Berliner-Weiss
Royal City Brewing Co.
- From:
- Royal City Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Berliner Weisse
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.5 | pDev: 7.71%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 04, 2016
- Added:
- Dec 29, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.37/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.37/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
750 mL bottle purchased at the brewery last month; served at cellar temperature.
Pours a foggy, pale straw-yellow hue, capped off with one centimetre of frothy, fizzy white head. It has largely fizzled off by the 90 second mark, though an appreciable cap and collar remain in place afterwards. Something about the smell kind of reminds me of B.O., but there are also notes of nectarine, oxidized apple flesh, green apple skin and crackery malts. Unremarkable so far, but my fingers remain crossed.
Right off the first sip I notice the wheat malt backing, which gives this beer a crackery, somewhat doughy sweetness. Still, it's the sourness that your taste buds are inevitably going to focus on - good lacto tartness, with light green apple and lemon zest flavours. Subtle acidic tartness that fades into the aftertaste. Not puckeringly sour, but it's nothing to scoff at. Light-bodied with good weight; not as watery/thin as some of the BWs I've tried previously, but that might be related to its relatively high (for this style) abv. Moderately prickly carbonation, but not assertively so, and not particularly crisp.
Final Grade: 3.37, a B-. Royal City has had some limited success with sours, but when it comes to their Berliner-Weiss, I'm left sitting on the fence. It's not tragically flawed or anything, but other than being mildly refreshing it doesn't have a whole lot else going for it. I do appreciate the inclusion of a respectable wheat malt backbone, but I still find this to be a two-dimensional beer at best. Not bad; I don't regret the purchase, but I'll likely stick with Black Swan's Wild Child in the future.
Mar 17, 2016Pours a foggy, pale straw-yellow hue, capped off with one centimetre of frothy, fizzy white head. It has largely fizzled off by the 90 second mark, though an appreciable cap and collar remain in place afterwards. Something about the smell kind of reminds me of B.O., but there are also notes of nectarine, oxidized apple flesh, green apple skin and crackery malts. Unremarkable so far, but my fingers remain crossed.
Right off the first sip I notice the wheat malt backing, which gives this beer a crackery, somewhat doughy sweetness. Still, it's the sourness that your taste buds are inevitably going to focus on - good lacto tartness, with light green apple and lemon zest flavours. Subtle acidic tartness that fades into the aftertaste. Not puckeringly sour, but it's nothing to scoff at. Light-bodied with good weight; not as watery/thin as some of the BWs I've tried previously, but that might be related to its relatively high (for this style) abv. Moderately prickly carbonation, but not assertively so, and not particularly crisp.
Final Grade: 3.37, a B-. Royal City has had some limited success with sours, but when it comes to their Berliner-Weiss, I'm left sitting on the fence. It's not tragically flawed or anything, but other than being mildly refreshing it doesn't have a whole lot else going for it. I do appreciate the inclusion of a respectable wheat malt backbone, but I still find this to be a two-dimensional beer at best. Not bad; I don't regret the purchase, but I'll likely stick with Black Swan's Wild Child in the future.
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