Colonel Plug
Listermann Brewing Company
- From:
- Listermann Brewing Company
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.33 | pDev: 14.71%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 17, 2014
- Added:
- Jan 09, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
3.58/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
As the first installment in Listermann's "Ohio Riverboat Pirate Series", the shenanigans of Colonel Plug are charming and quirky, given by the reading that accompany the bottle, especially when sipping the Kentucky-style Common Ale by the same name.
The mahogany-brown ale pours with low-lying carbonation and a rather dainty, mid-statured head. Modestly hazy, the ale takes on Belgian Dubbel appearances; except that its retention is light and its lacing complicity short, but this is fairly typical of the style.
Its tangy-sweet aromatics are both curious and alluring to the nose. Cider and sour grapes kick things off while berry-like richness and prune, raisin, plumb and tart cherries lurk in the background. All the while, a firmer malt presence plays out with caramel, cola and nutty tones.
The first sip reveals a highly rustic taste balances tart and near-sour. But as its malt underpinnings unfold, its steely caramel, sorghum and toasted "Grape Nuts" character is both sweet, grainy and slightly of roasted pecans. Its middle palate is alive with tangy fruit flavors to counter the sweetness and does so with the presence of dry sherry, vermouth, under-ripened berries, sour grapes, crab apples and a cherry flavor heading into finish. Where hop presence is quite short, the beer's acidity cleanses the palate and finishes with a hint of peppercorn, weathered oak and cola nut.
Medium-light in body, its lighter carbonation may suggest a more weighted ale, but its tartness and assertive attenuation gives the beer the sensible drinkability of drier merlot. Finishing with a mineral crispness, the ale leaves a plaster-like feel on the tongue along with hints of copper.
The growing fascination with Kentucky Common Ale is leading to greater understanding about the history, flavor profile and the charming rusticity about Kentucky's most original ale. Though the beer's rarely win over today's craft beer enthusiasts, they are a great education for the palate and mind.
Jan 09, 2014The mahogany-brown ale pours with low-lying carbonation and a rather dainty, mid-statured head. Modestly hazy, the ale takes on Belgian Dubbel appearances; except that its retention is light and its lacing complicity short, but this is fairly typical of the style.
Its tangy-sweet aromatics are both curious and alluring to the nose. Cider and sour grapes kick things off while berry-like richness and prune, raisin, plumb and tart cherries lurk in the background. All the while, a firmer malt presence plays out with caramel, cola and nutty tones.
The first sip reveals a highly rustic taste balances tart and near-sour. But as its malt underpinnings unfold, its steely caramel, sorghum and toasted "Grape Nuts" character is both sweet, grainy and slightly of roasted pecans. Its middle palate is alive with tangy fruit flavors to counter the sweetness and does so with the presence of dry sherry, vermouth, under-ripened berries, sour grapes, crab apples and a cherry flavor heading into finish. Where hop presence is quite short, the beer's acidity cleanses the palate and finishes with a hint of peppercorn, weathered oak and cola nut.
Medium-light in body, its lighter carbonation may suggest a more weighted ale, but its tartness and assertive attenuation gives the beer the sensible drinkability of drier merlot. Finishing with a mineral crispness, the ale leaves a plaster-like feel on the tongue along with hints of copper.
The growing fascination with Kentucky Common Ale is leading to greater understanding about the history, flavor profile and the charming rusticity about Kentucky's most original ale. Though the beer's rarely win over today's craft beer enthusiasts, they are a great education for the palate and mind.
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