Mid-State Cycles Special Bitter
Z Street Brewing Company
- From:
- Z Street Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.3 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 29, 2001
- Added:
- Dec 29, 2001
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Todd from Finland
3.3/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.3/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Presentation: 12oz brown bottle with a homebrew-like label.
Appearance: Dark, clear amber with deep red hues and an off-white creamy lace.
Smell: Fruity esters, faint touch of toffee, wood and a floral hop bouquet. Smells a bit oxidized though.
Taste: Fairly smooth upfront, with an even medium-body and creamy feel. Somewhat malty and robust, but not sweet ... perhaps a faint touch of dextrin flavour. Hop bitterness is astringent, lemon/lime. There's some roasted, earthy and smokey flavours that follow, which seem a bit out of place. It all blends in with a slight raisin flavour that seems to spring from the hop character. Touch of bubble-gum pulls thru at the end, with a lot of woody/cardboard notes (oxidized?). Finish is fairly clean with some residual flavours.
Notes: An unexpected bitter and a bit more bold/robust than what I'm used to for the style. Not bad, but it takes some getting used to. I also think my sample was very oxidized. Still, worth a try ... just make sure it's fresh.
Dedicated to the guys over at http://www.mid-statecycles.com. Thanks to Joe Z for the sample and Johnny P for hauling to my place.
Dec 29, 2001Appearance: Dark, clear amber with deep red hues and an off-white creamy lace.
Smell: Fruity esters, faint touch of toffee, wood and a floral hop bouquet. Smells a bit oxidized though.
Taste: Fairly smooth upfront, with an even medium-body and creamy feel. Somewhat malty and robust, but not sweet ... perhaps a faint touch of dextrin flavour. Hop bitterness is astringent, lemon/lime. There's some roasted, earthy and smokey flavours that follow, which seem a bit out of place. It all blends in with a slight raisin flavour that seems to spring from the hop character. Touch of bubble-gum pulls thru at the end, with a lot of woody/cardboard notes (oxidized?). Finish is fairly clean with some residual flavours.
Notes: An unexpected bitter and a bit more bold/robust than what I'm used to for the style. Not bad, but it takes some getting used to. I also think my sample was very oxidized. Still, worth a try ... just make sure it's fresh.
Dedicated to the guys over at http://www.mid-statecycles.com. Thanks to Joe Z for the sample and Johnny P for hauling to my place.
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