Smash Project #2 - Maris Otter Malt/Single Hop Mosaic
Long Trail Brewing Company in Bridgewater Corners, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.90
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Super hazy golden coloured body with a rich, four centimetre tall tan head that was rather soapy looking. Aroma of fresh hops, a lot of citrus and grain with a light alcohol note, some subtle malts and a bit of light sugars - nice and pungent. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong malty flavour with some nice grain, alcohol, citrus, pine and a bit of toffee as well. Aftertaste shows some light citrus, hay, yeast and a bit of earthiness showing some caramelised sugars on the finish. Overall, a decent APA (this really isn’t an IPA) with some nice complexities, but nothing superb. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 22-December-2015 for US$1,88 sampled at home in Washington a day after returning from Vermont on 20-September-2016.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can 0.355l at home, Vantaa. Thansk to Jow from NYC! Enjoyed straight from the bottle. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, grass, some grape, citrus, herbs, hops and malts. Very nice. Not the freshest one but still enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From tap. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off white head. Aroma is toasted malty and light caramelish. Overripe fruity. Toasted malty. Bitter. Light caramelish. Toasted finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at Daniels place. 20/02/2016. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. Hazed light orange golden coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is tropical fruits, pithy orange, lemon, straw. Flavour is composed of pineapple, juicy tropical fruits, mango, orange. Grainy, Palate is frothy carbonation, semi sweet, Nice pineapple juice character. Solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can thanks to Leighton. It pours hazy pale orange with a medium white head. The nose is fresh, juicy, passion fruit, mango, apricot, brioche and candy. The taste is crisp, bitter - sweet, tangerine, orange, minerals, tangy fruits, earth, light alcohol and a touch of pepper with a dry finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Crisp and drinks pretty easy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Can shared in Richmond - picked up in VT. Pours clear gold with a creamy white head. Nice pissy hops in the nose, decent pale bread, light pine needles, citrus fruits. Light sweet flavor with juicy citrus, light tropical fruits, a little more pee, pale bread, low bitterness. Nicely balanced finish, pretty straightforward, with further mellow urine, mango, peach, tangerine. Good stuff. Nice fresh hops. Very drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can during the super bowl. I realized earlier today I was wearing patriots shirt and now drinking a New England brew it seems in having trouble letting go. Anyways hazy orange pour one finger head. Nose is honey and bready. Tastes of honey, bread, melon, light strawberry, some pine and resin. Ok medium palate. The mosaic doesn’t really shine here but tasty enough
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 oz. can purchased at Spruce Creek Provisions, Kittery. Orange hue in an unfiltered gold. Aroma is light honey, Caramel, and sweet bready malt. Mild fruit is found as well.
Flavor is heavy in malt with a lot of sweetness. The mosaic is pretty subdued. Weak grassy hints with notes of citrus. The mouthfeel is crisp and ends pretty clean. It’s fresh with low bitterness. Yeah, overall it’s pretty well made but I’m not convinced of the combination of the ingredients.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at Lulus, 1/15/16.
Moderate to moderately-high retained white head atop this light amber-golden body with just a hint of chill-haze.
Mosaic is done nicely here. Lots of herbs, only a faint touch of pine and none of the heavy peachy-apricot. Almost a spearmint-meets-white-grap-like quality and a good dose of caramelized honey behind it all. Clean and with some earthiness and light melon and meyer lemon lingering. No alcohol noted.
Expected "thick" or relatively thick mouthfeel shows plenty of Maris Otter. Lots of honey and sweet bread notes, though I don’t think it’s obnoxious or anything. Yes, I would agree this is not a great single malt to pair with the mosaic. The rich honey and bread notes from the malt does not pair particularly well with the apricot-melon and earthy notes of the mosaics. The more aggressive/bright notes are not as strong here and for once, some pine might have actually been a good thing. That said, it’s still well-attenuated, the hops are clean/fresh and the bitterness is moderate. They’ve done a great job with what they were given, that’s for sure. Not exactly bursting with juicy or bold/bright hop notes, but it’s still quite drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours gold into a tulip. White head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Marshmallow and tropical fruit aromas. Lemony yeast and mild passion fruit upfront turning to mild resin in the medium length finish.