Mother's Ruin
Young Henry's
- From:
- Young Henry's
- Australia
- Style:
- Finnish Sahti
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.48 | pDev: 2.87%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 02, 2014
- Added:
- Jun 24, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.58/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a deep red colour, clear with beige head. Quite foamy, but sinks to a pretty thin crown. Interesting colour; not bad.
Smells interesting. Touch of roast with cocoa and pecan nut and a fair whack of juniper. Touch of pear on the back. Yeah, surprisingly chocolatey, and unexpectedly sweet.
Juniper is more subtle on the palate. Peanutty malt upfront that descends into more of that cocoa-rich chocolate, again quite sweet and desserty. Not quite what I expect from a sahti, but then what is one meant to expect from a sahti?
Slightly fizzy on the feel, but otherwise decent texture.
Unlike other sahtis I've had, more robust and chewy. Feel like maybe the malt is dominating here and it should be dialled back a bit to let the juniper sing more.
Jul 02, 2014Smells interesting. Touch of roast with cocoa and pecan nut and a fair whack of juniper. Touch of pear on the back. Yeah, surprisingly chocolatey, and unexpectedly sweet.
Juniper is more subtle on the palate. Peanutty malt upfront that descends into more of that cocoa-rich chocolate, again quite sweet and desserty. Not quite what I expect from a sahti, but then what is one meant to expect from a sahti?
Slightly fizzy on the feel, but otherwise decent texture.
Unlike other sahtis I've had, more robust and chewy. Feel like maybe the malt is dominating here and it should be dialled back a bit to let the juniper sing more.
Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
3.38/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.38/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
A sahti brewed with rye and botanicals, with the emphasis on Juniper. Tried on-tap at GABS 2014 in Melbourne.
Pours a dunkel-brown colour with a fair amount of hazing to it. Head is a pale beige colour that leaves a firm, solid crest as it goes down, with some definite lacing. Body is quite solid, and leaves pretty fine carbonation in its wake as it's tilted. Looks good.
Mild sweet aromas dominate the beer, with a wheaten biscuit character noticeable from the start. The sweetness sticks around but something (possibly the botanicals) gives it a distinct suggestion of thinness. It's not bad though.
Light mild entry on the palate, with a little tartness and spicy fruit coming through towards the middle. The sweetness appears towards the middle-end, and doesn't back down, leaving a long linger of sweetness that makes it feel slightly unbalanced. Feel is full as a result, but I'm not sure that's an asset right here.
Overall, it's okay—the sweetness really sticks around when you don't want it to, but there's certainly some interesting stuff going on. At the very least, it's another beer that proves once again (after Divine Manchu last year) that Young Henry's don't do GABS by halves. And that's a great thing.
Jun 24, 2014Pours a dunkel-brown colour with a fair amount of hazing to it. Head is a pale beige colour that leaves a firm, solid crest as it goes down, with some definite lacing. Body is quite solid, and leaves pretty fine carbonation in its wake as it's tilted. Looks good.
Mild sweet aromas dominate the beer, with a wheaten biscuit character noticeable from the start. The sweetness sticks around but something (possibly the botanicals) gives it a distinct suggestion of thinness. It's not bad though.
Light mild entry on the palate, with a little tartness and spicy fruit coming through towards the middle. The sweetness appears towards the middle-end, and doesn't back down, leaving a long linger of sweetness that makes it feel slightly unbalanced. Feel is full as a result, but I'm not sure that's an asset right here.
Overall, it's okay—the sweetness really sticks around when you don't want it to, but there's certainly some interesting stuff going on. At the very least, it's another beer that proves once again (after Divine Manchu last year) that Young Henry's don't do GABS by halves. And that's a great thing.
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