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Off Color Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Kottbusser Rotating|
Score
6.79
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Dark Honey Ale
Just cause it's dark and German doesn't mean it's an alt. Based on the obscure Kottbusser style of beer, this surprisingly dry beer retains all the aroma and nuance of honey (from bees) and molasses (not from bees) creating a perception of sweetness through cool, controlled fermentation. Because we're sweet enough damn it.
Hops: Strisselspalt, Nothern Brewer, Hallertau Hersbrucker
Malts: Pils, Dark Munich, Wheat Mal, Chocolate Malt, Flaked Oats
Secret Ingredients: Honey and Molasses
Just cause it's dark and German doesn't mean it's an alt. Based on the obscure Kottbusser style of beer, this surprisingly dry beer retains all the aroma and nuance of honey (from bees) and molasses (not from bees) creating a perception of sweetness through cool, controlled fermentation. Because we're sweet enough damn it.
Hops: Strisselspalt, Nothern Brewer, Hallertau Hersbrucker
Malts: Pils, Dark Munich, Wheat Mal, Chocolate Malt, Flaked Oats
Secret Ingredients: Honey and Molasses
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle picked up in Federal Way, drank at the hotel
Dark brown with a medium sized beige head, some lacing. Aroma of roasted malts and chocolate. Taste of toasted malts, chocolate, honey and grainy
Nice and tasty
Dark brown with a medium sized beige head, some lacing. Aroma of roasted malts and chocolate. Taste of toasted malts, chocolate, honey and grainy
Nice and tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2015
at 19:49
7/10
Tried
on 02 May 2015
at 12:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Best Damn Beer Shop. Pours very dark and ruddy. Very slight head. Aroma suggests treacle with a hint of what might be honey. Med + body. Flavor is dark malt with a treacle note. However, it is quite dry and just mildly bitter. Might have a touch of chocolate in the finisher.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2015
at 22:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Location: 12 oz bottle from State Line, 2/21/15
Aroma: The aroma is somewhat sweet, some smokey notes, nuts, caramel, molasses, and chocolate
Appearance: It pours a clear brown color with a light red hue, a tan head, and light, spotty lace
Flavor: The flavor is light-medium sweet, same components as the nose, earthy, slightly bitter finish
Palate: The body is medium, leaning light, with an average carbonation, and a fairly short duration
Overall Impression: Thought this was a decent beer overall, but it just felt a little too lacking to get a higher score from me than this. It's a solid beer, but it isn't quite up to the level of the other Off Color beers I've rated.
Aroma: The aroma is somewhat sweet, some smokey notes, nuts, caramel, molasses, and chocolate
Appearance: It pours a clear brown color with a light red hue, a tan head, and light, spotty lace
Flavor: The flavor is light-medium sweet, same components as the nose, earthy, slightly bitter finish
Palate: The body is medium, leaning light, with an average carbonation, and a fairly short duration
Overall Impression: Thought this was a decent beer overall, but it just felt a little too lacking to get a higher score from me than this. It's a solid beer, but it isn't quite up to the level of the other Off Color beers I've rated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2015
at 16:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Mahogany beer with a tan head. caramel and honey aroma with oats. Caramel and light wheat flavor with light molasses. Medium bodied Wheat and light lemon lingers with caramel and light molasses.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2015
at 18:06
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Wine Warehouse, CHO. Pours very dark brown with an inch of frothy tan head. Smells of brown sugar, molasses, oats, leaves, grass. Taste is molasses, roasted nuts, leaves, oats. This beer is very different, just not my style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2015
at 07:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a clear deep amber with a grayish light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of toffee, molasses and honey with a bit of underlying sweet chocolate. Flavor has lots of molasses as well with some sweet honey, toffee and a touch of chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2015
at 16:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours fairly crystal clear deep reddish brown color with a 2 finger fairly dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of caramel, toast, dark bread, honey, molasses, chocolate, light nuttiness, pear, apple, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and fruity yeast ester notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, toast, dark bread, honey, molasses, chocolate, light nuttiness, pear, apple, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Minimal earthy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toast, dark bread, honey, molasses, chocolate, light nuttiness, pear, apple, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Good robustness and complexity of dark/bready malt and fruity yeast ester flavors; with a good malt/yeast balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a smooth, crisp, and lightly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with zero warming present after the finish. Overall this is a nice altbier style. All around good robustness, balance, and complexity of dark/bready malt and fruity yeast ester flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2015
at 21:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Rating from March 2014....Amber on the pour with a skimming of a tan head....honey honey honey!....oh dear that smells sweet.....the palate is a burst of malt mixed with honey and tainted with molasses(faint) at first .....really tasty--a linger of honey on the finish, which is very clean--not a heavy beer for the amount of scent and taste....a little caramel and a sour fruit (faint) finish
Tried
on 26 Dec 2014
at 23:02