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Martin House Brewing Company
- From:
- Martin House Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
Ranked #192 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #24,682 - Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 14.64%
- Reviews:
- 19
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 24, 2023
- Added:
- May 22, 2013
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 33
This 4-grain breakfast beer was modeled after a bowl of cereal. It's made with barley, wheat, oats, and rye and finished with honey and milk sugar. It has a bright and dynamic flavor unlike any other.
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Reviewed by Grax from Iowa
4.17/5 rDev +15.2%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.17/5 rDev +15.2%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Aroma of bready malts, flavor opens like biting into a big, sweet breakfast pastry. Very malty and satisfying and laced with plenty of cream and honey. Satisfying body, very delicious
Apr 05, 2023Reviewed by HardTarget from Texas
3.27/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Appearance: Hazy orange amber glass holds a thin halo of white foam.
Aroma: Sweet malt, almost malt extract, with some orange rind. Almost sweet tart candy.
Taste: Yeasty, white bread yeast, with a worty under attenuated note. Balanced, a bit of an American Lager profile. It's not sweet, but I'm struggling to find any hop notes. Maybe some light peppery Saaz, some earthy notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium high carbonation, medium body, a little syrupy in the texture with some grittiness from the carbonation.
Overall: Ok, a breakfast beer. When I hear that, I think Breakfast Stout, but this is the far other end of the spectrum. I would have appreciated a little more info on the can so I knew what I was getting. I could see this as a slightly interesting lawn mower, but it doesn't wow me like most Martin House beers. If you like Blonde Ales, I can recommend this, but otherwise I would direct you to other Martin House offerings.
Mar 29, 2023Aroma: Sweet malt, almost malt extract, with some orange rind. Almost sweet tart candy.
Taste: Yeasty, white bread yeast, with a worty under attenuated note. Balanced, a bit of an American Lager profile. It's not sweet, but I'm struggling to find any hop notes. Maybe some light peppery Saaz, some earthy notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium high carbonation, medium body, a little syrupy in the texture with some grittiness from the carbonation.
Overall: Ok, a breakfast beer. When I hear that, I think Breakfast Stout, but this is the far other end of the spectrum. I would have appreciated a little more info on the can so I knew what I was getting. I could see this as a slightly interesting lawn mower, but it doesn't wow me like most Martin House beers. If you like Blonde Ales, I can recommend this, but otherwise I would direct you to other Martin House offerings.
Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas
3.92/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a very lightly hazed golden-orange color with a tiny white head. The head fades instantly leaving no lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is big of a bready and malty smell mixed with tons of honey and a decent showing of a milky smell. Along with these aromas comes some smells of cereal, being a mix of oatmeal and some smells of corn pops and life. Along with these smells comes a bit of peach and melon. Overall a very strange but sort of inviting smell.
Taste – The tastes begins with a sweet and lightly grainy and bready tastes with lots of honey and some flavors of a light fruit tastes of peach and apricot. As the taste advances some oat like flavors as well as a bit of milk comes to the tongue. The milk flavor grows stronger in nature as the taste advances and is joined by more flavors of a cereal nature with tastes of cheerios and oatmeal coming to the tongue. At the end some powdered sugar and melon come to the tongue, leaving one with a sweet and cereal breakfast taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is average in thickness and creaminess with a carbonation level that is normal. Overall a decent feel for the odd abut interesting mix of flavors and makes it easy drinking and enjoyable.
Overall – A very strange mix of flavors here. Sort of like taking your bowl of cereal and blending it with some fruit, but all in a good way. I actually really liked this brew. Well worth a try if you get the chance.
Feb 05, 2020Appearance – The beer pours a very lightly hazed golden-orange color with a tiny white head. The head fades instantly leaving no lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is big of a bready and malty smell mixed with tons of honey and a decent showing of a milky smell. Along with these aromas comes some smells of cereal, being a mix of oatmeal and some smells of corn pops and life. Along with these smells comes a bit of peach and melon. Overall a very strange but sort of inviting smell.
Taste – The tastes begins with a sweet and lightly grainy and bready tastes with lots of honey and some flavors of a light fruit tastes of peach and apricot. As the taste advances some oat like flavors as well as a bit of milk comes to the tongue. The milk flavor grows stronger in nature as the taste advances and is joined by more flavors of a cereal nature with tastes of cheerios and oatmeal coming to the tongue. At the end some powdered sugar and melon come to the tongue, leaving one with a sweet and cereal breakfast taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is average in thickness and creaminess with a carbonation level that is normal. Overall a decent feel for the odd abut interesting mix of flavors and makes it easy drinking and enjoyable.
Overall – A very strange mix of flavors here. Sort of like taking your bowl of cereal and blending it with some fruit, but all in a good way. I actually really liked this brew. Well worth a try if you get the chance.
Reviewed by OKbrew89 from Oklahoma
3.67/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Advertised as a golden stout. Hazy golden body with a finger head that leaves lacing. Sweet grains make up the entire aroma. Taste delivers beyond the nose with biscuity malt, honey, and a little bit of esthers coming into the picture. Medium-high body and medium carbonation. Probably over carbonated.
It'd have to be something I'd be in the mood for. It'd work as a breakfast beer or could be paired with dessert food. A little bit sweeter than nose or description gives away.
Dec 07, 2017It'd have to be something I'd be in the mood for. It'd work as a breakfast beer or could be paired with dessert food. A little bit sweeter than nose or description gives away.
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