Sergeant Salamander - Vanilla Bean And Cinnamon Syrup | Tired Hands Brewing Company


Brewed by:
Tired Hands Brewing Company
Pennsylvania, United States
tiredhands.com
Style: Berliner Weissbier
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.00%
Availability: Limited (brewed once)
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by Rifugium on 12-19-2013
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.
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Ratings: 5 | Reviews: 1
4.24/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
First had: on tap at TH
The blood orange/hibiscus Berliner with a spike of cinnamon-vanilla syrup.
Often--and not just at Tired Hands--I've been offered the syrup spike with a Berliner weisse, but I've never accepted. What kind of man would I be to blatantly add this kind of candy to my beer? But after having this one (rinsing and repeating), I now wonder what I've been missing out on all these years. Not to mention that serving Berliners with syrup added is in fact a legitimate and traditional method, which I initially thought strange due to the German Purity Law (though I guess the loophole is that the added ingredient isn't actually brewed in the beer?).
Anyway. The appearance was much like the regular version of the beer: slightly hazy, light red in color, with a fast-fading pink-white head that left no traces behind. A little bit of toasted wheat up front in the aroma, soon easily conquered by a wave of cinnamon and vanilla. For a fleeting moment, the taste was the same as before--toasted wheat, mildly sour, notes of citrus--but the cinnamon and vanilla soon became the dominant factors, turning this into some kind of an ice cream / beer hybrid super fun surprise! Did I feel guilty enjoying this as much as I did? Nope. Light-medium body, slick sugary mouthfeel, too drinkable.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
First had: on tap at TH
The blood orange/hibiscus Berliner with a spike of cinnamon-vanilla syrup.
Often--and not just at Tired Hands--I've been offered the syrup spike with a Berliner weisse, but I've never accepted. What kind of man would I be to blatantly add this kind of candy to my beer? But after having this one (rinsing and repeating), I now wonder what I've been missing out on all these years. Not to mention that serving Berliners with syrup added is in fact a legitimate and traditional method, which I initially thought strange due to the German Purity Law (though I guess the loophole is that the added ingredient isn't actually brewed in the beer?).
Anyway. The appearance was much like the regular version of the beer: slightly hazy, light red in color, with a fast-fading pink-white head that left no traces behind. A little bit of toasted wheat up front in the aroma, soon easily conquered by a wave of cinnamon and vanilla. For a fleeting moment, the taste was the same as before--toasted wheat, mildly sour, notes of citrus--but the cinnamon and vanilla soon became the dominant factors, turning this into some kind of an ice cream / beer hybrid super fun surprise! Did I feel guilty enjoying this as much as I did? Nope. Light-medium body, slick sugary mouthfeel, too drinkable.
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Sergeant Salamander - Vanilla Bean And Cinnamon Syrup from Tired Hands Brewing Company
Beer rating:
4.35 out of
5 with
5 ratings
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