Mad Dog
The Mussel Inn
- From:
- The Mussel Inn
- New Zealand
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.45 | pDev: 3.19%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 04, 2014
- Added:
- Jun 17, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.34/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.34/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours an amber colour, quite cloudy with foamy beige head. Leaves some nice lace behind. Bit meh, apart from that lacing which is very nice.
Smells funky, with plenty of barnyard character. Touch of apple cider and mildly corporeal edge to it, almost savoury. Smells surprisingly subtle, could maybe use more aroma.
Caramel toffee malts upfront, with a touch of pecan. Really quite sweet and continues towards the back. Mild barnyard character towards the back but really not very 'wild', actually tastes very sweet overall.
Full body, touch of alcohol towards the back, not bad.
Decent, but tastes a bit heavy. Could use more cut through from that wild funk I expected.
Jul 04, 2014Smells funky, with plenty of barnyard character. Touch of apple cider and mildly corporeal edge to it, almost savoury. Smells surprisingly subtle, could maybe use more aroma.
Caramel toffee malts upfront, with a touch of pecan. Really quite sweet and continues towards the back. Mild barnyard character towards the back but really not very 'wild', actually tastes very sweet overall.
Full body, touch of alcohol towards the back, not bad.
Decent, but tastes a bit heavy. Could use more cut through from that wild funk I expected.
Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
3.56/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Tried on-tap at GABS 2014 in Melbourne. This is a blend of other matured Mussel Inn beers centred on a barrel of their Manuka ale.
Pours a bright copper colour, surprisingly clear and light in the body. Head is firm and solid, pure white and quite persistent. Lacing forms in solid clumps. Carbonation is fairly prevalent. Looks very good.
Mild whiffy sherbet character comes through on the nose—although not a real acidity. Slight woody notes and some other mild organics come through as well. Smells pretty decent.
Taste has a light tartness on the front which becomes something of an apple-scented astringency through the middle. Back is clean but still with that mild bite. On the finish is a little bit of bitterness giving a light grapefruit pith kind of character. Not bad.
Feel is thick but fairly mild. It works okay with the rest of the beer.
Overall, this is decent stuff, but Mussel Inn have done some standout beers in recent years and although it's good it doesn't feel quite up to the same standard. That's not to say it's not worth trying—but try it on the way to sampling some of their others as well.
Jun 17, 2014Pours a bright copper colour, surprisingly clear and light in the body. Head is firm and solid, pure white and quite persistent. Lacing forms in solid clumps. Carbonation is fairly prevalent. Looks very good.
Mild whiffy sherbet character comes through on the nose—although not a real acidity. Slight woody notes and some other mild organics come through as well. Smells pretty decent.
Taste has a light tartness on the front which becomes something of an apple-scented astringency through the middle. Back is clean but still with that mild bite. On the finish is a little bit of bitterness giving a light grapefruit pith kind of character. Not bad.
Feel is thick but fairly mild. It works okay with the rest of the beer.
Overall, this is decent stuff, but Mussel Inn have done some standout beers in recent years and although it's good it doesn't feel quite up to the same standard. That's not to say it's not worth trying—but try it on the way to sampling some of their others as well.
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