Big Beer Series: Homunculus
(has 1 batch)
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.81
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Beer and human life have a lot in common. For centuries, no one knew quite how either really worked. Beer fermentations were believed to begin when a “magic stick” was dipped into a fresh batch of wort. Without microscopes, no one knew that a tiny, sugar-eating fungus turned all that sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. Biologists faced similar mysteries about human life. One widely-accepted belief was that teeny, tiny people, called homunculi, would grow into full size babies inside of a woman (that’s where the label comes from!).
Homunculus is a strong, golden Belgian ale with a pronounced hop character. We’re not talking bitterness, but hop flavor and aroma. The Belgian-style yeast strain contributes significant fruity esters that mix with the hop profile to create a taste that’s more than the sum of its parts.
Homunculus is a strong, golden Belgian ale with a pronounced hop character. We’re not talking bitterness, but hop flavor and aroma. The Belgian-style yeast strain contributes significant fruity esters that mix with the hop profile to create a taste that’s more than the sum of its parts.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Hazy golden/orange with medium tan head. Aroma is malt, fruit, yeast, caramel, hop and ripe fruit. Flavour is malt, fruit, yeast, little ripe fruits, caramel, hop, peel, medium bitter with notes of alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2014
at 11:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled from Biernavigatie, large sample, served in an Oersoep tulip glass. Clear golden to orange color, medium slight off-white frothy head. Aroma has slight sweet honey, bit spicy, fruity of yeast and hops, bit grassy and spicy, slight malty as well, hint of toffee. Not as much high alcohols as most Belgian beers would have. Soft sweet taste, bit malty, slight flowery and citrussy bitterness, soft alcohol burn. Spicy and dry as well. Medium carbonation, quite full bodied. Totally not like a belgian example, but very typical american-belgo styled. Much more malt based (instead of sugar) and powerful and less crisp and dry. Almost barley-wine-esque. Nice big sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2014
at 11:36
3.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
13.06.2014, 0,65l bottle @ home:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is kind of strange resiny, thinner, pine needles, alcohol, old leafs, harsh hops, bark, sap, soil, citrus peel, caramel malts. Taste is kind of harsh, old leafs, alcohol, yeast, harsh hops, pine needles, sap, bark, soil, grass, thinner, citrus peel. Longlasting bitterness, harsh resiny mouthfeel. Meh!!
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is kind of strange resiny, thinner, pine needles, alcohol, old leafs, harsh hops, bark, sap, soil, citrus peel, caramel malts. Taste is kind of harsh, old leafs, alcohol, yeast, harsh hops, pine needles, sap, bark, soil, grass, thinner, citrus peel. Longlasting bitterness, harsh resiny mouthfeel. Meh!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2014
at 13:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 5 at Tool Tasting Night from Cotteridge Wines; cloudy amber pour with a frothy white head, yeast and citrus aroma, taste has yeast fruit and zesty citrus, big Belgian yeast, mild bitterness and a hint of tangerine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2014
at 10:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Fastelavn Smagning - Carnival Tasting, Ulfborg ]. [ As Smuttynose Homunculus ].Unclear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy - yeasty, orange - citrus, riped fruit, dried fruit. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a long duration, riped fruit, dried fruit, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140301]
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2014
at 09:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Fastelavn Smagning 2014 @ J&C’s beer palace, Jutland Saturday Session 1 - 01/03/14. Hazed orange with moderate off white spotting. Nose is bitter fruits, caramel, spice, tangerine. Taste comprises orange peel, caramel, spice, sweet notes. Medium + bodiment, fine carbonation. Ok, nothing to get excited about.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2014
at 01:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 650ml @ fonefan
Pours hazy deep golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, dried fruits, alcohol and floral. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy deep golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, dried fruits, alcohol and floral. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2014
at 08:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 22oz. It pours a hazy, orange-golden body under a small, dense, off-white head. The aroma has a faint yeasty touch, with fruityness, canned peaches and some sugar. Some alcohol too. It’s quite warming on the palate, with a pleasant carbonation level. Fruity, sweet flavor with a yeasty hint, canned peaches and some banana. Lasting finish. Nothing impressive going on here. 140301
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2014
at 08:22