C3
O'Fallon Brewery

 

Pours clear, brown color. 1/4 inch head of an off-white color. Great retention and great lacing. Smells of citric hops, sweet malt, hint of pale malt, and a hint of roasted malt. Fits the style of an English Mild Ale. Mouth feel is smooth and crisp, with an average carbonation level. Tastes of citrus hops, sweet malt, slight roasted malt, earthy malt, and hint of grain (rye?). Overall, good appearance, feel, and body. A little to earthy for me personal taste, but still a good session beer. A rare, well done Americanized Mild Ale.

On tap at BoomBozz Taphouse in the Highlands, Louisville, KY

Poured a dark brown with nice head and solid, consistent lacing.

The smell knocked me over. I fell backwards and cracked my head open, but managed to knock back 2 pints before the paramedics arrived. Ok, I'm kidding, but it was BIG aroma hops and lots of them. Scott from Schlafly said they hopped the wort, the whirlpool, and dry-hopped on the end. You could smell the hops without picking up the glass.

The hop presence was heavier on the nose than the palate. The hop flavors shined through without bitterness. The malt flavors were unique and hard to describe, but provided a solid body without being sweet.

Medium-bodied, dry, crisp and highly-sessionable! At 3.8% abv I could drink these all day.

On tap at Cicero's, standard pint glass
Dark brown body, one finger of pale tan head, with good lacing.
Floral and citrus hop aroma, not expected given its description as a mild.
Taste was earthy, woody, minimal sweetness, but the hops seem to overpower the malt.
Medium mouthfeel, with a crisp finish, and good session qualities.
Overall, a surprising beer, not quite what i would usually associate with a Mild, but worth trying

This beer is a collaboration between Schlafly, Ofallon and New Albanian breweries. I found it on tap at the Schlafly Taproom in the Locust street business district of St Louis, MO, USA. It was not available in bottles.

Listed as an American mild, based on the classic English mild, but brewed exclusively with citra hops.

Dark brown and clear with almost a sheet of thick lacing.

Smelled very, very, VERY hoppy with an earthy undertone. Reminded me of my Grandfather's cellar in upstate New York.

The taste was amongst the most unique of any beer I've ever had. A hop-meister's dream. Extreme citra-hops, and zero (and I do mean ZERO) sweetness. The malts were very complex and exceptionally unique.

Additional flavor notes: Something of a woody flavor, although this was not one of the available cask conditioned beers, this was on tap. Earthy background too. But it was mostly pure citra hops.

This beer had little kick as it was so low in ABV. Its outstanding characteristic, other than the hops flavor, was its extreme dryness and no sweetness at all. Aftertaste was kind of like a toothpick, dry and woody. Bitterness was very low, but flavor was very high.

Drinkability, IMO, was quite high. This strange brew really has an appeal to it, despite its being so very different from almost all other beers. It was really quite appealing and I hope it comes out in bottles.

This beer won't be for everybody, but discerning, hop loving pallets who like it dry will find this beer oh so sessionable.