Me So Ornery
Griffin Claw Brewing Company in Birmingham, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.70
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Alengrin (11561) reviewed Me So Ornery from Griffin Claw Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Quadrupel from a Michigan brewery, from a can with different picture than the Marshall depicted above, but I assume it's the same beer. Egg-white, mousy, regularly shaped, thick and fluffy head on a hazy copper red-hued burgundy brown beer. Aroma of caramel sauce, sugared tomato sauce, soggy biscuit, minerals, cranberry jam, dried figs, quince compote, red bell pepper soup, sauced tobacco, ripe peach. Sweet onset, candi sugary with some fruity aspects of fig and raisin, hint of Turkish delight, very light 'bouillon'-like umami side note, medium fizz, soft caramelly and bready maltiness with a lingering honeyish sweetness on top; a sweet tomato-like accent stretches over the middle. Herbal, warming finish with nutmeg- and clove-like phenolic impressions, remaining soft in bitterness (certainly for an American craft beer), all tied together by rum-like alcohol and lingering sweetness. Not a bad beer per se, but a bit thinnish and umami-forward for the intended style while lacking in yeasty fruitiness; typical interpretation of the old Low Countries' quad style I'd say, in other words: decent for a strong brown U.S. ale, but not really a quad at all.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Can. Amber color. Grapes, caramel and tobacco in the aroma. Malty sweet, bready flavor with hints of cinnamon, caramel and floral soft spicy notes in the flavor. Full bodied. Hint of pear.
JK (8140) reviewed Me So Ornery from Griffin Claw Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Great Taste of the Midwest 2017. Solid name and packaging. Copper color and light carbonation. High alcohol in the flavor and aroma, and it really impacts the beer overall. It is sweet, but hard to get past the alcohol, which the predominant quality of this beer. it is sold in a bomber and so rich and full of alcohol, it is hard to think of finishing one myself.
djd07 (28898) reviewed Me So Ornery from Griffin Claw Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at RBWG Grand Tasting. Pours a cloudy orange with no head. The aroma is candy sugar and yeast. Medium body, raisin, yeast, pure sugar, boozy finish, very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at RBWG ’15 Grand Tasting @ Coppertail, thanks to whomever shared this one, 21/02/15. Hazed orange amber with a moderate off white covering. Nose is dark fruit rinds, caramel, sweet tunes, light spice. Taste comprises light tropical fruit strains, pineapple chunks, sweet licks, candied fruit, dark fruit rinds. Medium + bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light alcohol kick. Decent enough tropical infused quad, doesn’t get too hot or cloying.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22 ounce bottle into chalice; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy orange/copper color with a small dense off white head with poor retention, that reduces to nothing fairly quickly. Minimal lacing on the glass, with some light streaming carbonation. Aromas of raisin, plum, fig, date, pear, apple, light banana, caramel, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, light pepper, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast and dark/bready malt sweetness; with good strength. Taste of big raisin, plum, fig, date, pear, apple, light banana, caramel, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, light pepper, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of raisin, plum, fig, date, pear, apple, light banana, caramel, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity and robustness of fruity/earthy yeast and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/yeast balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth and lightly creamy/slick mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice Quadrupel style. All around good complexity, balance, and robustness of fruity/earthy yeast and dark/bready malt flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle at Coppertail Brewing during the RBWG 2015 Grand Tasting. Orange/brown with off-white head. Aromas of wine, malt. Tastes of malt, caramel, light wine. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours golden orange. Nose/taste of dark fruit, orange peel, caramel and citrus. Medium body.
Ferris (26037) reviewed Me So Ornery from Griffin Claw Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle - Apricot fruity notes and some raisin. Cloudy gold with a decent whit head. Sweet apricot and stone fruit. Light and sweet for a quad.