Prairie Dog Attack
Off Color Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Prairie Artisan AlesFarmhouse - Sour Saison Rotating Out of Production
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Score
6.85
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Brewed with Prairie Artisan Ales
Chase Healey, founder and brewmaster of Prairie Artisan Ales, recently paid Off Color a visit to collaborate on a beer. Unfortunately, what Chase didn't realize is that a few pesky Prairie Dogs caught a free ride in his luggage. Upon their unintentional release in the brewery, the jerk Prairie Dogs promptly ran amok, harassing the brewers as they tried to mash in, calling Hops names and, ultimately, chewed through the main water source before they could be corralled. Not ones to be easily deterred, Chase, Dave and John brewed a beer without water resulting in this incredibly dry, deliciously palatable Tettnanger dry hopped farmhouse ale fermented with Prairie's saison yeast and Off Color's lactobacillus colony.
Chase Healey, founder and brewmaster of Prairie Artisan Ales, recently paid Off Color a visit to collaborate on a beer. Unfortunately, what Chase didn't realize is that a few pesky Prairie Dogs caught a free ride in his luggage. Upon their unintentional release in the brewery, the jerk Prairie Dogs promptly ran amok, harassing the brewers as they tried to mash in, calling Hops names and, ultimately, chewed through the main water source before they could be corralled. Not ones to be easily deterred, Chase, Dave and John brewed a beer without water resulting in this incredibly dry, deliciously palatable Tettnanger dry hopped farmhouse ale fermented with Prairie's saison yeast and Off Color's lactobacillus colony.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[5/3/14] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration. 3rd session. Clear golden. Spicy and floral aroma with some fruity esters. Spicy flavor, dry-ish, a bit tart, with fruitiness and a sweetish touch. Medium-bodied.
Tried
on 16 May 2014
at 00:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ CBC 2014. Pours light yellow with a white head. Aroma of wheat, yeast, grass, light citrus, flowers. Flavor is wheat, yeast, little spice, grass, light citrusly hops. Thin body, lively carbonation, dry finish. 030514
Tried
on 13 May 2014
at 10:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2014, Session 3. Pours clear, very pale yellow with a white head. Nice, tasty. Fairly delicate. Light wheat dough character, a bit of grassy bitterness. Light in body with average carbonation. Clean finish with mild Belgian yeast expression, further grassy notes, mellow doughy sweetness. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 May 2014
at 16:01
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled @ CBC 2014. Clear pale golden color, small white head. Aroma and taste are like a mix of a saison and a brett beer. Saison, yeast, slightly lemon, slightly sour hints, maybe a touch of herbs, quite refreshing, slightly bitter finish. Not bad.
Tried
on 07 May 2014
at 06:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @ CBC, 14. Clear pale yellow with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, yeast, spices and a little brett. Flavour is malt, fruit, yeast, spices, little sweet, little dry, little funky and a little bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2014
at 10:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ CBC 2014
Pours clear yellow with a small head. Aroma of tart fruits, mild sourness, grapefruit, citrus and Bretta. Taste is sour, tartish and grapefruity with Bretta, citrus and wood. Finish is smooth, sweetish and citrusy with some grapefruits, Bretta and wood. Okay.
Pours clear yellow with a small head. Aroma of tart fruits, mild sourness, grapefruit, citrus and Bretta. Taste is sour, tartish and grapefruity with Bretta, citrus and wood. Finish is smooth, sweetish and citrusy with some grapefruits, Bretta and wood. Okay.
Tried
on 03 May 2014
at 05:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Jerry’s in Wicker Park. The beer is super straw pale, clear as a macro beer. Has a thick foamy head with a lacing that coats the side of the glass as it fades. Aroma is cleaned up sharp, but light, pear esters. Everything else is dulled down, or not there. Just a bit of Belgian sweetness. Flavor is same with a bit of a dry, sandpaper feel to the green, unripe pear esters. A mineral tingle all around with a slightly bittered wort finish. Basically a vehicle for light pear esters. I was hoping for something more.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Dec 2013
at 20:56