Our Turn, Your Turn
Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project
- From:
- Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 8.9%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 12
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 01, 2015
- Added:
- Aug 11, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
You may remember that a few months back we were playing host to Sam “The Grandmaster” Possenniskie from The Yeastie Boys, a brewing company based in New Zealand. We spent a day brewing together, then drinking quite a lot of beer at an event we hosted at The Independent in Somerville. Never did find out from Sam what it’s like to stand upside-down all the time.
Before he left for America Sam loaded a bunch of Southern Cross hops into his luggage and brought the original charge of them up to us himself. We’re not sure if this was smuggling or not, but we were really happy for our hops to have such a convivial chaperone! At the same time Martha and I took inspiration from the Yeastie Boys beer Gunnamatta IPA, an India Pale Ale “dry-leafed” with Earl Grey Blue Flower and together we thought Linden flower, a delicate tea itself, might do the trick in our collaboration. Lindon flower tea is like a bit of honey and a bit of jasmine. Very delicate and lovely.
Well anyway, the beer is here and it’s called “Our Turn, Your Turn”, a beer that aims to celebrate the handing off of Summer from their Southern Hemisphere to our Northern one. With that in mind we tried to brew a summer beer that was strong enough to make the journey from North America to all the way the heck down there.
The beer turned out great. Hugely aromatic and fun to drink. These Southern Cross hops are pretty cool: lemon, earth, big hop aromas… and they hang out really well with the intensely floral Linden flower. We hope you enjoy!
Before he left for America Sam loaded a bunch of Southern Cross hops into his luggage and brought the original charge of them up to us himself. We’re not sure if this was smuggling or not, but we were really happy for our hops to have such a convivial chaperone! At the same time Martha and I took inspiration from the Yeastie Boys beer Gunnamatta IPA, an India Pale Ale “dry-leafed” with Earl Grey Blue Flower and together we thought Linden flower, a delicate tea itself, might do the trick in our collaboration. Lindon flower tea is like a bit of honey and a bit of jasmine. Very delicate and lovely.
Well anyway, the beer is here and it’s called “Our Turn, Your Turn”, a beer that aims to celebrate the handing off of Summer from their Southern Hemisphere to our Northern one. With that in mind we tried to brew a summer beer that was strong enough to make the journey from North America to all the way the heck down there.
The beer turned out great. Hugely aromatic and fun to drink. These Southern Cross hops are pretty cool: lemon, earth, big hop aromas… and they hang out really well with the intensely floral Linden flower. We hope you enjoy!
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Reviewed by WunderLlama from Massachusetts
3.84/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bomber poured into an antique Pilsner
Clear yellow, with tiny carbonation, pencil thick white foam lid, very good lacings
Faint pine aroma, grassy, citrus
Gentle bitterness on the tip of the tongue, malt and hops in the middles, slight bitter aftertaste
No sudsing, smooth
Shame on me for not trying this beer sooner. Now retired, it had been at the back of my beer fridge too long.
Jan 01, 2015Clear yellow, with tiny carbonation, pencil thick white foam lid, very good lacings
Faint pine aroma, grassy, citrus
Gentle bitterness on the tip of the tongue, malt and hops in the middles, slight bitter aftertaste
No sudsing, smooth
Shame on me for not trying this beer sooner. Now retired, it had been at the back of my beer fridge too long.
Reviewed by CrazyDavros from Australia
4.11/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.11/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours hazy orange with a fading head.
Nose shows a floral/fruity note with elderflower and some doughy wheat before a little passion fruit enters.
Similar fruity flavours with some green plant-like floral notes. Very refreshing stuff.
Nice moderately high carbonation.
Apr 04, 2014Nose shows a floral/fruity note with elderflower and some doughy wheat before a little passion fruit enters.
Similar fruity flavours with some green plant-like floral notes. Very refreshing stuff.
Nice moderately high carbonation.
Reviewed by smcolw from Massachusetts
3.49/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Nearly bright white head. Slow to settle. Lumpy lace as a result. Yellow, light gold color. Hazy.
Creamy, sour and earthy. No wheat, probably closest aroma is similar to a saison. Not attractive to me.
Tastes far better than the smell. Still has an earthy element, but initially I detected some sweetness and was quite surprised by the high bitterness present. Moderate aftertaste timewise. Good body with an ample level of carbonation.
Think saison and you'll be pleased with this one. There are no wheat ale elements.
Sep 21, 2013Creamy, sour and earthy. No wheat, probably closest aroma is similar to a saison. Not attractive to me.
Tastes far better than the smell. Still has an earthy element, but initially I detected some sweetness and was quite surprised by the high bitterness present. Moderate aftertaste timewise. Good body with an ample level of carbonation.
Think saison and you'll be pleased with this one. There are no wheat ale elements.
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