The Berm
Off Color Brewing
- From:
- Off Color Brewing
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 2.94%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 18, 2019
- Added:
- Jul 09, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.99/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
3.99/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
I'm a fan.
This is my 31st rating of Off Color brews, only 4 are below the average.
So in truth, I'm a biased fan.
I also am the first review on this experimental brew (to me, at least since they are playing with apple cider here to find a new yeast.) ... And they did a good experiment, but probably not a breakthrough on this quasi-fusion effort.
To describe The Berm in two words: Refreshing, interesting.
To follow the routine.... Berm Looks better than average, a bubbly blonde who doesn't really tell you what is going on inside. Smells and Tastes align well, I get the malts sweetened by an apple-derived yeast. Bitter is low (25), yet it is just enough for balance. In the mouth, I get a slight metallic taste... but otherwise, Berm sits there nice and does its job; scrubbing my palate for food. And it was my summer ratatouille. Berm paired nicely, and even made my cooking seem good.
Finally, a thought on the yeast: as a Belgo-phile, I have admired Off Color's thoughtful renditions of the most difficult style within which to brew consistently well. And like all but a handful of brewers on this side of the English Channel, Off Color has had its QC problems... which I usually blame on the Belgian yeast not being isolated or kept properly (but then, I only know what I taste.)
All that said, bringing in apple cider fermentation is an interesting experiment on a bedeviling yeast problem. Off Color may even be close to solving the problem. For that, I say "Bravo!" and encourage you to give The Berm a try.
Jul 09, 2018This is my 31st rating of Off Color brews, only 4 are below the average.
So in truth, I'm a biased fan.
I also am the first review on this experimental brew (to me, at least since they are playing with apple cider here to find a new yeast.) ... And they did a good experiment, but probably not a breakthrough on this quasi-fusion effort.
To describe The Berm in two words: Refreshing, interesting.
To follow the routine.... Berm Looks better than average, a bubbly blonde who doesn't really tell you what is going on inside. Smells and Tastes align well, I get the malts sweetened by an apple-derived yeast. Bitter is low (25), yet it is just enough for balance. In the mouth, I get a slight metallic taste... but otherwise, Berm sits there nice and does its job; scrubbing my palate for food. And it was my summer ratatouille. Berm paired nicely, and even made my cooking seem good.
Finally, a thought on the yeast: as a Belgo-phile, I have admired Off Color's thoughtful renditions of the most difficult style within which to brew consistently well. And like all but a handful of brewers on this side of the English Channel, Off Color has had its QC problems... which I usually blame on the Belgian yeast not being isolated or kept properly (but then, I only know what I taste.)
All that said, bringing in apple cider fermentation is an interesting experiment on a bedeviling yeast problem. Off Color may even be close to solving the problem. For that, I say "Bravo!" and encourage you to give The Berm a try.
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