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Beyond Braggot
Sprecher Brewing Company
- From:
- Sprecher Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Braggot
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.51 | pDev: 17.09%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 10, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 26, 2014
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 5
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Sweffin:
Rated by Sweffin from Wisconsin
3.64/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Feb 14, 2016
3.64/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Feb 14, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by JohnnyHopps from Indiana
2.54/5 rDev -27.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
2.54/5 rDev -27.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
Appearance - The beer poured a golden orange color with white bubbles crowning the pour.
Smell - The beer smelled like dishwater with a floral soap.
Taste - I would best describe the taste profile as honey menthol dishwater. With the floral soapiness comes an off- putting mint flavor that conjures up memories of Newport Cigarettes.
Mouthfeel - Even when I could not appreciate the taste, the feel had a nice viscosity.
Overall - For the sake of Sprecher, I hope this bottle went bad and did not reflect the intended profile.
Feb 04, 2019Smell - The beer smelled like dishwater with a floral soap.
Taste - I would best describe the taste profile as honey menthol dishwater. With the floral soapiness comes an off- putting mint flavor that conjures up memories of Newport Cigarettes.
Mouthfeel - Even when I could not appreciate the taste, the feel had a nice viscosity.
Overall - For the sake of Sprecher, I hope this bottle went bad and did not reflect the intended profile.
Reviewed by Tsar_Riga from Minnesota
3.78/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A - Brown orange body, translucent but not transparent, with white head, just a wisp, fading away to nothing, and no lacing.
S - Huge hit of alcohol warmth, tea notes from the hops.
T - Caramel and tea, a touch of hop bitterness in the close, and throughout strong alcohol.
M - Mild carbonation, warmth on the tongue, a bit of dryness on the tongue.
O - Too boozy for my taste. Surprisingly clean though, making it easier than its ABV would suggest.
Dec 17, 2017S - Huge hit of alcohol warmth, tea notes from the hops.
T - Caramel and tea, a touch of hop bitterness in the close, and throughout strong alcohol.
M - Mild carbonation, warmth on the tongue, a bit of dryness on the tongue.
O - Too boozy for my taste. Surprisingly clean though, making it easier than its ABV would suggest.
Reviewed by SaltofOH from Ohio
3.95/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.95/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Bottle, lengthy bottle code largely illegible. DFH Tulip.
A: pours a hazy, turbid, dark amber, milky even. Some large bubbles cling to the side, but no visible carbonation and no head. BJCP says clarity should be good to brilliant, with a light to moderate head...
S: Sweeeeeet! A vinous, honeyed, syrupy, coffee cake like smell. Slightly fruity caramel? Mouthwatering. That said, I would say the honey and beer character are complementary, tilting toward honey. It does still smell like beer.
T: arrives sweet and not as malty as you would expect from the color. Mid palate is floral honey, slightly vinous, slightly floral, toffee, cinnamon crumble, Joyva sesame seed honey bars. Finish goes honey sweet to lightly bitter, a woody/herbal hop bitterness, then clean alcohol, like vodka. Alcohol lingers.
M: syrupy. Lighter end of full-bodied with basically no carbonation. Slick, but manages to clean up nicely. Alcohol warms on the way down.
O: this is somewhat like a barleywine, but without the layers of malt complexity and more straight-on honey sweetness. Like a honey-flavored old ale. I am really thrilled that I got to try this, and if I catch another braggot out there I think I will buy it and toss it down in the cellar for some cold January night. But this is not something I could see myself drinking regularly, or even annually. That said, for 11%, it is not a difficult beer to drink, and for one made with honey is not cloying in the least. That on its own is a tremendous achievement.
Apr 29, 2017A: pours a hazy, turbid, dark amber, milky even. Some large bubbles cling to the side, but no visible carbonation and no head. BJCP says clarity should be good to brilliant, with a light to moderate head...
S: Sweeeeeet! A vinous, honeyed, syrupy, coffee cake like smell. Slightly fruity caramel? Mouthwatering. That said, I would say the honey and beer character are complementary, tilting toward honey. It does still smell like beer.
T: arrives sweet and not as malty as you would expect from the color. Mid palate is floral honey, slightly vinous, slightly floral, toffee, cinnamon crumble, Joyva sesame seed honey bars. Finish goes honey sweet to lightly bitter, a woody/herbal hop bitterness, then clean alcohol, like vodka. Alcohol lingers.
M: syrupy. Lighter end of full-bodied with basically no carbonation. Slick, but manages to clean up nicely. Alcohol warms on the way down.
O: this is somewhat like a barleywine, but without the layers of malt complexity and more straight-on honey sweetness. Like a honey-flavored old ale. I am really thrilled that I got to try this, and if I catch another braggot out there I think I will buy it and toss it down in the cellar for some cold January night. But this is not something I could see myself drinking regularly, or even annually. That said, for 11%, it is not a difficult beer to drink, and for one made with honey is not cloying in the least. That on its own is a tremendous achievement.
Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
3.9/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.9/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 2/7/2014. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/amber/light copper color with a 1 finger dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around that glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big honey, caramel, brown sugar, lemon, orange, golden raisin, apricot, wood, pepper, clove, lightly toasted bread, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of honey, bready malt, fruity yeast, and light-moderate citrus/pine hop notes; with great strength. A bit of booze in the aromas as it warms. Flavors of big honey, caramel, brown sugar, lemon, orange, golden raisin, apricot, wood, pepper, clove, lightly toasted bread, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light pine/herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of honey, caramel, brown sugar, lemon, orange, golden raisin, apricot, wood, pepper, clove, lightly toasted bread, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of honey, bready malt, fruity yeast, and light-moderate citrus/pine hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light dryness from lingering bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/slick, and lightly sticky/syrupy/resinous balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden; a mild warmth lingering after the finish, with minimal booziness. Overall this is a very nice Braggot. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of honey, bready malt, fruity yeast, and light-moderate citrus/pine hop flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV. Seems to be a fairly simple approach on the style. Not much malt complexity; but very well balanced with honey, hops, and yeast notes. Like a cross between blonde barleywine and mead. A very enjoyable offering, and great style example.
Feb 18, 2017Reviewed by dcotom from Iowa
4.16/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from 12-oz bottle into wine glass. Slightly hazy honey-colored pour, thin white head that leaves some spotty lacing. Aroma reminiscent of a doppelbock. This is sweet to the taste, but very clean and dry on the finish. An interesting style, nicely executed.
Apr 15, 2016Rated by RblWthACoz from Pennsylvania
3.5/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tastes like muddled honey and beer. Eh. Not really that impressed with this. Especially after laying it down for some time to age.
Jul 04, 2015
Beyond Braggot from Sprecher Brewing Company
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
46 ratings
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