Fidelinus Sobador
Compañia Cervecera Hércules

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From:
Compañia Cervecera Hércules
 
Mexico
Style:
Weizenbock
ABV:
7%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
3.76 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 24, 2022
Added:
Jan 22, 2022
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
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Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois

3.76/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
BA now only has 410 in this style that are active (I'm presuming.) The Top Rated list stops at 40. This would be #38 if the rest of your guys would get with the program and rate Fidelinus Sobrado.

Preface: do not drink this refrigerator cold. It much better as it warms.
Sobador opens average; Looks dark and keeps some suds to the end, but clearly has a restrained yeast. Smells open with a burst of banana, but aromatics slide with the first sip. Lates sips Taste better than early sips, a balanced malty brew. Medium to my mouth; once the excessive bubbles to calm.

This is not the product of the Bavarian masters who dominate the style. But, a more active yeast could carry Sabrado into the Top 25, an achievement when the top competition has been brewing this style for seven centuries.

As for my micro-review.... Hercules has 210 brews listed on UnTapped. Of the top 10 mot rated, only 1 is an AIPA. So they clearly are bucking the business plan of North American micros. I would like to try Hercules' saison. In the past two days, I've seen more of Mexico's micros than when I was a tourist in 2016. Is getting an importer is a recipe for sustainable progress?
Jan 24, 2022