Hottenroth
Bruery Terreux

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From:
Bruery Terreux
 
California, United States
Style:
Berliner Weisse
ABV:
3.1%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.04 | pDev: 10.89%
Reviews:
438
Ratings:
1,607
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Apr 05, 2021
Added:
Jul 22, 2008
Wants:
  195
Gots:
  187
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Ratings by Agent1:
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Reviewed by Agent1 from Canada (BC)

4.67/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Review includes Hottenroth with woodruff, and without.

1) WITH WOODRUFF (traditional method):

Appearance - Bright, bright turquoise and neon with bubbly champagne head. Head has traces of neon blue. Like Scope. Very interesting. Quite active in the glass.

Smell - Faint lemon peel, bubble gum ice cream, straw, candy, floral and plant-like.

Taste - Sorbet, Christmas cake/ fruitcake, elderberries, pot-pourri, green jelly, cloves, flowers, mint, cane sugar, elements of a lambic yet less sour and more floral, herbal notes. Clean yeasty notes. Wheat with lemon peel and lime Kool-aid. The lactobacillus and brett really balances the sugar and helps pulls all the syrup notes together.

Mouthfeel - Strong carbonation which works great with this beer. Clean and quick finish. Very nice.

Overall - This is where cocktails meet lambic/ sours. Incredibly unique. This may be the ultimate seasonal wheat beer when wanting to mix things up! I imagine drinking this at Christmas or on a hot summer day and having it blow my mind. There is no other style of beer that tastes anything like this when done the traditional way. Very earthy, floral and tart. Easily one of the most unique beers I've had in years.


2) WITHOUT WOODRUFF (non-traditional):

Appearance - Yellow/ golden with a slightly cloudy appearance. Bright, white head. Quite active in the glass.

Smell - Tart and dry. Lemon/ lemon peel, hay, straw, wheat, Significantly less sweetness (as expected, due to no syrup). Much more sour on the nose.

Taste - Wheat, hay, subtle pineapple, lemon, faint cloves and/or coriander. Strong acidity. Much dryer and tart without woodruff. It may go without saying, but this is significantly less complex on its own.

Mouthfeel - Dry and sour. Very similar to a lambic. Like biting into a lemon. Great feel.

Overall - Do yourself a favor and find some woodruff. Syrup is a must with this style of beer.
Jan 05, 2015
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
750ml bottle into a tulip. No idea as to the age on this one.

Looks nice in the glass. Crystal clear pale golden yellow body. Decent carbonation, but no head retention. One of the brightest looking beers I've seen

Tart green apple aroma.

On tasting, it's tart, dry, puckering, green apple. Definitely a sipper, despite the low abv.

Mouth medium, finish very tart and dry.

Overall, Interesting beer to try. Most other berliners I've had, have lotta fruit additives. This, despite the apple prescence, is very clean.
Apr 05, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Apr 03, 2020
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Reviewed by BenHoppy from Michigan

3.66/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Very thin, almost like a sour water than a beer. It was refreshing on a hot summer day but nothing too special. This was a 3 year old bottle and despite the low abv the bottle said ages well so the 3 year age shouldn't be a huge factor. I did on the other hand pick up flavors of lemon, lemon grass, tangerine, and mango.
Jul 11, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Davedrinkinbeer from Indiana

Jul 07, 2019
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Reviewed by iguanodon from Utah

3.14/5  rDev -22.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
750 ml bottle dated 05/12/16. Pours slightly hazy gold with a big coarse white head that disappears right away. Aroma is lemon, grass, funk. Taste is tart lemon, brett funk, a little wood. Strong carbonation makes for a lively mouth feel. Nice hot weather beer.
Jun 29, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by detpizzaboi from Michigan

Mar 10, 2019
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

3.59/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Sparkling yellow-gold with a loud fizzy head that immediately dies to nothing.

Smell has bready wheat with pear, apple, and sparkling white wine.

Zippy and effervescent, flavors of tart green and yellow apple are joined by lightly funky hay, faint wheat, white grape and bitter grass that come as fast as they go in this exceedingly, disappearingly airy brew.

The light body finishes tingly and semi-wet.
Sep 20, 2018
 
Rated: 4.53 by chiefz1 from New York

Aug 13, 2018
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Reviewed by jaialai-untilidie from Florida

3.61/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
No head retention at all. Champagne like carbonation. Not very sour, drinkable but seems lacking in areas. A nice summer berliner but it seems subdued. Just a hink of funk
Jul 06, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by petermethot from New Jersey

Jun 22, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by scottspencer from Indiana

Apr 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Jason_cs from Florida

Jan 18, 2018
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Reviewed by GiselesGazelle from Massachusetts

4.24/5  rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a wine glass. 2016 bottle that I picked up from my local liquor store in December 2017, $6.99.

Appearance - poured about a finger of eggshell white head that dissipated immediately. It was literally gone within seconds, and that was that. Absolutely no lacing, but there's a nice stream of effervescent loveliness. Golden straw color with light shades of orange, and a slightly cloudy but fairly translucent body.

Smell - lemon citrus, pear, and funk. I don't like the "barnyard" descriptor, but yeah, that's what a lot of people would call it. Kind of like a musty wheat, but in the best way. Light shades of vinegar.

Taste - lemon and pear again, which is pretty straight forward. Lightly tart lactic acid, which is pretty tame for Bruery Terreux, but exactly what you'd want/expect from a berliner style. Light funk.

Mouth feel - extremely light bodied with a semi dry finish. The carbonation is on point and meshes perfectly with the acidity.

Overall - what can you say? It's low abv and not particularly complex. It's not as tart as most of Bruery's other sours. If you want a sour bomb, you should probably keep looking. But honestly, you shouldn't be expecting that from a berliner anyway. This is excessively drinkable and refreshing, the perfect beer to session on a hot summer day. Phenomenal price point at that. Maybe a prototypical berliner.
Dec 10, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by ajdemma from New York

Oct 21, 2017
 
Rated: 4.13 by heytomcat from Minnesota

Sep 24, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by kingjohnh from New Mexico

Aug 10, 2017
 
Rated: 4.05 by loganburgh from Michigan

Aug 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3.39 by moundbz from North Dakota

Jul 17, 2017
 
Rated: 4.2 by cp45 from New Jersey

Jul 03, 2017
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