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Boiler Room Berliner Weisse
Saint Arnold Brewing Company
- From:
- Saint Arnold Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Berliner Weisse
- ABV:
- 3.7%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 13.12%
- Reviews:
- 35
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 12, 2020
- Added:
- Mar 20, 2014
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 58
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
Boiler Room is a light bodied but surprisingly flavorful sour wheat beer. The sourness is created by souring the wort prior to boiling and fermentation (unlike Belgian-style sours which sour during fermentation and have active bacteria in them when packaged). The nose of the beer has a light Hersbrucker hop note and a distinct funkiness. The taste is sweet malt quickly going into a tart body and finish. The sour and malt flavors balance well all the way through creating a very refreshing beverage, akin to drinking a tart lemonade or limeade. For a beer with just over 3.5%, it creates a big experience for the palate.
Traditionally this beer is enjoyed either straight or with raspberry or woodruff syrup to sweeten it (and turn it red or green, respectively).
Traditionally this beer is enjoyed either straight or with raspberry or woodruff syrup to sweeten it (and turn it red or green, respectively).
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.86/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
From 4th of July weekend, 2015. Thanks to leftpaw for bringing it out, can always use more Texas brews on my scorecard.
Pours a slightly brighter than average berliner weisse yellow with 1/2" white head. Aroma of sour mash wheat and lemon.
Taste is standard berliner weisse stuff, sour wheat lively carbonation, lemon tartness, easily crushable but delivering plenty on the flavor profile. Little hit of sourdough out of it. I can dig it.
Carbonation is done well, good crisp effect to it all. Really can't understand some of the failure scores. This is pretty well done in the conventional mode and there is nothing off about it. It's a well made beer. It's traditional, and its damn good. The format isn't super friendly, but I would love to see something like this in a standard 4/6 pack 12 oz bottle or can. Perfect day at the beach has a berliner, a gose, pale ale, ipa that should be staples on any given day. This went over great on a weekend of a bunch of beers, much less every other one that was bigger, but rarely better.
May 12, 2020Pours a slightly brighter than average berliner weisse yellow with 1/2" white head. Aroma of sour mash wheat and lemon.
Taste is standard berliner weisse stuff, sour wheat lively carbonation, lemon tartness, easily crushable but delivering plenty on the flavor profile. Little hit of sourdough out of it. I can dig it.
Carbonation is done well, good crisp effect to it all. Really can't understand some of the failure scores. This is pretty well done in the conventional mode and there is nothing off about it. It's a well made beer. It's traditional, and its damn good. The format isn't super friendly, but I would love to see something like this in a standard 4/6 pack 12 oz bottle or can. Perfect day at the beach has a berliner, a gose, pale ale, ipa that should be staples on any given day. This went over great on a weekend of a bunch of beers, much less every other one that was bigger, but rarely better.
Rated by Sludgeman from District of Columbia
4.07/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.07/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Tastes like a classic true to style Berliner Weisse. Tart and lactic. After taste like I threw up in my mouth.
Feb 22, 2017
Reviewed by wejohnsn from Texas
1.4/5 rDev -63.3%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1
1.4/5 rDev -63.3%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1
Very sour, kinda like lemonade. I didnt see a ABV on the label but decided to give it a try as St Arnold has not disapointed me until now. I have enjoyed many Weiss Biers in Germany but this is an imposer. I would have been betteroff with lemonade and a shot of vodka. 5 sips and down the drain it went
Aug 13, 2016
Reviewed by sgt_187em from Texas
4.3/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
I was completely blown away when I tried this beer! Didn't know it's style or read up on it; just tried it. Never had a beer with a sour taste before. The brewer then mixed some raspberry syrup in it, and there was another taste combo that I had to wrap my head around! I definitely will get this brew again and experiment!
May 30, 2016
Rated by Shradical from Virginia
4.25/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Sour and light
May 18, 2016
Boiler Room Berliner Weisse from Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
334 ratings
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