the finish and aftertaste and seem to be a little rancid.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied and a little clean and crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer has lots of aromas and flavors of sorghum, so if you are accustomed to gluten-free beers, this might not be a bad selection. It seemed to have a nicer mouthfeel compared to some of the other gluten-free beers that I've tried.
Apr 01, 2014
 
Rated: 2.25 by Anvilfarm from Missouri

Mar 08, 2014
 
Rated: 1.5 by bunta from New Jersey

Feb 28, 2014
 
Rated: 1.75 by JIMTRK16 from Illinois

Feb 26, 2014
Sorgham Beer from St. Peter's Brewery Co Ltd
Beer rating: 66 out of 100 with 86 ratings