Mr. Midnight
The Grifter Brewing Co.
- From:
- The Grifter Brewing Co.
- Australia
- Style:
- Witbier
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.45 | pDev: 2.32%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 29, 2013
- Added:
- Jun 13, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Mr Midnight was brewed exclusively for the Great Australian Beer Spectapular 2013. We took a traditional wit recipe as a base using over 50% wheat malt, dosed it with highly kilned black wheat for colour and a touch of rye for a dry, slightly tart finish. Staying slightly true to style we also included some mild spice additions along the lines of coriander, fennel, cloves and even orange peel. All this combined with a phenolic Belgian yeast blend, there's enough here to keep you busy until well after midnight…
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.53/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a dark brown colour with beige head creating a nice crown of light brown foam. Retains pretty well. Looks nice.
Malty sweet on the nose with hints of chocolate plus decent spice phenols (+ actual spice, no doubt) - clove, licorice and star anise on there with a touch of banana. Pleasant enough but a little bit of a double-whammy with that roastiness and the usual witbier spice. Needs something to lighten it up more.
Lots of star anise on the palate. Hints of rye spice, clove, and licorice as well. A bit lacking in the chocolate or roastiness of the nose, maybe a touch of caramel malt but largely dominated by the spice. The spice also seems to be floating a bit as if there isn't quite enough malt base on there.
Decent body, nice enough texture.
A little thin on the palate. Nice flavours, but feels a bit lacking. Reminds me a bit of a fennel homebrew the Grifter boys shared at a brewshare a little while back. Good to see homebrewers being able to successfully upscale in this way, although I don't think this one entirely hits the spot.
Nov 29, 2013Malty sweet on the nose with hints of chocolate plus decent spice phenols (+ actual spice, no doubt) - clove, licorice and star anise on there with a touch of banana. Pleasant enough but a little bit of a double-whammy with that roastiness and the usual witbier spice. Needs something to lighten it up more.
Lots of star anise on the palate. Hints of rye spice, clove, and licorice as well. A bit lacking in the chocolate or roastiness of the nose, maybe a touch of caramel malt but largely dominated by the spice. The spice also seems to be floating a bit as if there isn't quite enough malt base on there.
Decent body, nice enough texture.
A little thin on the palate. Nice flavours, but feels a bit lacking. Reminds me a bit of a fennel homebrew the Grifter boys shared at a brewshare a little while back. Good to see homebrewers being able to successfully upscale in this way, although I don't think this one entirely hits the spot.
Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
3.37/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.37/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Had on-tap at the GABS festival 2013 in Melbourne. This they call a "Black Rye Witbier", which made me a little dubious.
Pours an oily brown colour, with a slight haze to it. Body is light. Head is a solid but filmy coating of beige. Lacing is good and it leaves some static carbonation as it's tilted. Not bad.
Some spice on the nose, perhaps some pepper and nutmeg, with a slight estery banana character. It's a little rubbery as well, feeling at once slightly too thin and slightly too flabby. It's ok, though.
Light entry on the palate with some faint, slight aniseed spice like fresh fennel. More of those flaccid rubbery characters on the mid-palate, with a latex flavour coming in wide and flat. Finish drops out very quickly leaving very little on the back and an extremely light aftertaste. Feel is also pretty light and a little weak.
So I was worried this was just going to be messy, trying to bring all these characters together. In actual fact, it possibly errs on the other side: ending up a little bit too weak and light. It's ok, no doubt, and reasonably drinkable, but I feel like it needs something more, especially for a style that promises to be left-of-centre.
Jun 13, 2013Pours an oily brown colour, with a slight haze to it. Body is light. Head is a solid but filmy coating of beige. Lacing is good and it leaves some static carbonation as it's tilted. Not bad.
Some spice on the nose, perhaps some pepper and nutmeg, with a slight estery banana character. It's a little rubbery as well, feeling at once slightly too thin and slightly too flabby. It's ok, though.
Light entry on the palate with some faint, slight aniseed spice like fresh fennel. More of those flaccid rubbery characters on the mid-palate, with a latex flavour coming in wide and flat. Finish drops out very quickly leaving very little on the back and an extremely light aftertaste. Feel is also pretty light and a little weak.
So I was worried this was just going to be messy, trying to bring all these characters together. In actual fact, it possibly errs on the other side: ending up a little bit too weak and light. It's ok, no doubt, and reasonably drinkable, but I feel like it needs something more, especially for a style that promises to be left-of-centre.
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