Business Adambier
Bombastic Brewing in Hayden, Idaho, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Adambier Regular|
Score
7.86
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This beer is a Wonder of the World. Bombastic Brewing pulled out all the stops to make this beer, featuring an incredible brewing process.
The Adambier style originated in Dortmund, Germany, and is said to have put the hard drinking King Frederick William IV of Prussia under the table. It’s a malt forward beer, showing the complexities of the malt character.
In the brewing process, we boiled down the wort until it was a wort syrup, the paddle would slowly drip with the wort which became the consistency of maple syrup. At this stage the wort was caramelized, which starts the maillard reaction.
This reaction is the same one that gives steak it’s sizzle. This chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars gives browned food its distinctive flavor, and makes this beer brandy like.
To do this we had to boil for 8 times longer than our standard boil. This means it is an expensive beer to make, as it takes tremendous grain, labor and fuel compared to other beers.
Additionally we used a judicious amount of the traditional peat smoked malt to impart a subtle presence of smokiness. This isn’t a full on smoke beer like a Rauchbier, it’s more of a subtle whiff of a fine scotch.
This beer is all about the malt, but we do add a nice hop spice to the beer as well.
The Adambier style originated in Dortmund, Germany, and is said to have put the hard drinking King Frederick William IV of Prussia under the table. It’s a malt forward beer, showing the complexities of the malt character.
In the brewing process, we boiled down the wort until it was a wort syrup, the paddle would slowly drip with the wort which became the consistency of maple syrup. At this stage the wort was caramelized, which starts the maillard reaction.
This reaction is the same one that gives steak it’s sizzle. This chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars gives browned food its distinctive flavor, and makes this beer brandy like.
To do this we had to boil for 8 times longer than our standard boil. This means it is an expensive beer to make, as it takes tremendous grain, labor and fuel compared to other beers.
Additionally we used a judicious amount of the traditional peat smoked malt to impart a subtle presence of smokiness. This isn’t a full on smoke beer like a Rauchbier, it’s more of a subtle whiff of a fine scotch.
This beer is all about the malt, but we do add a nice hop spice to the beer as well.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Original 2017 rating. Bomber from the brewery. Aroma is nutty and caramelly like good cashew brittle; it's a bit fudgy, some raisin. Pours dark dark brown with a thin collar of beige foam. Taste is sweet, never cloying, finishing with a light bitterness; flavor notes of the aroma, along with a significant black licorice character and a light earthiness. The high ABV is hidden extremely well. Low carbonation, oily mouthfeel. Very tasty drink here, but it would be absolutely awesome with a little more carbonation. 8,3,8,3,17=3.9
10/12/24 rating. 16 oz contract brewed can. Aroma is smoky, dried dark fruit, caramel. Pours dark brown with a thin bone-white head that falls into a ring fairly quickly. Taste is sweet, smoky, and slightly spicy. Like a strong Rauchbier, although the ABV is fairly well masked. 8,4,8,4,18=4.2
10/12/24 rating. 16 oz contract brewed can. Aroma is smoky, dried dark fruit, caramel. Pours dark brown with a thin bone-white head that falls into a ring fairly quickly. Taste is sweet, smoky, and slightly spicy. Like a strong Rauchbier, although the ABV is fairly well masked. 8,4,8,4,18=4.2
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from Can
on 24 Dec 2017
at 00:29