Bier 2 Cellar
Austin Street Brewery in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.84
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Bier 2 Cellar, an IPA that will be bottle conditioned with brettanomyces, a yeast near and dear to both Jake and my own drinking heart. Our goal is to create a beer that is delicious fresh, but if aged will express more dry, funky brettanomyces character.
So beer geeks, you want the beer geeky details? The grist will be made up of Pilsen malt and White Wheat malt to give a bit more mouthfeel. It will be hopped with a bit of Nugget hops for bittering, but the star of the hop show will be the boatload of Azacca hops giving aromas and flavors of pineapple, orange, grapefruit and tropical fruit. When Jake asked what hops I wanted to use I didn’t hesitate, Azacca is the dominant hop in both Victory Hop Ranch and Oxbow Grizacca, both beers I absolutely love. The beer will be fermented with American Ale yeast but then bottle conditioned with Brettanomyces Claussenii, my favorite of the brett strains. Yup, I have a favorite brett strain, don’t all 7th level beer nerds? Brett C. is known for its pineapple, fruity notes, which should compliment the Azacca hops beautifully. We are shooting for around a 6.5% abv.
Admin Note: Released Summer 2014 @ Bier Cellar in Portland Maine
So beer geeks, you want the beer geeky details? The grist will be made up of Pilsen malt and White Wheat malt to give a bit more mouthfeel. It will be hopped with a bit of Nugget hops for bittering, but the star of the hop show will be the boatload of Azacca hops giving aromas and flavors of pineapple, orange, grapefruit and tropical fruit. When Jake asked what hops I wanted to use I didn’t hesitate, Azacca is the dominant hop in both Victory Hop Ranch and Oxbow Grizacca, both beers I absolutely love. The beer will be fermented with American Ale yeast but then bottle conditioned with Brettanomyces Claussenii, my favorite of the brett strains. Yup, I have a favorite brett strain, don’t all 7th level beer nerds? Brett C. is known for its pineapple, fruity notes, which should compliment the Azacca hops beautifully. We are shooting for around a 6.5% abv.
Admin Note: Released Summer 2014 @ Bier Cellar in Portland Maine
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7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 5
Nice crisp golden, awesome 3 finger white creamy head. Sticks around. I swear to gosh that this looks, smells and tastes just like my brett B IPA that I have on tap. almost identical except mine is slightly fruitier (different hops). Nose is great. spicy, herbal, funky and bitter. Has an herbal , fruity tate. lots of esters, slight medicinal. great mouthfeel. I can’t tell if this will age well but it’s a nice brett IPA for people who don’t have those often.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Aug 2014
at 16:59