Black Berliner Techno Weiss
Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Lexington, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: BluejacketBerliner Weisse Regular
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Score
6.74
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A collaboration with Megan Parisi of DC’s Church Key/Blue Jacket Brewing. A 3-day brew with a duo of souring techniques: partial sour mash overnight & an overnight souring of the wort. This black beer is super-light bodied with aroma hints of baker’s chocolate with a firm tartness. A new take on an often-forgotten style.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Rustico, Ballston tap ($6): Pours a black colour with a white head. Aroma is like an attenuated Berliner weiss, with a whiff of roasted malt stuff and stuff. Taste is extremely light. There is barely any sourness. The roast is very minimal. The beer isn’t so much watery as it is extremely light. While I found this to be interesting, I thought it was lacking pizzazz or something.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2012
at 09:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Served on draft at the brewpub. 100th Devils Backbone rating! Woot! And I gotta say that Jason O. and the gang have made that quite a worthwhile endeavor. Pours a clear dark brown color with a medium sized creamy head. Decent head retention. Tart aroma with notes of roasted malts, chocolate, cherry, citrus and a vegetal note. The taste is roasted malts, chocolate, tart cherries, clay, citrus and a slight vegetal note. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jun 2012
at 22:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Churchkey. Poured a medium brown, touch of haze. Aroma is a touch of sweet and roasted malts. Flavor had notes of coffee, roasted malts. Not nearly as funky as I expected, though there’s a touch of sour notes to the beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jun 2012
at 22:35