Foedered Lager - Cali Common
Blindman Brewing
- From:
- Blindman Brewing
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- California Common / Steam Beer
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.91 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 09, 2022
- Added:
- Jan 09, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Work vs. play. Wild vs. controlled. Thinking v.s feeling.
And with this foeder-aged Cali Common, a nod to our craft beer forebearers who were the pioneers of the technique of using lager yeast but fermenting at ale temperatures.
Modern equipment, recipe design, and ingredients. Paired with the time-lost process of long maturations in beautiful air-dried white oak foeders. Showing balance between the true craftsmanship of 1140 board feet of finger-jointed wood staves and the true science of our brewing lab. Allowing us to reinterpret revered classics without hewing to traditionalist nonsense. Giving us the freedom to strive for a simple truth "whatever serves the beer best". Something well executed, well lagered and, well, delicious.
And with this foeder-aged Cali Common, a nod to our craft beer forebearers who were the pioneers of the technique of using lager yeast but fermenting at ale temperatures.
Modern equipment, recipe design, and ingredients. Paired with the time-lost process of long maturations in beautiful air-dried white oak foeders. Showing balance between the true craftsmanship of 1140 board feet of finger-jointed wood staves and the true science of our brewing lab. Allowing us to reinterpret revered classics without hewing to traditionalist nonsense. Giving us the freedom to strive for a simple truth "whatever serves the beer best". Something well executed, well lagered and, well, delicious.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by TooManyGlasses from Canada (AB)
3.91/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a beautifully clear deep amber colour with a good two fingers of just slightly off white head.
Malty on the nose - caramel, cereal grain but with a mildly fruity floral note and a hint of the oak foeder.
Taste starts with a toasty caramel sweetness and a bit of a fruity note, but the hop presence becomes dominant at the back with an earthy bitterness, hints of the oak.
Medium bodied with decent though not overwhelming carbonation, though there is some malty sweetness the bitterness sits post swallow.
Jan 09, 2022Malty on the nose - caramel, cereal grain but with a mildly fruity floral note and a hint of the oak foeder.
Taste starts with a toasty caramel sweetness and a bit of a fruity note, but the hop presence becomes dominant at the back with an earthy bitterness, hints of the oak.
Medium bodied with decent though not overwhelming carbonation, though there is some malty sweetness the bitterness sits post swallow.
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