Homespun
Suarez Family Brewery

 

 

 

 

16oz can purchased from a bottle shop as part of a mixed 4-pack for $18. Canned on 7. 5. 23, so this beer is just over two months old.

Look: It is quite pale and quite clear. I would call this a light to medium gold color; it has a light caramel color to it not unlike a single malt scotch. Nice carbonation with lots of small to medium sized bubbles rising up the glass. There was a finger and half of rocky off-white head that eventually dissipated to a very thin layer. A bit of sediment at the bottom of the can gave the beer a moderate haziness and a few particulate floaties.

Smell: Nice aromas. It's a nice mixture of slightly dank, pine, citrus, and tropical fruit notes. I really cannot place what kind of hops are used here but it does remind me a bit of Nelson Sauvin. Smells a lot like peach gummy rings but it the beer does not smell sweet. Has like a really pleasant papaya / passion fruit / melon vibe coming through pretty strongly. I don't really get any malt notes on the nose. Faint green bell pepper note on the finish.

Taste: This is infinitely crushable. Up front, it's bright and light, fruity and piney, clean and crisp. Fairly dry on the finish with light tea notes and a mild to moderate lingering bitterness. There is also a bit of peppery spiciness lingering on the finish. The beer also has a touch of acidity that helps make it really tasty. After tasting this, I think that the hops used could be Simcoe and/or Mosaic.

Feel: The body is medium minus. Nicely carbonated. The mouthfeel is basically an afterthought. For a 4.9% ABV American Pale Ale, I think that is what you want the mouthfeel to be.

Overall: So good. As far as American Pale Ales go, it doesn't get much better than this for me. And I have had my fair share of APAs. This is very tasty and as I said above, it's a crusher. Super drinkable.

From instagram:
our hoppy spelt pale ale

From untappd:
Hoppy spelt ale. Brewed with a unique blend of modern/fruity Pacific Northwest hops, in conjunction with old-school German hops.

Murky yellow pour with a fat finger of eggshell white fluffy foam, rings of lacing left behind. Smell captures spring grass blowing in the breeze with slight resin, lemon and a hint of orange. Taste incorporates more black pepper and rustic bready yeast, but this takes away from the fullness of the gentle hops a bit. Feel is wetter for style, hops and yeast run, not overly pale, almost more ipa like.

Poured from a 16oz can stamped CANNED on 3.1.22 to a Nonic glass at fridge temp.
A bright gold body sits below a beautiful puffy pure white head of many-sized bubbles.
There is a nice hoppy aroma with lemon, hay and pine.
The taste is soapy (in a good way), citrus rind, and a nice dry finish.
Mouthfeel is medium to light, carbonation is appropriate.
This is really good.

 

 

Suarez Family Brewery "Homespun"
on tap at the brewery on 1 September 2018

Notes: The body is a clear gold beneath a bright white head of foam. Both the head retention and lacing are excellent. The aroma is floral and grainy, and not surprisingly the flavor follows. It's even grainier though, and the spelt flavor sticks with you in the bitter but balanced finish. Medium bodied and crisp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hazy yellow color with two fat fingers of yellowed head. Decent retention and thick lacing.

Sweet smelling with apple juice, pineapple, honeydew, white pepper and a little pine in the nose.

The sweetness is more muted in the taste, with the apple-and-pineapple fruitiness both watered down and also counteracted by some relatively strong graininess and some very light, dull bitterness.

Fairly light bodied with nice carbonation.

Perfectly drinkable, but not something I will search out again.

16 oz can into a Willi belcher.

Pours a lightly hazy yellow straw color with a finger of sudsy white head. Decent retention. Leaves a ring of lacing before dissipating into a thin sheet.

The aroma is quite grainy and bready, with some citrus and peppery spice notes.

The flavor follows the nose: Rindy citrus, cereal grains, spicy rye bread. Has an herbal, grassy finish.

The feel is medium-light bodied with moderate carbonation. Surprisingly crisp and modestly dry. Very drinkable.

Overall, this is a very good pale ale. It's a bit different than other Suarez pales; more spicy, earthy and grainy. But it's still a good, well crafted beer.