Upper Iowa Common
Pulpit Rock Brewing Company
- From:
- Pulpit Rock Brewing Company
- Iowa, United States
- Style:
- California Common / Steam Beer
- ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 3.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 31, 2024
- Added:
- Dec 04, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Part of our dreaming of fields project - This Kentucky common inspired ale, sometimes know as a dark cream ale was brewed with 75% Iowa malted barley from Miller Malting Co. out of Cascade, IA, and 20% bloody butcher corn from FloLo Farms Out of West Union, IA. Slightly malty and extremely drinkable, this beer is an ode to Iowa and its hard working farmers.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by 4DAloveofSTOUT from Illinois
4.29/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Dark brown bodied beer with a huge head that stacks up well over 4 fingers tall. Lacing everywhere it touches the glass. This beer poured way dark that I expected it to be.
Smell: Malt forward. Dark crusty bread and toasted grains.
Taste: Fresh baked dark bread. Toasted Grains. Hint of lightly bitter chocolate note.
Mouthfeel: medium light bodied beer. moderate carbonation levels. For the most part this is soft bodied, but towards the end it starts to water down from the initial soft texture.
Overall: What a stunning beer! It's like a cross between an English Mild Ale, a dunkel, and a California Common aka "steam beer". The grain profile in this beer is the star; the can makes a suggestion that specialty grains where used to brew this beer and I would say that is accurate. It's really delicious beer flavored beer.
Jul 15, 2024Smell: Malt forward. Dark crusty bread and toasted grains.
Taste: Fresh baked dark bread. Toasted Grains. Hint of lightly bitter chocolate note.
Mouthfeel: medium light bodied beer. moderate carbonation levels. For the most part this is soft bodied, but towards the end it starts to water down from the initial soft texture.
Overall: What a stunning beer! It's like a cross between an English Mild Ale, a dunkel, and a California Common aka "steam beer". The grain profile in this beer is the star; the can makes a suggestion that specialty grains where used to brew this beer and I would say that is accurate. It's really delicious beer flavored beer.
Rated by LukeGude from Iowa
3.83/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4-pack of cans from John’s. Couldn’t pass up! Drinkable special!
Oct 21, 2023
Reviewed by dcotom from Iowa
3.92/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.92/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
On tap at Pulpit Rock, served in a tulip glass. Slightly hazy chestnut brown, light tan head that settled to a thin ring. Nothing overpowering about this one. Aromas and flavors of light brown bread, a little caramel, and a nice hit of peppery spice on the finish. Good carbonation, light on the palate, quite drinkable. The only thing missing is a bratwurst to pair it with. Well done!
Dec 04, 2022
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