Manor House
2nd Shift Brewing

Balanced tartness, white grape, oak tannin, peach, light vanilla and coconut

 

Dark gold in color with a moderate haziness. There's plenty of vibrant carbonation bubbles, but no head. I'm smelling light oak and a touch of tart Brettanomyces. The taste offers plenty of the light oak and just a light flavor of tart Brettanomyces. The finish is very dry and smooth with some help from the oak. The body is moderately carbonated. This isn't a very complicated beer, but there's plenty of flavor and it is put together very well.

 

 

Pours a murky pale straw color with moderate carbonation. Thin white head dissipates rapidly, leaving spotty lacing.

Taste is very, very fruity - a mixture of orange and grapefruit juices (maybe with a shot of vodka) comes to mind.

Just too fruit-juicy for my taste - sorry.

 

 

 

The beer pours a pale golden yellow, with some haze (esp after adding the dreg pour), thin head formation/retention, & mild lacing. The nose is sour brett forward with slightly vinous fruit notes, mainly white grape/strawberry, and grain sweetness. It has has a very pleasurable brett taste, more tropical fruit (guava-y) than barnyard, minimal plastic, followed by a sweet malt in the finish. This is a relatively clean drinking brett beer, low stress on the yeast, great fruit and grain. I'd place it at a medium, slightly chewy body, with minimal bitterness, carbonation, or booze. This is definitely one of my favorite offerings from 2nd shift, a great saison that I'd love to see made again.