Bloody Show
Against The Grain Brewery & Smokehouse

 

 

Canned February 2016;drank 3/2/16 @ the Yarchives.

See-through orange appearance.

A rough pour yielded a HUGE eggshell head; frothy lace.

Blood orange & sweet corn notes in the nose.

Medium thin mouthfeel.

Blood orange flavor up front; dry wheat & roasted corn notes on the finish.

A nice lager, I suppose, but this isn't good enough to convert any non-believers.

 

 

lager showcasing blood orange. on tap at the source.gimmicky bore.

 

 

 

Purchased for about 4 bucks for the pounder. Thought it was a lager but it's a pilsner which I kind of hate the style. Hopefully the fruit flavor makes it good.
A - Somewhat hazy orange tint beer with a massive inch plus of froth atop.
S - Aroma is not bursting with blood orange more citrus and mild sweet malts. Kind of lackluster.
T - Like orange soda water with no depth just some orange zest and a touch of malt. Not even any sourness you would expect. Boring.
M - Light and fizzy easy to crush.
Disappointment all around these guys make some lackluster beer pretty much everything I tried even bourbon barrel aged beers have been less than stellar reviews but this one takes the cake. Pass!

 

 

 

Pours an almost clear orange tinted amber yellow with a thick white head. The aroma is slightly hoppy with a good amount of citrus. Flavor is crackers and oranges. Great crisp mouthfeel, I can see slamming a couple of these while mowing the lawn. Nice beer.

16 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 6/16/2017. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of juicy/lightly tart blood oranges, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passionfruit, mango, melon, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, cracker, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of blood oranges/zest, citrus/fruity/earthy hops, and moderate pale malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big juicy/lightly tart blood oranges, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passionfruit, mango, melon, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, cracker, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine/citrus peel/grassy/spicy bitterness and blood orange tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of juicy/tart blood oranges, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passionfruit, mango, melon, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, cracker, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of blood oranges/zest, citrus/fruity/earthy hops, and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/tartness balance; and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitter/tartness. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/tangy/acidic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is a very good fruited Czech pilsner style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of blood oranges/zest, citrus/fruity/earthy hops, and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink, with the mildly tart/bitter/drying finish. Hits the Czech pilsner base style really well; with the addition of some Citrus/fruity American hops along with the blood orange/zest. A very enjoyable and unique offering.

1 Pint can
Served in a becker glass

ruddy orange color with lighter orange highlights. Suspended yeast is visible. one inch of beige head. leaves little lacing

orange aroma with a little biscuit

orange and not much else

medium

not impressive. boring

Beautiful pils

 

 

 

What really makes this beer is the balance between hops and blood orange and big enough mouthfeel to take on these flavors. I am always a little hesitant about citrus infused beer, especially a larger as in many cases the taste is beer watered down with orange juice. Well, not this beer. Hazy amber with a big head. Nose of citrus and hops. The taste is perfect match between hops and orange. There is a sweetness and a perfect level of bitterness from the hops that combines to create a almost grapefruit like flavor. Solid mouthfeel to carry on the big flavors. This is going to be one of my favorites for sure!

 

 

 

Another return, albeit brief, to The CANQuest (tm)! I am getting very close to a real run of CANs, however, so don't despair.

From the CAN: "Brewer Owned"; "Lager with Blood Orange"; "Come One Come All!"; "A tribute to the language barrier from international collaboration & inspired by our affinity for a Danish runner's scarf & shorts. This Bloody Show is a crisp, tart pilsner renched with the juice & zest of blood oranges. The result is a refreshingly tart lager, with big citrus aroma worthy of even the hippest of Danish drinkers."

The loud Crack! revealed yet another brimful craft CAN & although I was tempted to perform an inverted Glug, its pounder CAN format precluded me from doing so. Even at that, I got an unbidden finger of soapy, foamy, tawny head with reasonable retention in today's increasing heat & humidity. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9). Nose had a pronounced citrusiness that would not have led me to guess either "Lager" or "Pilsner". Nor was it the bitter citrusiness of grapefruit. Oranges? Tangerines? I was down this garden path the other day! Mouthfeel was medium, but very soft on the tongue. Now, I will buy some stripe of Lager. The taste was an interesting amalgam of slightly-sweet citrus and fresh-mown grassiness. Saaz hops? With ... ? I have been burned so often recently on "Tangerine" that I almost want to default to it now, but that would be imprecise in this case. Orange. Blood Orange! Ha. I would not have gotten there on my own, but what a CANtastic melding of flavors. Blood Orange Pilsner. Wrap your bloody brain around that one! Finish was dry, but a unique dry, IMHO. Grassy and citrusy, but also very light and ethereal. It was a relatively spendy CAN, so I would not make it a regular part of the cooler lineup, but it was still a pleasurable divergence.

 

 

Appearance: Clean amber, with a big off-white head and spots of lace.

Aroma: Beautiful citrus. Really really good.

Taste: Nice amount of fruits and citrus here, with a light body and a semi-bitter finish. Wonderful “adjunct” lager here, with a stunning blood orange sensibility. Could drink these all day.

 

A: Pours a clear medium golden yellow in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising quickly from the bottom of the glass and moderate honey colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall sudsy foamy white head that reduces to a large patch of mottled very thin film covering the entire surface of the beer and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Light to moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Just shy of moderate aromas of blood orange citrus with lighter aromas of blood orange zest, bready malts, and citrus/grapefruit pith + floral hops.

T: Upfront there are light to moderate flavors of bready malts with a light hint of caramel sweetness. That is followed by slightly stronger than moderate flavors of blood orange and blood orange zest. Finally there are just shy of moderate flavors of citrus/grapefruit pith + floral hops which impart a moderate amount of bitterness which does not linger for long.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Crisp and smooth with a clean finish.

O: Interesting and enjoyable - not sure this is a combonation I would have considered but it works, though it is more reminiscent of a pale ale than a Czech Pilsner to me. Easy to drink.

 

Pours an effervescent gold with 2 fingers of cream colored head. Average lacing & head retention

S: Oranges, not much else

T: Orange peel & much light juice notes & fainter grainy/grassy notes up front. More orange peel bitter-sweetness, a little drnyess. Finishes with considerable juicyness & dryness

MF: Medium body, semi-firm carbonation, decent balance

Drinks easy enough, but like moist ATG products over-priced. Glad I only bought a single

 

 

A thanks to the champion of the canquest, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a dark golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is strong of oranges, some malts are present. Taste is oranges, malts, light bitterness, dry at the finish. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a smooth beer that I could easily crush several of.

Interesting name. The beer is served from a 16 ounce can, poured in our tasting glasses. It is an amber color with a little haze and a fluffy white head. The smell has a floral and citrus rind scent, along with a little pale malt. The taste is bitter and fruity, and a littler drier than expected. Flavorful, with a lingering bitterness. Drinkable and medium-light in body.