Blackberry Orange Pop!
Grimm Artisanal Ales in Brooklyn, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Berliner Weisse Regular|
Score
7.37
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Pretty good stuff but with the vanilla and milk sugar in it I expected something a little more dessert like. I don’t pick up any sweetness at all of course it might just be toned down sourness. The blackberries and oranges work great. And it’s very good beer.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2017
at 18:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle to stange, the appearance was a semi-hazy amber to pink color with a finger’s worth of sustaining white foamy head. Adequate dissipation that left some stringy lace.
The aroma had some sweet to tart blackberries, some orange sweet pulp, light grassiness and a little pop from some zesty lemon sweet to sourness.
The flavor was moderately sweet with the zestiness from the lemon and orange flowing up tightly to penetrate the overall flavor of blackberries. Aftertaste was more lactic and the vanilla showed up here. Finish was stringy between the blackberries and orange.
The palate was between light and medium bodied with a fair sipping sort of quality about it. Carbonation felt low but fine with me. ABV felt as projected. Not that much sour harshness - seemed like the vanilla may have covered that up a little bit.
Overall, if this is a Berliner Weisse than I am Mickey Mouse. However, I would say this is a pretty good American Sour ale that has some awesome nuances that could make this do-able again for me.
The aroma had some sweet to tart blackberries, some orange sweet pulp, light grassiness and a little pop from some zesty lemon sweet to sourness.
The flavor was moderately sweet with the zestiness from the lemon and orange flowing up tightly to penetrate the overall flavor of blackberries. Aftertaste was more lactic and the vanilla showed up here. Finish was stringy between the blackberries and orange.
The palate was between light and medium bodied with a fair sipping sort of quality about it. Carbonation felt low but fine with me. ABV felt as projected. Not that much sour harshness - seemed like the vanilla may have covered that up a little bit.
Overall, if this is a Berliner Weisse than I am Mickey Mouse. However, I would say this is a pretty good American Sour ale that has some awesome nuances that could make this do-able again for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2017
at 23:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared in NYC - cheers to drsandman. Pours unclear blood-red with a creamy, pink head. The nose holds jammy blackberries, slight vanilla, cherry. Light sweet about with mild acidity, more jammy blackberry, creamy vanilla. Light bodied with massaging carbonation. Nicely balanced finish, further restrained acidity, jammy blackberry and other berries, further understated vanilla expression. Very drinkable. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2017
at 01:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated brown bomber into a cup. Aroma is raspberry, medium/light body, lower carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is raspberry and blackberry.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2017
at 17:51
8/10
Nice complexity and good tartness
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2017
at 21:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours hazy dark berry into a snifter. Ruby-pink head with good retention recedes leaving trailing sheets. Orange, vanilla and blackberry aromas. Sweet vanilla and marshmallow upfront turning to tart lactose and blackberry before the mild creamscicle finish. A little high in abv for a berliner...
Tried
on 14 Apr 2017
at 16:55
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle drunk 2/9/17.
Large, well-retained, pinkish-violet-tinged, beige head tops a bright cherry juice-colored, hazy body.
The nose is full of poignant fruits that are nicely-integrated with the lactic acid. It’s incredibly juicy and with minimal aggressivity. The lactose and vanilla only show lightly, as they should and the orange zest seems completely integrated, as well. Some tannin-like skin notes, soft, musty funk and boisterous berry with a soft finish that seems to be tempered by the copious amounts of wheat. Very sniffable with no alcohol or flaw.
Tart and with a moderate acidity in the mouth stemming from both the blackberry tannins and acids as well as light Brett and lactic acid. Juicy as all hell, again, with a very soft, wheat and lactose-induced texture and incredibly tightly carbonated making for an almost creamy character. While the blackberries stand out nicely (though aren’t dominant), the rest of the adjuncts blend in perfectly. Dries out on the finish and ends with lingering Brett, blackberry juice and light lacto-vanilla hints. Incredibly delicious and something I could drink frequently. The low abv and dryness makes it very sessionable, which was very unexpected based on the "Dessert" moniker in the description.
Large, well-retained, pinkish-violet-tinged, beige head tops a bright cherry juice-colored, hazy body.
The nose is full of poignant fruits that are nicely-integrated with the lactic acid. It’s incredibly juicy and with minimal aggressivity. The lactose and vanilla only show lightly, as they should and the orange zest seems completely integrated, as well. Some tannin-like skin notes, soft, musty funk and boisterous berry with a soft finish that seems to be tempered by the copious amounts of wheat. Very sniffable with no alcohol or flaw.
Tart and with a moderate acidity in the mouth stemming from both the blackberry tannins and acids as well as light Brett and lactic acid. Juicy as all hell, again, with a very soft, wheat and lactose-induced texture and incredibly tightly carbonated making for an almost creamy character. While the blackberries stand out nicely (though aren’t dominant), the rest of the adjuncts blend in perfectly. Dries out on the finish and ends with lingering Brett, blackberry juice and light lacto-vanilla hints. Incredibly delicious and something I could drink frequently. The low abv and dryness makes it very sessionable, which was very unexpected based on the "Dessert" moniker in the description.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2017
at 09:18
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - pours pinkish white head -nose/taste of blackberry, orange zest, vanilla, milk sugar and lactose funk - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2017
at 23:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. Another crazy purple beer from Grimm. Nose is sugary blackberry pie and light citrus. Tastes of pithy seedy blackberry, some tart berry notes, bitter orange peel, light wheat, some lactose. Small tartness. Some sugary bits and berry on finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2017
at 22:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Salud courtesy of Craig, thank you sir! Cloudy reddish color, pink head. Nice aroma of vanilla, orange. Taste is very softly sour blackberries. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2017
at 17:39