Krampbiscus
Marz Community Brewing
- From:
- Marz Community Brewing
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #227 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #27,447 - Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 6.7%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 30, 2024
- Added:
- Jul 17, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
Holiday Ale brewed with cranberries, raspberries, and hibiscus.
Named in honor of Saint Nick's more punitive-minded, goat-demon counterpart, every Krampusnacht the eponymous figure stalks from house to house punishing naughty children, swatting them with ruten and stuffing them into his bag to carry them back to hell. To escape his clutches and throw him off our scent, we created this smooth and fruity wale suffused with raspberry and cranberry. Its big cranberry notes and flaked-oat creamy mouthfeel compels him to skip our house and move on to the next. Sure, after a cuppa two or tree ox horns we might be half in the bag, but at least we won't be in Krampus' bag--he doesn't even have pretzels in there!
Named in honor of Saint Nick's more punitive-minded, goat-demon counterpart, every Krampusnacht the eponymous figure stalks from house to house punishing naughty children, swatting them with ruten and stuffing them into his bag to carry them back to hell. To escape his clutches and throw him off our scent, we created this smooth and fruity wale suffused with raspberry and cranberry. Its big cranberry notes and flaked-oat creamy mouthfeel compels him to skip our house and move on to the next. Sure, after a cuppa two or tree ox horns we might be half in the bag, but at least we won't be in Krampus' bag--he doesn't even have pretzels in there!
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Reviewed by FBarber from Illinois
3.77/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a reddish cranberry color - looks like cranberry juice. Initially a lovely 2 finger fuzzy pink head settles in then steadily dissipates until just a partial film remains on the top of the beer. Aroma is somewhat mild with notes of cranberries, some light toasted white bread and then the hibiscus giving it this tea like character on the nose.
Taste has notes of cranberries, hibiscus, with a slight tartness coming through. Toasted white bread provides the malt backbone with a slight earthy hop bite coming through on the back end. The tartness really is extremely mild - I am left wanting some more tartness which would work so well with the flavors. Feel is light. Light carbonation.
Overall a very nice fruit beer. The flavors work well together and are appropriate for a holiday styled ale.
Dec 20, 2020Taste has notes of cranberries, hibiscus, with a slight tartness coming through. Toasted white bread provides the malt backbone with a slight earthy hop bite coming through on the back end. The tartness really is extremely mild - I am left wanting some more tartness which would work so well with the flavors. Feel is light. Light carbonation.
Overall a very nice fruit beer. The flavors work well together and are appropriate for a holiday styled ale.
Reviewed by larryi86 from Delaware
4.09/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.09/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Thank you FBarber for this
12 oz can poured into a tulip
A- A fairly clear bright red with a two finger pink head.
S- Tart, cranberries, hibiscus, a little earthy, some toasted and caramel malts.
T- Tart, cranberries, caramel malts, some toasted malts, hibiscus, a little earthy.
M- Smooth, light to medium body.
O- A tasty and nicely balanced holiday ale. The cranberries and hibiscus are the focus of the beer but still let a very nice malt profile come through.
Dec 20, 202012 oz can poured into a tulip
A- A fairly clear bright red with a two finger pink head.
S- Tart, cranberries, hibiscus, a little earthy, some toasted and caramel malts.
T- Tart, cranberries, caramel malts, some toasted malts, hibiscus, a little earthy.
M- Smooth, light to medium body.
O- A tasty and nicely balanced holiday ale. The cranberries and hibiscus are the focus of the beer but still let a very nice malt profile come through.
Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
3.83/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Tasted in a Rastal Teku from a 12 fl oz can on December 7, 2018. Special holiday white ale that pours a luxurious reddish hue courtesy of the addition of cranberry, raspberry and hibiscus. Unique.
Feb 11, 2019
Rated by robotic_being from Illinois
3.71/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Hibiscus Berliner Weise.
Jul 17, 2018
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