Exilior
OEC Brewing (Ordinem Ecentrici Coctores) in Oxford, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Berliner Weisse Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.09
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Exilior is a Berliner Style Weisse brewed using a traditional 3 part decoction using the thin part of the mash in each decoction. The hops are added and boiled during the decoction process. Unboiled, the beer then sits in the coolship overnight. The next day it is transferred to the tank and pitched with some house yeast making a “semi-spontaneously” fermented ale. Once a blend is gone, it is gone forever. It is then matured in wine barrels for at least 6 months. No two blends will taste the same.
Blend #1 (blended 11/4/15) – This blend was matured in a mix of Syrah & Chardonnay barrels.
Blend #1 (blended 11/4/15) – This blend was matured in a mix of Syrah & Chardonnay barrels.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
750ml bottle pours a hazy gold with some hazy, white head. Nose has passion fruit, lemon rind, grapefruit juice, mild vinegar. Flavor has passion fruit, grapefruit, lemon juice, white grapes. Mildly hot on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2016
at 19:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From a 750ml bottle at the DC tasting on March 25, 2016. Poured with a hazy orange color with a small white head. Aroma was light tart notes of wine, grapes. Nice acidity. Tasty and refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2016
at 15:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle someone shared at the DC Tasting on 3/25/2016. Hazy orange yellow with off-white head. Aromas and tastes of tart acidic notes and lemon/orange citrus. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2016
at 20:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Subtle sour with citrus and guava elements. Hazy yellow with decent head. Tangy finish. Good balance. Bottle at tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2016
at 18:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
From a 50 oz bottle at the Rate Beer tasting March 25, 2016. Pours a hazy pale gold with a thin off white head. Aroma of plastic. Flavors of tart lemon. Tart finish,
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2016
at 18:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Hazy pale yellow color. Sharp herbal lemon aroma. Taste is tart citrus. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2016
at 18:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at Festivus 2, 12/12/15.
Big white head tops a moderately hazy, goldenrod-to-dried-hay-blonde body with plentiful carbonation and strong head retention.
Lactic acid, some barrel notes (though very minimal on the actual wine character, could not tell that at all) and honey and bread-like maltiness. There’s a good deal more of a "wild" or "lambic"-like nose to it than just your average wheat and lacto berliner. Quite funky and interesting, though the barrel-aging dulls things No alcohol or flaws noted.
The flavor is quite a bit more malty than I expected. Not sugary/sweet or anything, just texturally very "chewy" and full/round in the mouth from the decoction mashing. Heavy sourness balances this quite easily, however, as this thing is quite full of funk and acids. Maybe a touch of red wine character, though it’s faint. Definite nuttiness and wood character from the barrel, with wheat adding more creaminess, structure and dryness. Pretty puckering on the end.
Phew, A LOT going on here, which is crazy and impressive for a 3.8% beer. It’s a bit overwhelming right now, I think, but will probably be divine in about a year. Crazy that I’d actually prefer aging a 3.8% abv beer, but there you have it.
Big white head tops a moderately hazy, goldenrod-to-dried-hay-blonde body with plentiful carbonation and strong head retention.
Lactic acid, some barrel notes (though very minimal on the actual wine character, could not tell that at all) and honey and bread-like maltiness. There’s a good deal more of a "wild" or "lambic"-like nose to it than just your average wheat and lacto berliner. Quite funky and interesting, though the barrel-aging dulls things No alcohol or flaws noted.
The flavor is quite a bit more malty than I expected. Not sugary/sweet or anything, just texturally very "chewy" and full/round in the mouth from the decoction mashing. Heavy sourness balances this quite easily, however, as this thing is quite full of funk and acids. Maybe a touch of red wine character, though it’s faint. Definite nuttiness and wood character from the barrel, with wheat adding more creaminess, structure and dryness. Pretty puckering on the end.
Phew, A LOT going on here, which is crazy and impressive for a 3.8% beer. It’s a bit overwhelming right now, I think, but will probably be divine in about a year. Crazy that I’d actually prefer aging a 3.8% abv beer, but there you have it.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2015
at 16:35