2023m2
Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: New Belgium Brewing CompanySour / Wild Beer Rotating Out of Production
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Score
6.31
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It’s with great pleasure that we collaborate with New Belgium Brewing Co on two beers. Each beer is motivated by the visiting brewery. So we brewed a beer driven by New Belgium here at Half Acre. Early next month we fly to Colorado to brew a Half Acre inspired beer at New Belgium.
The first, 2023m2, brewed at Half Acre last month, is a soft sour ale that features the delicate complexity of a well designed New Belgium beer. A partial kettle souring process and light use of Maresh and Sumac all lend an equal hand in delivering a full experience. The numerical name ties into the area measurement of an actual Half Acre. Our hope, though, is to again brew together in the year 2023 and send that beer to the first group of people living on Mars.
This project is underway and if all goes well, some wild folks will be living on the red planet. They’re going to need some beer.
The first, 2023m2, brewed at Half Acre last month, is a soft sour ale that features the delicate complexity of a well designed New Belgium beer. A partial kettle souring process and light use of Maresh and Sumac all lend an equal hand in delivering a full experience. The numerical name ties into the area measurement of an actual Half Acre. Our hope, though, is to again brew together in the year 2023 and send that beer to the first group of people living on Mars.
This project is underway and if all goes well, some wild folks will be living on the red planet. They’re going to need some beer.
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5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Bit of a gusher on opening. Pours hazy orange amber with a small white head, which was surprising after all that gushing. Dissipates quickly, some lacing. Aroma is honey, hay, a bit fruity. Flavor is medium sweet, very light tartness, honey, hay with a bit of grassy bitterness. Medium body, high carbonation, lingering bitterness. Not sure where the aim point was, but this one veered left.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2014
at 13:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle @ Tap and Handle Fort Collins. Pours a bit hazy orange appearance with a thin white head. Tangy, orange citrusy goopy, spicy floral yeasty, lightly tart aroma. Hay, straw grainy, citrusy, a bit tangy flavor. Maybe a touch of tartness but not sour by any means.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2013
at 18:16