Hidden Hands
Manantler Craft Brewing
- From:
- Manantler Craft Brewing
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Wheatwine
- ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.35 | pDev: 2.99%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 01, 2016
- Added:
- Dec 29, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
4.22/5 rDev -3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev -3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
The last of 9 bombers received in a semi-recent trade. Thanks again, Chris! Billed as a "cascara" wheatwine brewed with coffee, cherries and cinnamon. Served slightly chilled, but there was plenty of time to warm up to room temperature.
This one is translucent, reddish-orange amber in colour; an intentionally rough pour generated just over an inch of frothy head, roughly the colour of smoker's teeth. It dissipates within the next 3-4 minutes, leaving behind a decent swath of lacing, as well as a messy collar and bubbly cap. Definitely getting cherries on the nose - both the sweet type and the sour type. The cinnamon is also noticeable, but I'm not getting much of the coffee; this is in addition to sublte hints of red grape, vanilla and dates.
A big beer for sure, but the alcohol is very well-integrated, and the individual elements complement each other well - the flavours really blend together in a cohesive manner. Bready, wheaty malts and some caramel sweetness are present, along with fruity cherry and date notes which give the profile a dessert-like vibe. The cinnamon creeps out of the shadows by mid-sip, imparting a subtle, earthy spiciness that beautifully accentuates the light notes of coffee bitterness on the back end. Finishes with a 1:1:1 mix of sweet cherry, leafy/spicy astringency, and wheat malt sweetness; slight boozy warmth in the aftertaste. Full-bodied, with light carbonation and a silky-smooth, soft and satisfying texture in the mouth. Absurdly easy to drink for something of such significant strength.
Final Grade: 4.22, an A-. Hidden Hands Cascara Wheat Wine is one of the best strong ales I've tried in recent memory, as well as one of the best spiced ales - certainly the best wheat wine (though to be fair, I've tried very few of these). My one suggestion would be to crank up the coffee flavour a tad - the cinnamon and cherry are balanced very nicely with the wheat malts and booze, but the java is starting to get lost in the mix. Still, this is a fabulous brew that I'm grateful to have tried - if they brew this one again and you're in the Bowmanville area, give it a shot.
Sep 01, 2016This one is translucent, reddish-orange amber in colour; an intentionally rough pour generated just over an inch of frothy head, roughly the colour of smoker's teeth. It dissipates within the next 3-4 minutes, leaving behind a decent swath of lacing, as well as a messy collar and bubbly cap. Definitely getting cherries on the nose - both the sweet type and the sour type. The cinnamon is also noticeable, but I'm not getting much of the coffee; this is in addition to sublte hints of red grape, vanilla and dates.
A big beer for sure, but the alcohol is very well-integrated, and the individual elements complement each other well - the flavours really blend together in a cohesive manner. Bready, wheaty malts and some caramel sweetness are present, along with fruity cherry and date notes which give the profile a dessert-like vibe. The cinnamon creeps out of the shadows by mid-sip, imparting a subtle, earthy spiciness that beautifully accentuates the light notes of coffee bitterness on the back end. Finishes with a 1:1:1 mix of sweet cherry, leafy/spicy astringency, and wheat malt sweetness; slight boozy warmth in the aftertaste. Full-bodied, with light carbonation and a silky-smooth, soft and satisfying texture in the mouth. Absurdly easy to drink for something of such significant strength.
Final Grade: 4.22, an A-. Hidden Hands Cascara Wheat Wine is one of the best strong ales I've tried in recent memory, as well as one of the best spiced ales - certainly the best wheat wine (though to be fair, I've tried very few of these). My one suggestion would be to crank up the coffee flavour a tad - the cinnamon and cherry are balanced very nicely with the wheat malts and booze, but the java is starting to get lost in the mix. Still, this is a fabulous brew that I'm grateful to have tried - if they brew this one again and you're in the Bowmanville area, give it a shot.
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