4th Tap Sun Eater Sorghum Ale
4th Tap Brewing Co-Op in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Gruit Regular|
Score
6.21
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Perfectly clear deep amber and copper coloured body with a thin, pure white head that fades very quickly and leaves nothing on top at all. Aroma of yes, rosemary, lemons, thyme, grain, light funk, cardboardie malts (not even real malt at all) with a lot of dry, ery fragrant floral and grassy components - deep and strong. Light-bodied; Strong grassy, herbal, lemony and very spicey flavour up front with the rosemary and thyme coming out first and foremost with a lot of funky malt, soft dry flowers and a dash of caster sugar sweetness towards the end. Aftertaste is dry, very mild and showing a lot of spices where there would be some malt body, hop bitterness or flavours of some sort that aren't in the type of rosemary, thyme or oregano. Overall, a pretty standard gruit that has a hard time finding its footing, due to such a low malt and body component, but the spices are nice and work out well, but without any real hop bitterness, complexity and depth of flavours and most importantly - any body to make this substantive, this beer just sort of falls off entirely after the initial spice copmonent comes through - even really in the nose. I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Whole Foods (the Original Location) in Austin, Texas (Lamar) on 15-October-2019 for US$1,99 sampled at home in Washington on 15-March-2020.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Mar 2020
at 07:38
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap at 4th Tap Collective, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of earthy and rosemary. Flavour is similar, with rosemary upfront, followed by soil and dirt. Not a pleasant mix. Dirty and soil-like.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Nov 2017
at 10:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a orange gold with small white head. The aroma is rosemary, sorghum, citrus. Medium body, light rosemary, citrus, sweet finish, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Dec 2016
at 00:11