Grand Cru
Outlaw Brewing

Poured from growler into a pint glass

Appearance – The beer pours a clear orange-yellow color with a two finger head of white foam. The head has a decent level of retention, fading to leave a good level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass and a little bit of a persistent white foam on the top of the brew.

Smell – The aroma of the beer is quite strong of a yeasty and wheaty smell, mixed with a good degree of a graininess and an orange citrus. Some other lighter notes of a grassy and herbal smell along with a hint of a sweeter candied sugar and a very light level of some warming booze and coriander and clove spice are also mixed in there as well.

Taste – The taste begins with a sweeter citrus taste with a decent showing of an orange and tangerine citrus mixed with some lighter candied sugar. Along with these tastes is a moderately strong showing of a yeasty and bready taste. The bready taste quickly transitions to being more grainy in nature as the taste advances with it, all the while, being joined by some flavors of coriander and clove. More toward the middle and the end of the taste, a little bit of the grassy and herbal taste, that were present in the nose, come to the tongue, and with some apricot and a little bit of warming booze, end up leaving one with a rather wheaty but smooth, warming and slightly fruity sweet flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is on the slightly thicker side for a grand cru of 7 % with a carbonation level that is rather average. For the mix of fruit, wheat, booze, yeast, and spice the profile is very well done as it compliments all the tastes while not really allowing one to overwhelm the others to any great extent.

Overall – A rather tasty grand cru overall. Not quite as potent in abv. as many grand cru’s out there, but still packed with tons of good flavor.