Hypnopedia
Kent Falls Brewing Company
- From:
- Kent Falls Brewing Company
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- Brett Beer
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.4 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 01, 2019
- Added:
- Dec 01, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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In the truest form of collaboration, we came together with Arizona Wilderness to brew a lager with barley grown and malted in each of our home states. After a primary fermentation in stainless steel with our house blend of lager yeast, we then transferred the lager into freshly emptied red wine barrels and pitched mixed cultures harvested from our respective environments and allowed it to rest in oak for five months. While the beer slumbered, it went through a multitude of changes transforming into a well-articulated brett forward crispy lager with murmurings of oak tannins. A final lagering, cold, in stainless for another month to keep it true to style and present it to you in its most honest essence.
Connecticut Synergy barley grown and malted in Windsor, CT at Thrall Family malt.
AZ Metcalf barley grown in Camp Verde, AZ at Hausers Farm and Malted at Sinagua Malt.
Brewed July 2018. Bottled January 2019. Released sometime after the shutdown ends.
Style - Brett Lager / Lager / Oak Aged Brett Lager
Flavor Profile - Brett / Clean / Low Alcohol / Rustic
Availability - One Off/Collab
Yeasts - Brett Blend / Lager Blend
Malts - Arizona Pilsner Malt / Connecticut Pilsner Malt
Aging Method - Red Wine Barrels / Stainless Steel
Collaborators - Arizona Wilderness
Connecticut Synergy barley grown and malted in Windsor, CT at Thrall Family malt.
AZ Metcalf barley grown in Camp Verde, AZ at Hausers Farm and Malted at Sinagua Malt.
Brewed July 2018. Bottled January 2019. Released sometime after the shutdown ends.
Style - Brett Lager / Lager / Oak Aged Brett Lager
Flavor Profile - Brett / Clean / Low Alcohol / Rustic
Availability - One Off/Collab
Yeasts - Brett Blend / Lager Blend
Malts - Arizona Pilsner Malt / Connecticut Pilsner Malt
Aging Method - Red Wine Barrels / Stainless Steel
Collaborators - Arizona Wilderness
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Lingenbrau from Oregon
4.4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A lager combining two regions malted grain, transferred into red wine casks with two regions mixed culture yeast. Color me intrigued.
Simply put, it pours as a beautiful looking Pilsner. A polished brass color that shows a slight lack of clarity, white soap sudsy foam frothing above, retaining well before leaving a burn around the perimeter of the glass and spotty trickles of lace.
The aroma acts as the perfect salesman to what the label indicates. Elements of the transformation are apparent individually with biscuit, honey and grass representing the Pilsner, oak and light tannins showcasing the wine barrels, and a hint of farmhouse funk, hay, and a little white pepper tying it all together with the wild yeasts.
Flavors are well supported by the implications of the nose. The Pilsner itself is somewhat lost, but the grassy finish defends its presence. In the foreground, the slightly tart and funky attributes of the mixed cultures reign supreme over the delicate oak and even less prominent red wine.
I think I'll use that word again. Delicate. This beer feels exactly that. Soft and gentle, crisp, light, and even a bit bubbly. The lightest amount of tartness, sweetness, and bitterness imaginable working together towards perfect balance. A superbly dry finish demands sip after sip, and in an instant, this bottle is nearly gone.
What a frustrating experience to have such a wonderful beer, and only one crack at it. This is the type of beer I could drink by the truck load. Full of, again, "delicate" and delicious flavors wrapped up in a ridiculously easy to drink overall approach. A true table beer of sorts. Find me a beer like this at a reasonable price in a 12 pack format, and I'll give up on all other "sessionable" styles.
Cheers!
Dec 01, 2019Simply put, it pours as a beautiful looking Pilsner. A polished brass color that shows a slight lack of clarity, white soap sudsy foam frothing above, retaining well before leaving a burn around the perimeter of the glass and spotty trickles of lace.
The aroma acts as the perfect salesman to what the label indicates. Elements of the transformation are apparent individually with biscuit, honey and grass representing the Pilsner, oak and light tannins showcasing the wine barrels, and a hint of farmhouse funk, hay, and a little white pepper tying it all together with the wild yeasts.
Flavors are well supported by the implications of the nose. The Pilsner itself is somewhat lost, but the grassy finish defends its presence. In the foreground, the slightly tart and funky attributes of the mixed cultures reign supreme over the delicate oak and even less prominent red wine.
I think I'll use that word again. Delicate. This beer feels exactly that. Soft and gentle, crisp, light, and even a bit bubbly. The lightest amount of tartness, sweetness, and bitterness imaginable working together towards perfect balance. A superbly dry finish demands sip after sip, and in an instant, this bottle is nearly gone.
What a frustrating experience to have such a wonderful beer, and only one crack at it. This is the type of beer I could drink by the truck load. Full of, again, "delicate" and delicious flavors wrapped up in a ridiculously easy to drink overall approach. A true table beer of sorts. Find me a beer like this at a reasonable price in a 12 pack format, and I'll give up on all other "sessionable" styles.
Cheers!
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