Against the Grain Brewery Benção & Jerry’s: A Dark Matter

Benção & Jerry’s: A Dark Matter

 

Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Saison Regular
Score
6.51
ABV: 5.9% IBU: 13 Ticks: 2
Que Saudade! Thank God we’ve got this tasty treat as a momento of our dear friends! We brewed this beer in collaboration with Andre from Morada down in Curitiba. He brought his pal Tim from Brewstel over in West Virginia and we decided to go for a full house and invited Noah from Dark Matter Roastery in Chicago. The malt bill is oat heavy to provide a rich backbone for an otherwise dry saison. The only hop addition was made at 30 minutes and meant to bitter slightly and give a nice orangey base upon which the addition of 3 pounds of orange peel builds a luscious fruitiness. 20 gallons of cold brew add an intense coffee flavor and aroma that rounds out this very complex brew and adds a balanced bitterness. A great example of great minds melding into ultimate greatness.
 

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5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Against the Grain, pours a clear copper golden with no head. Nose brings out subdued earthy coffee, with oranges eclipsing it, and subdued estery notes. Flavour is messy, with spicy yeast, oranges and earthy coffee buried further. Totally lacking cohesion. Inoffensive - just doesn't work.

Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2017 at 21:19


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. Coffee, light orange, biscuit malt, and straw aroma. Golden yellow with minimal head. Mildly sweet coffee, orange, biscuit malt, and earthy grass flavor. Good body. Drier than I expected.

Tried from Draft on 02 Dec 2017 at 22:24