The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
Half Acre Beer Company
- From:
- Half Acre Beer Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Herb and Spice Beer
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 14.16%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 22, 2014
- Added:
- Jan 16, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Imagine yourself deep in the metaphorical woods, laying metaphorical traps down to capture your metaphorical prey. You've got your sites set on the ravin, which you've been chasing for some time now, almost to the point of obsession. But as time elapses, and you find your thoughts drifting into the void, certain things rearrange, and the tables have turned. You're no longer the hunter, you're now the game, and you've been captured by your former prey.
Such a story, not to mention the song by the same name, was part of the inspiration for The Hunter gets Captured by the Game. For the brew, we blended smoked malts with caraway, laurel, and rosemary for an aromatic feast of a 6% ABV ale. The end result is herb-heavy, in both the nose and taste. This complex beast of a beer heads your way in a few short days, and pairs great with food of all sorts.
Such a story, not to mention the song by the same name, was part of the inspiration for The Hunter gets Captured by the Game. For the brew, we blended smoked malts with caraway, laurel, and rosemary for an aromatic feast of a 6% ABV ale. The end result is herb-heavy, in both the nose and taste. This complex beast of a beer heads your way in a few short days, and pairs great with food of all sorts.
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Reviewed by inlimbo77 from Delaware
3.67/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
22oz, March 2013
Founders Doom glass
A: Deeper orange color. Big bubbled off white layer of head. Dissipated quickly. Just a collar.
S: Smells like a spiced Fall beer with added smoke. Get that faint trace of campfire behind the spice and malt.
T: Right in tip of the tongue you get that nice campfire smoke. Some band aid flavor? Again, some spices similar to a fall or autumn brew. Thought it was clove or cinnamon. It's very drinkable at this low abv. Finish is fairly dry with lingering smoke character.
M: Medium bodied.
Jun 27, 2013Founders Doom glass
A: Deeper orange color. Big bubbled off white layer of head. Dissipated quickly. Just a collar.
S: Smells like a spiced Fall beer with added smoke. Get that faint trace of campfire behind the spice and malt.
T: Right in tip of the tongue you get that nice campfire smoke. Some band aid flavor? Again, some spices similar to a fall or autumn brew. Thought it was clove or cinnamon. It's very drinkable at this low abv. Finish is fairly dry with lingering smoke character.
M: Medium bodied.
Reviewed by rhoadsrage from Illinois
2.98/5 rDev -15.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
2.98/5 rDev -15.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
(Served in a snifter)
A- This beer pours a deep tan body with a thin ring of big bubbles as a head and a gentle carbonation trailing up the glass.
S- The full aroma of cloth band aids has some herbal spice notes in the finish that grow into a full rosemary bite.
T- The cloth band aids is the dominant flavor with some rosemary dryness coming through. Softer hop bitterness lingers with some fresh ginger heat and a peppery hop flavor pokes through a bit as it opens. There is an herbal iced tea flavor that takes over the finish of the beer as it opens.
M- The medium light mouthfeel has a slippery texture.
O- This is a big band aid beer with an odd herbal spice flavor to finish. I didn’t make it through the whole bomber and it took on an herbal toothpaste quality in the finish I had to stop.
Apr 23, 2013A- This beer pours a deep tan body with a thin ring of big bubbles as a head and a gentle carbonation trailing up the glass.
S- The full aroma of cloth band aids has some herbal spice notes in the finish that grow into a full rosemary bite.
T- The cloth band aids is the dominant flavor with some rosemary dryness coming through. Softer hop bitterness lingers with some fresh ginger heat and a peppery hop flavor pokes through a bit as it opens. There is an herbal iced tea flavor that takes over the finish of the beer as it opens.
M- The medium light mouthfeel has a slippery texture.
O- This is a big band aid beer with an odd herbal spice flavor to finish. I didn’t make it through the whole bomber and it took on an herbal toothpaste quality in the finish I had to stop.
Reviewed by GbVDave from Illinois
3.98/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from a 22oz bottle into two pint glasses. Thanks to HeatherAnn for the assist!
A: Pours a lightly clouded amber-orange. 1 finger of off-white head sits on top and leaves a droopy, lacey mess down the inside of the glass.
S: Aromas of smoke and hippy health food store.
T: The smoke is definitely there, but steps aside to let the herbs and spices out. Interesting.
M: Slightly drier and thinner than I would've like, but pretty good nonetheless.
O: Quite an interesting experiment. I really liked the interplay between the herbs/spices and the smoked malt.
Mar 17, 2013A: Pours a lightly clouded amber-orange. 1 finger of off-white head sits on top and leaves a droopy, lacey mess down the inside of the glass.
S: Aromas of smoke and hippy health food store.
T: The smoke is definitely there, but steps aside to let the herbs and spices out. Interesting.
M: Slightly drier and thinner than I would've like, but pretty good nonetheless.
O: Quite an interesting experiment. I really liked the interplay between the herbs/spices and the smoked malt.
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