Mischmishmish
The Bruery

MischmishmishMischmishmish
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From:
The Bruery
 
California, United States
Style:
Belgian Pale Strong Ale
ABV:
8.8%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.64 | pDev: 9.34%
Reviews:
13
Ratings:
134
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 06, 2020
Added:
Apr 22, 2014
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  20
After brewing one of our fruited sour ales, we found ourselves with a few too many leftover apricots in the fridge. Rather than start a smoothie company, we decided to create this unique take on the popular Belgian-style golden ale. The addition of apricots strikes a lovely balance with our fruity house yeast, yielding a delightfully mishmishchieveous ale. Effervescent, delightfully fruity, yet surprisingly dry, this is a great beer for the upcoming, warm Summer months.
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.67/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Review from August 2019 from a guy not big into BSPA (Belgian Strong Pale Ale).

Pours a similar color to the label, a mixture of yellow and light orange. Big frothy virgin white head 1" deep. Solid retention. Impressive appearance. Aroma hit the strong whiff of alcohol, apricots and plenty of phenolic belgian yeast, all of which was to be expected.

Taste was similar to the nose, mouth feel was lighter than expected. Its a big beer, but the high carbonation, apricot kind of dull the alcohol heat and sting, its there, but relatively well done for style. The yeast is there too, but it didn't drop a lot of that spice rack aspect I'm not into. Grassy, but less hoppy than regular Mischief. Less apricot than filmishmish.

Certainly prefer the wild apricot ale filmishmish, and to a lesser extent Mischief, but this is worthy even if not as good as those beers it falls in between kind of. Better than the average BSPA to me.
Nov 06, 2020
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.03 by Buck89 from Tennessee

Dec 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by cd34 from Illinois

Jun 25, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by JoshBrews from Missouri

Jun 03, 2016
 
Rated: 3.59 by Beer21 from Florida

Mar 31, 2016
 
Rated: 3.57 by aaronyoung01 from New Mexico

Jan 03, 2016
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Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania

3.67/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
750ml into matching Bruery snifter. The brew appears a golden orange with excessive white froth that fills the glass and lasts with a white topping.

Smells fruity like apricot, pear, apple and yeasty belgian phenolics like clove with a hint of wheat.

Tastes yeasty with clove and fruits like apple, pear and apricot. Slight herbal bitterness and grainy finish somewhat bread-like.

Medium in body with excessive carbonation that is way overdone. Tastes like filmishmish but they ran out of fruit.
Dec 15, 2015
 
Rated: 2.73 by 1Sundown2C from New York

Aug 16, 2015
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Rated by kscaldef from Oregon

2.75/5  rDev -24.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Smells nice and apricoty, but tastes bland.
Jun 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by xJMFCx from West Virginia

May 29, 2015
 
Rated: 3.49 by Benjiehorn from Illinois

May 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by MisterKilderkin from California

May 13, 2015
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Reviewed by cvm4 from Mississippi

3.33/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
2014 vintage

L - Pours a nice light copper body with a frothy three finger eggshell head. Good retention and lacing.

S - I'm not picking up much apricot. Lots of belgian yeast, hay/grass and slight tart.

T - Really more saison and lemon forward than i was expecting. Tart apricot is on the finish. A bit of a metallic taste as it warms.

F - Light to medium bodied with high carbonation. The carbonation is a bit much, but what are ya gonna do?

O - A bit of a mess smell and taste wise. It deserves the average score it gets.
Mar 30, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by nathanmiller from New York

Mar 19, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by KAP72 from Illinois

Mar 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4.1 by Kevinpitts from Illinois

Mar 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.78 by Buck_Jones from Michigan

Mar 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by Ilpalazzo from California

Feb 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.23 by AndyEdgar from Illinois

Feb 09, 2015
 
Rated: 3.67 by Canada_Dan from Colorado

Feb 09, 2015
Mischmishmish from The Bruery
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 134 ratings