Wild Oats Series No. 61 - Tyrannosaurus Gruit
Beau's All Natural Brewing Company
- From:
- Beau's All Natural Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 17.33%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jun 10, 2018
- Added:
- Jan 11, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.38/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A: The beer is clear beet red in color and has a slight amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a short white head that quickly settled down, leaving a collar consisting of large bubbles around the edge of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of beets are present in the nose along with hints of spruce tips. As the beer warms up, the spruce tips become stronger.
T: The taste follows the smell, starting out with flavors of beets and finishing with stronger notes of spruce tips, the latter of which stand out and linger into the aftertaste.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer has an interesting combination of aromas and flavors of beets and spruce tips, although I wasn't a big fan of the beet juice.
Serving type: bottle
Jun 11, 2017S: Light to moderate aromas of beets are present in the nose along with hints of spruce tips. As the beer warms up, the spruce tips become stronger.
T: The taste follows the smell, starting out with flavors of beets and finishing with stronger notes of spruce tips, the latter of which stand out and linger into the aftertaste.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer has an interesting combination of aromas and flavors of beets and spruce tips, although I wasn't a big fan of the beet juice.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.56/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
600ml bottle - so this is a 'Tyrannosaurus' gruit because, um, why now? The big lizards had a predilection for beets or something?
This beer pours a clear, medium magenta colour, with three fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly pink head, which leaves a bit of coral reef atoll lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.
It smells of cold borscht (yeah), indistinct dark floral notes, some weak black berry fruitiness, and a bit of musty spruce needles. The taste is gritty and grainy pale malt, beet extract, gin-forward juniper berries, fresh-seeming spruce tips, musty and musky hibiscus florals, the dirt that all this stuff grew in (so, organic, then), and a further leafy, herbal, and grassy (non-hop) green bitterness.
The carbonation is fairly wan in its mostly just fizzy frothiness, the body a so-so middleweight, and sort of smooth, I suppose, as the beets seem to coat the palate as such. It finishes off-dry, the beets still lording it over any lingering fruity or floral essences.
Overall, there appears to be just a few too many cooks in this particular kitchen, and the broth might have been spoiled, had it not been for the heady nature of the beet adjunct - it certainly reigns supreme. I suppose my point is, that if you like beets (or are of Polish and/or Ukrainian descent and it reminds you fondly of family get-togethers), then this is a brew for you.
May 18, 2017This beer pours a clear, medium magenta colour, with three fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly pink head, which leaves a bit of coral reef atoll lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.
It smells of cold borscht (yeah), indistinct dark floral notes, some weak black berry fruitiness, and a bit of musty spruce needles. The taste is gritty and grainy pale malt, beet extract, gin-forward juniper berries, fresh-seeming spruce tips, musty and musky hibiscus florals, the dirt that all this stuff grew in (so, organic, then), and a further leafy, herbal, and grassy (non-hop) green bitterness.
The carbonation is fairly wan in its mostly just fizzy frothiness, the body a so-so middleweight, and sort of smooth, I suppose, as the beets seem to coat the palate as such. It finishes off-dry, the beets still lording it over any lingering fruity or floral essences.
Overall, there appears to be just a few too many cooks in this particular kitchen, and the broth might have been spoiled, had it not been for the heady nature of the beet adjunct - it certainly reigns supreme. I suppose my point is, that if you like beets (or are of Polish and/or Ukrainian descent and it reminds you fondly of family get-togethers), then this is a brew for you.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.72/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
600 mL bottle from the LCBO; bottled Feb 22 2017 and served slightly chilled.
This crystal-clear gruit pours a visually-pleasing crimson colour - and I don't mean "amber-red", we're talking "easily mistaken for Ocean Spray cranberry juice" red. Situated atop, there's one centimetre of loose, foamy, poorly-retained head with a pinkish hue; by the time a minute or two has passed, it has transformed into a modest collar of creamy foam ringing a soapy film, leaving little in the way of lace. Flowery hibiscus, beetroot and herbal juniper berry notes are the most distinctive elements of the aroma, though there are also suggestions of raspberry, earthy tree bark, and resiny spruce tips. Not bad, but the beets have a vegetal, dirty undertone that I'm not especially keen on.
An unusual brew, even by gruit standards - there's grainy malts and faint caramel sweetness buried in the background, but the botanicals give this beer 99% of its personality. Hibiscus imbues a flowery, herbal note, while the juniper berry conifer oils are right up this gin fan's alley. Vegetal beet root lingers throughout the sip, with resiny, earthy spruce tip flavours surfacing towards the end. There's also a tree bark / soil-like note that I can't quite put my fingers on, which becomes most noticeable at the finish, and persists briefly into the herbal aftertaste - my least-favourite aspect of the profile, but one that I can tolerate in small quantities. Medium-light in body, with relatively mild carbonation that gently agitates the surface of the palate. Fair drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.72, a B grade. As has been the case with virtually all of the Beau's gruits that I've tried in the past, I find Tyrannosaurus Gruit to be interesting, and thus worth at least a single sampling. Repeat purchases, on the other hand? That's probably wishful thinking, especially at 7-8 bucks a pop. The spruce tips and juniper berries give the flavour profile a novel nature, while the inclusion of beet root gives the brew very attractive visual qualities. That being said, the aftertaste continues to bug me, so it's not without its drawbacks. Not the epitome of their gruits, but a decent one that I didn't mind drinking.
Mar 08, 2017This crystal-clear gruit pours a visually-pleasing crimson colour - and I don't mean "amber-red", we're talking "easily mistaken for Ocean Spray cranberry juice" red. Situated atop, there's one centimetre of loose, foamy, poorly-retained head with a pinkish hue; by the time a minute or two has passed, it has transformed into a modest collar of creamy foam ringing a soapy film, leaving little in the way of lace. Flowery hibiscus, beetroot and herbal juniper berry notes are the most distinctive elements of the aroma, though there are also suggestions of raspberry, earthy tree bark, and resiny spruce tips. Not bad, but the beets have a vegetal, dirty undertone that I'm not especially keen on.
An unusual brew, even by gruit standards - there's grainy malts and faint caramel sweetness buried in the background, but the botanicals give this beer 99% of its personality. Hibiscus imbues a flowery, herbal note, while the juniper berry conifer oils are right up this gin fan's alley. Vegetal beet root lingers throughout the sip, with resiny, earthy spruce tip flavours surfacing towards the end. There's also a tree bark / soil-like note that I can't quite put my fingers on, which becomes most noticeable at the finish, and persists briefly into the herbal aftertaste - my least-favourite aspect of the profile, but one that I can tolerate in small quantities. Medium-light in body, with relatively mild carbonation that gently agitates the surface of the palate. Fair drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.72, a B grade. As has been the case with virtually all of the Beau's gruits that I've tried in the past, I find Tyrannosaurus Gruit to be interesting, and thus worth at least a single sampling. Repeat purchases, on the other hand? That's probably wishful thinking, especially at 7-8 bucks a pop. The spruce tips and juniper berries give the flavour profile a novel nature, while the inclusion of beet root gives the brew very attractive visual qualities. That being said, the aftertaste continues to bug me, so it's not without its drawbacks. Not the epitome of their gruits, but a decent one that I didn't mind drinking.
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