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City Built Brewing Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Berliner Weisse Rotating|
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6.93
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Can. Pours a clear red with a slight amber hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet wheat and tart cranberry with a bit of cookie underlying. Flavor has sweet wheat and cookie with a growing tart cranberry note.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 11/12/2018. Pours fairly hazy medium orange/amber, light red/pinkish color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy light pink head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of huge sour/tart/tangy cranberries, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, pear, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, white bread, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/acidic yeast, cranberries, and moderate lactose/malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge sour/tart/tangy cranberries, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, pear, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, white bread, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang, and light spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sour/tart/tangy cranberries, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, pear, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, white bread, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, cranberries, and moderate lactose/malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tart/sourness, and tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering tart/sourness and tangy fruit. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, acidic/tangy/tannic, and fairly crisp balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 3.8%. Overall this is an outstanding fruited Berliner weisse! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, cranberries, and moderate lactose/malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink with the modestly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish, not overly lactic. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Amazing balance of juicy/jammy cranberries and Lacto complexity; with a nice lactose and pale/wheat malt backing against acidity. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.