Hansel & Gretel
Terre Haute Brewing Company

 

Pours brown with a light copper hue to it. Transparency is fuzzy thanks to a modest haze. That haze turns to a more foggy, lightly murky transparency when the final ounces are poured into the glass. Head formation is three fingers of khaki tan foam. Aroma is bread, nutty, earthy, and caramel malts with some faint toffee and banana behind. It's dry and mellow, hitting quickly and receding. Part of that dryness is courtesy of rye bread. Flavor profile is rye, clove, nutty, and earthy malts. It's bread forward with a little sweetness via toffee. Unfortunately, there is a touch of bubblegum flavor in the background, which detracts from the balance. Mouth feel is soft carbonation with the texture of soft white bread melting on the tongue. Thickness is medium-thin. Overall, a bready malt beer that delivers some unique characteristics, but it's downfall is bubblegum.

Served in a 15.5oz Speigalau tulip from a 16oz can.

A - Pours a dark brick red, mostly hazy, with a clean white head, persistent cap, and fine bubble curtains of lacing.

S - Dark bread in the malts, a bit of the rye spice, and a funkier back with a bit of sourness mingling with some grassy hops.

T - Follows the nose, with a strong malt core, a slight peppery spiciness, and a sour line that trails to a bit of bitterness on the close.

M - Decent carbonation, moderate weight typical of a high malt style, that lingers on the finish.

O - I do not have a clear frame of reference, so I take this one as a beer more generally. It is decent, pretty tasty, and certainly a new experience, but not one that made me say, "Wow."

16oz stamped CANNED ON 08/26/21 poured into a wheat beer glass at 63° Fahrenheit 5.5% ABV 20 IBU. The beer pours hefe-hazy in a medium dark amber color with light khaki head. The head recedes to a thin ring and single layer of bubbles. The aroma is mild with rye malt, clove, bubblegum and slight vanilla sweetness. The taste is semisweet, clovey, rye malt with a subtle vanilla note throughout. Mild bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation and somewhat dry finish. Overall, very subtle Roggenbier. This beer is barely a week old at time of review and the big, bold Hefeweizen yeast notes aren't there. That's fine with me, because I'm not a fan of all that anyway. Nice drinking beer.