Yeren
Abomination Brewing Company
- From:
- Abomination Brewing Company
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.21 | pDev: 2.38%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 17, 2020
- Added:
- Dec 12, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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For our second brew in this celebration of Yetti-esque cryptids we travel from the snowy woods of Southwestern Alaska to the remote mountains of Hubei, China. Dotted with lakes and split by both the Han and Yangtze, this area is haunted by the Yeren, literally translated to either ‘wild-man’ or ‘man monkey’.
To pay homage to this beast we looked to the cuisine and exports of Hubei, and tried to recreate the sour and slightly sweet, pungent sauce accompanying their beloved Wuchang Bream with a Sour Ale brewed with Dragonfruit and Hibiscus, with a blood red color like the prized Hubei marble they export. Our Yeren is a Kettle sour brewed with golden promise, flaked oats, wheat and lactose. Kettle soured and fermented atop a ton of dragonfruit and fresh hibiscus flowers. Tart, floral and juicy.
To pay homage to this beast we looked to the cuisine and exports of Hubei, and tried to recreate the sour and slightly sweet, pungent sauce accompanying their beloved Wuchang Bream with a Sour Ale brewed with Dragonfruit and Hibiscus, with a blood red color like the prized Hubei marble they export. Our Yeren is a Kettle sour brewed with golden promise, flaked oats, wheat and lactose. Kettle soured and fermented atop a ton of dragonfruit and fresh hibiscus flowers. Tart, floral and juicy.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.33/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Abomination Brewing "Yeren"
1 pint can, "CANNED ON 12/04/19 16:25" and sampled on 02/17/20
$4.99 @ Roger Wilco, Pennsauken, NJ
Notes via stream of consciousness: So this at least sounds interesting. It's a sour ale with dragonfruit and hibiscus, and hopped with Lemondrop. I've put a large head on it to see what happens because sour beers generally lose their heads rather quickly. It seems to be holding fine though. The body is a pinkish ruby in color, and it's hazy but not too hazy. The foamy head is a very light pink, pinkish white if you'd prefer that. In the nose I'm finding a surprisingly bright floral and lemon zesty aroma that's got to be coming from the hibiscus and lemon drop hops. It's a little fruity in a kind of fruit punch way as well, and just a touch vegetal, mineralish, and citrus pithy. So far, so good. On to the flavor... it's tart as expected but not puckering, and the hibiscus and lemon flavor remains. There's a little bit of that fruit punch to it as well, and some mineralish citrus pith. It's not bitter but it doesn't need to be as it's got acidity, and it finishes dry with just some lemon and fruit-punch lingering. In the mouth it's light bodied and gently crisp with some added tang from the sourness. I'm quite impressed with this! It's delicate in many ways, and yet it's got lots of flavor to keep you satisfied. Even more impressive, the head held up really well and even left some thin rings of lacing about the glass which is certainly not common for sour beers.
Review #6,955
Feb 17, 20201 pint can, "CANNED ON 12/04/19 16:25" and sampled on 02/17/20
$4.99 @ Roger Wilco, Pennsauken, NJ
Notes via stream of consciousness: So this at least sounds interesting. It's a sour ale with dragonfruit and hibiscus, and hopped with Lemondrop. I've put a large head on it to see what happens because sour beers generally lose their heads rather quickly. It seems to be holding fine though. The body is a pinkish ruby in color, and it's hazy but not too hazy. The foamy head is a very light pink, pinkish white if you'd prefer that. In the nose I'm finding a surprisingly bright floral and lemon zesty aroma that's got to be coming from the hibiscus and lemon drop hops. It's a little fruity in a kind of fruit punch way as well, and just a touch vegetal, mineralish, and citrus pithy. So far, so good. On to the flavor... it's tart as expected but not puckering, and the hibiscus and lemon flavor remains. There's a little bit of that fruit punch to it as well, and some mineralish citrus pith. It's not bitter but it doesn't need to be as it's got acidity, and it finishes dry with just some lemon and fruit-punch lingering. In the mouth it's light bodied and gently crisp with some added tang from the sourness. I'm quite impressed with this! It's delicate in many ways, and yet it's got lots of flavor to keep you satisfied. Even more impressive, the head held up really well and even left some thin rings of lacing about the glass which is certainly not common for sour beers.
Review #6,955
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
4.09/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16oz can. Poured out a clear, pinkish color with a small, off-white head of foam. It smelled of fruitiness, floral notes and caramel. Sweet fruitiness with a sharp puckering, sour bite.
Jan 24, 2020
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