The Angel & The Sword
The Civil Life Brewing Company in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.78
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Angel and The Sword seems like an odd name for a peace offering, but hear us out. Sometimes you just have to blend cultures. Toledo, Spain is an UNESCO World Heritage Site called “the city of three cultures” for the continuous coexistence of Jews, Christians, and Muslims since ancient times. They haven’t always gotten along, at times horrendously so, but they do their best. Iron sharpens iron, as their good books say. An area famed for sword production, our favorite monument remains Juan de Ávalos' "statue of peace" outside Alcázar fortress, representing a winged female holding up her sword to the sky. Here is a great craft beer which IS NOT IPA. A departure from true-to-style brewing, we put a little bit of everything we've learned into this uniquely inclusive expression. Biscuity and bittersweet, familiar and unfamiliar, way more going on than its light color and alcohol content would suggest. Let us raise our goblets to the sky in one accord.
ABV: 4.6%
IBU: 32
COLOUR: Clear golden amber with white foam
BJCP STYLE: Who knows? Maybe 23. Maybe 11C. It actually doesn't fit neatly into any one BJCP category. It's English Yeast, English Hops and our favorite malts from all over the world. It's a hybrid of sorts!
NOTABLE INGREDIENTS: Various malts sourced from Europe and North America; classic English Fuggles and East Kent Goldings hops; English ale yeast.
ABV: 4.6%
IBU: 32
COLOUR: Clear golden amber with white foam
BJCP STYLE: Who knows? Maybe 23. Maybe 11C. It actually doesn't fit neatly into any one BJCP category. It's English Yeast, English Hops and our favorite malts from all over the world. It's a hybrid of sorts!
NOTABLE INGREDIENTS: Various malts sourced from Europe and North America; classic English Fuggles and East Kent Goldings hops; English ale yeast.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Progress dry-hopped version on cask. Light citrus. Good balance. Pours hazy amber. Light crisp barley finish. Cask at Churchkey.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2015
at 19:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Two 4 oz pours on casks at ChurchKey. One cask dry-hopped with East Kent Goldings and one with Progress hops.
EKG Cask: Amber brown with light off-white ring. Some sediment. Aromas of dark fruit, malt, toast and biscuit. Tastes of dark fruit, malt, caramel, slightly tart notes. Light body with a dry finish. A bit strange with the tartness. 6/3/6/3/12
Progress Cask: Darker amber brown with the thinnest off-white ring. Aromas of biscuit, caramel, toffee, brown sugar. Tastes of biscuit, caramel, toffee, toasty notes, subtle dark fruit. Light body with a dry finish. This one seems to have held up better than the EKG cask. 7/3/7/3/14
EKG Cask: Amber brown with light off-white ring. Some sediment. Aromas of dark fruit, malt, toast and biscuit. Tastes of dark fruit, malt, caramel, slightly tart notes. Light body with a dry finish. A bit strange with the tartness. 6/3/6/3/12
Progress Cask: Darker amber brown with the thinnest off-white ring. Aromas of biscuit, caramel, toffee, brown sugar. Tastes of biscuit, caramel, toffee, toasty notes, subtle dark fruit. Light body with a dry finish. This one seems to have held up better than the EKG cask. 7/3/7/3/14
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Apr 2015
at 16:01