I Am The Lager
Branch and Blade Brewing
- From:
- Branch and Blade Brewing
- New Hampshire, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.37 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 22, 2022
- Added:
- Aug 22, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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We invited our buddy Morgan up from Buttonwoods in RI to join us for a special brew day. We used a grain bill heavy in Pilsner malt, hopped with Hallertau Blanc, then fermented with a blend of our house lager yeast and a subtle Brettanomyces strain from our friend Justin at Sidereal Farm. Our first beer with Brett Lager answers whether it's us or the lager talking.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by LeRose from Massachusetts
3.37/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.37/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
This looks exactly like a lager should. Crystal clear, golden color with a fluffy white head that persists well and laces great.
The smell...ummm...it is actually a little white wine-like with some mild tropical fruit. Biscuit-like malt underneath. It's mild and pretty inviting, no evidence of brett in the aroma.
The taste opens with biscuity malt, slight sweetness in the mid-taste. While that happens, there's a mild lemon in the where did you come from category. There's a definite white wine grape thing going on, and after looking up the hop variety, that makes sense. The 500 pound gorilla is maybe the Brett, but I am not entirely convinced of that. I usually like Brett beers, but in this case I think maybe it took a perfectly good beer and ruined it. There is an unpleasant bitter-driven aftertaste with a bit of a metallic taste that becomes quite bile-like as it accumulates. It all works until then. Then again, not sure if i can blame the brett because the aftertaste doesn't really seem brett-like to me. Maybe something else is jacked up, or I've not experienced the bad side of brett before.
The feel is medium, bright. Nicely effervescent. Very drying.
Overall, this is quirky for sure, and it's actually quite good until the hammer falls. I'm thinking Brett Lager may not need to be a thing? But can I truly blame the brett - dunno. The hop description is more of an aroma hop, not bittering, so I don't think it is the source of the negative effect in the aftertaste.
Aug 22, 2022The smell...ummm...it is actually a little white wine-like with some mild tropical fruit. Biscuit-like malt underneath. It's mild and pretty inviting, no evidence of brett in the aroma.
The taste opens with biscuity malt, slight sweetness in the mid-taste. While that happens, there's a mild lemon in the where did you come from category. There's a definite white wine grape thing going on, and after looking up the hop variety, that makes sense. The 500 pound gorilla is maybe the Brett, but I am not entirely convinced of that. I usually like Brett beers, but in this case I think maybe it took a perfectly good beer and ruined it. There is an unpleasant bitter-driven aftertaste with a bit of a metallic taste that becomes quite bile-like as it accumulates. It all works until then. Then again, not sure if i can blame the brett because the aftertaste doesn't really seem brett-like to me. Maybe something else is jacked up, or I've not experienced the bad side of brett before.
The feel is medium, bright. Nicely effervescent. Very drying.
Overall, this is quirky for sure, and it's actually quite good until the hammer falls. I'm thinking Brett Lager may not need to be a thing? But can I truly blame the brett - dunno. The hop description is more of an aroma hop, not bittering, so I don't think it is the source of the negative effect in the aftertaste.
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