Dawn of Civilization
Grey Matter Brewing Co.
- From:
- Grey Matter Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.43 | pDev: 4.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 13, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 18, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Building a civilization is a lot of effort and can work up quite a thirst. Dawn of Civilization is our version of the quintessential pint for a hot afternoon on the patio. Combining the acidity and sweetness of citrus fruit with the smoothness of wheat, highly carbonated to produce an aromatic refreshing ale best served with a slice of orange.
13 IBU
13 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by TheHammer from Canada (ON)
3.15/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 3.25
3.15/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 3.25
Appearance: Poured with a thumb of head that did not lace nor retain exceptionally well. The body is somewhat cloudy as it certainly blurs things, but opaque it is not. It does show a ton of very small bubbled carbonation though.
Smell: It smells off. I am catching the barest of wheat and banana notes, but it's buried behind this dirty haze that's reminiscent of road shoulder being kicked up from the road, as a mix of dirt, minerals and I think a slight touch of biscuit malt is there too. Warming brings out a bit of orange citrus but it doesn't get to great potency.
Taste: Biscuit and mild wheat malt to start with a mild orange undercurrent that leans briefly into the orange in a nice way, but it's incredibly fleeting. I suspect that what is bringing the citrus here is orange zest, as it seems to go a bit too far and into pithy and bitter with that dirt note making a return.
Mouthfeel: The pith and bitter note are not something I looking for in a wheat beer, especially one whose can advises this is to be a summer drinker. Initially the beer seemed to clear itself in the aftertaste, but that unpleasant note keeps building in the aftertaste and becomes unpleasant at the half way mark. Carbonation helps out the start and end of the beer, but that brief time in the middle comes across more as an accident here.
Drinkability: This is not a summer guzzler it portends to be and when that is stripped away, we are left with a pale ale trying not to be a pale ale with it's orange notes and slight banana smell. Light bodied which I would expect from a wheat beer, but it doesn't settle down well for me.
Final Thoughts: I've come to a realization with Wheat Beer, that I think the "American" style wheat beers on this site have not once hit the mark for me. I suspect this is because when I see wheat, I expect either banana and bubble gum notes or citrus and spice notes, and these flavors seem to be at direct odds with bitter mineral notes, hops and usually dark roasting because they drown them out, but not entirely. If you are going to brand something as Wheat, for me should be Weizen or Wit. If it's not either of them, you need to make clear on your branding you are getting off the beaten path, as to me this does not come across as either Weizen or Wit. This one is a pass for me. It's not terrible, but there's other things I'd rather be drinking.
Sep 13, 2022Smell: It smells off. I am catching the barest of wheat and banana notes, but it's buried behind this dirty haze that's reminiscent of road shoulder being kicked up from the road, as a mix of dirt, minerals and I think a slight touch of biscuit malt is there too. Warming brings out a bit of orange citrus but it doesn't get to great potency.
Taste: Biscuit and mild wheat malt to start with a mild orange undercurrent that leans briefly into the orange in a nice way, but it's incredibly fleeting. I suspect that what is bringing the citrus here is orange zest, as it seems to go a bit too far and into pithy and bitter with that dirt note making a return.
Mouthfeel: The pith and bitter note are not something I looking for in a wheat beer, especially one whose can advises this is to be a summer drinker. Initially the beer seemed to clear itself in the aftertaste, but that unpleasant note keeps building in the aftertaste and becomes unpleasant at the half way mark. Carbonation helps out the start and end of the beer, but that brief time in the middle comes across more as an accident here.
Drinkability: This is not a summer guzzler it portends to be and when that is stripped away, we are left with a pale ale trying not to be a pale ale with it's orange notes and slight banana smell. Light bodied which I would expect from a wheat beer, but it doesn't settle down well for me.
Final Thoughts: I've come to a realization with Wheat Beer, that I think the "American" style wheat beers on this site have not once hit the mark for me. I suspect this is because when I see wheat, I expect either banana and bubble gum notes or citrus and spice notes, and these flavors seem to be at direct odds with bitter mineral notes, hops and usually dark roasting because they drown them out, but not entirely. If you are going to brand something as Wheat, for me should be Weizen or Wit. If it's not either of them, you need to make clear on your branding you are getting off the beaten path, as to me this does not come across as either Weizen or Wit. This one is a pass for me. It's not terrible, but there's other things I'd rather be drinking.
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