Summit Unchained #16 - Herkulean Woods

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  1. BottleCaps80

    BottleCaps80 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2013 Iowa

    Lager brewed with maple syrup and spruce tips. 8.2% ABV. Due out in August!

    Maple syrup is locally sourced (from Lutsen area along the Superior north shore) and the spruce tips form Iowa. The description says it will have a big malt backbone with a resinous, spicy hop aroma.

    Sounds very interesting!
     
    #1 BottleCaps80, Jun 25, 2014
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  2. JediMatt

    JediMatt Zealot (549) Jun 18, 2010 Iowa

    Maple syrup and....spruce. Have to say I'm not sure about this one.
     
    #2 JediMatt, Jun 26, 2014
  3. BottleCaps80

    BottleCaps80 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2013 Iowa

    I'm guessing the spruce will add a resinous bitterness, which with the malty backbone and sweetness from the maple syrup, might actually give it a very nice balanced taste. I'll give it a shot for sure!
     
    #3 BottleCaps80, Jun 26, 2014
  4. Ol_Johnny_Skippelwicky

    Ol_Johnny_Skippelwicky Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2013 Minnesota

    Spruce tips are amazing! And they are not piney like you'd think. Try Ode to a Russian Shipwright sometime.
     
    #4 Ol_Johnny_Skippelwicky, Jun 26, 2014
  5. MN_Beerticker

    MN_Beerticker Initiate (0) Jul 10, 2012 Minnesota

    Alaskan Winter is brewed with Spruce tips and I don't get a piney note from that. I do however get a whiff of grape soda on the finish of the first sip. I am looking forward to this brew as I scramble to find the current union series offering.
     
    #5 MN_Beerticker, Jun 27, 2014
  6. KarlHungus

    KarlHungus Grand Pooh-Bah (3,315) Feb 19, 2005 Minnesota
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    Sounds good, and it's about time they put out another beer in the Unchained series. By August it will have been close to five months since they released the last one. I thought they were planning on putting out four a year, but I guess not this year.
     
    #6 KarlHungus, Jun 29, 2014
  7. Bond111

    Bond111 Zealot (708) Feb 14, 2011 Minnesota
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    Sign me up! I love the smell of spruce tips, and real maple syrup is where it's at.
     
    #7 Bond111, Jun 29, 2014
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