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Off Color Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Kottbusser Rotating|
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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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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cbc clear brown smooth offer head. Very mild aroma slight notes of dark fruits Flavor is licorice malts faint flowers. Drinkable but not super special still a darn good beer. Will pair particularly well with food.
Tried
on 02 May 2014
at 05:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap @CBC2014
Dark brown color, small steady beige head. Chocolate, cocoa, caramel, maltyness in the nose. Light to medium-bodied. Caramel, chocolate/cocoa flavors,low bitterness. Nothing wrong with this, like strong Vienna. Suprisingly honey is not much present except with sweetness.
Dark brown color, small steady beige head. Chocolate, cocoa, caramel, maltyness in the nose. Light to medium-bodied. Caramel, chocolate/cocoa flavors,low bitterness. Nothing wrong with this, like strong Vienna. Suprisingly honey is not much present except with sweetness.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2014
at 02:10
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 ounce draft at ChurchKey poured into a tasting snifter. Pours dark brown with light tan head. Aromas of caramel, sweet malt, slight nutty notes, toast. Tasting notes of caramel, coffee, dark chocolate, biscuit. Medium body with a dry finish. Syrupy oily mouthfeel, medium carbonation. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2014
at 18:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours deep mahogany into a shaker. Tan head with excellent retention recedes leaving trailing sheets. Honey, molasses and cocoa aromas. Dry and thin with sweet honey upfront turning to molasses before the abrupt cocoa finish.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2014
at 14:22
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
A reddish copper ale with a thick frothy nitro mocha head. In aroma, sweet caramel malt with grassy notes, dark fruits, OK. In mouth, a light watery sweet fruity malt with light caramel and chalky character, honey, OK.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2014
at 16:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bottle offered @ gmellison. Got this bad boy in a trades with Adam. Thanks! Clear orangish brown appearance with a thin khaki head. Fair amount of roast and caramel notes in the nose. A bit of dust and burnt sugar / molasses as well. Woody, nutty, herbal flavor. Low sweetness, surprisingly. Slight chocolate and roast in the flavor as well. Kind of strange and not my cup of tea but not horrible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2014
at 17:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home prior to heading up north to play a show. Appearance is a nice pitch black with a thin white rim. Aroma of oats and honey, little bit of chocolate malt, slight bit of molasses, has a nice tea like aroma. Taste is great, nicely balanced between chocolate malt and honey with a faint touch of molasses. Very enjoyable ale for a Saturday afternoon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2014
at 11:37