Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Pale yellow, bright and clear, minimal head. Crazy aroma, lots and lots of spice! Coriander, peppercorns, thyme, clove and coriander. Yes I said coriander! Cleaner than expected flavor, light coriander up front with a clean finish and just a touch of finishing hop. Weird lingering pepperiness, probably a tingling from all the spice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A white beer while watching the White Sox in Game 4 of the WORLD SERIES! 750 ml swingtop bottle from the brewery. Labels still say it’s from the closed Stone City Brewing. I may have held on to this too long again, because it is a little sour. Still, that can work for this style. Lightly cloudy straw body with a rocky, lacy head. Smell is bright and beery, with a hint of lemon, spice and hops. Sourness, as I’ve noted, probably intended (I’ve kept it in the fridge, but it was warm at the brewery). Taste includes those lemons, a bit of coriander as expected. The wheat in this example is really apparent in softening the palate. Definitely a nice summertime brew with some kölsch properties. Thick layer of yeast on the bottom of this hefty bottle. Well, I started typing this review in the middle of the 8th inning, but now I offer it as a toast to the
WORLD CHAMPION
CHICAGO WHITE SOX!!!!!!
Oakes (33493) reviewed Schokolade Bock from Millstream Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Slightly hazy brownish-amber colour. Slight woody note, with cocoa and straightforward maltiness. It’s a bit thin and metallic, but otherwise ok flavours balancing light dark malt notes with cocoa.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle, enjoyed while watching the White Sox trounce Boston in Game 1. Well, I couldn’t cellar this once I found out about Iowa 6% abv limit. So let’s enjoy it now: Pours a respectable cola brown with nonetheless a slightly alcoholic, malty smell. Taste is grainy and a bit overly sweet, like Italian coffee syrup. Taste is a bit of a letdown, I guess, after the promise of that smell. But then again, the lowered abv puts it out of the style definition, so it’s pretty nice for whatever it is. And hey, Wawood, it’s not odd that you went this long without an Iowa beer: I think Millstream is the only Iowa brewer that even does retail packaging.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Odd sweet potato aroma. Brown. Sweet but lacks dark fruit or malt flavors. Good, heavy palate, but something seems off.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft, at Millstream. Of course, I have to think back to the Avery Twelve Saison I had just a few weeks ago. While the Avery went for an extreme version of the stye, this one is more subdued, like its farmhouse ale origins. Pours a light straw color with a white head. After an initial impression of hay, I find a nice balance of malts shaded toward the Vienna side, lending it a bit of a caramel tinge. A perhaps northern German hop character. Then a sweet spiciness that seems to come more from saison yeast and a warm ferment than any additional spices. Perhaps a touch of white pepper on the side, then just a little sourness. Again, not extreme, just a happy little beer that raises the standard for lawnmower beers.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Thanks to heemer77 for this one! Picture perfect Pilsner here. Tall column of brilliantly clear medium yellow under a frothy white head. Clean light malt aroma. The flavor is well balanced, lightly sweet yet restrained with just enough hops. Finishes clean and refreshing as a good Pilsner should with no bad aftertastes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thanks to heemer77 for this one. This pours a hazy glass of light yellow with a flleeting small head of white. Lemon and spice are prominent in the aroma. The sweetness, bitterness and spicyness all stay in balance here, but don’t go as far as they could. Refreshing brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thanks to heemer77 for this one. Although this is the weakest of the Millstreams I’ve had so far, it is by no means a bad brew. The hazy, light amber beer produced an average head of off white. Light caramel in the aroma. The flavor was lightly sweet but overall it lacked the body and maltiness that I look for in a good Bock.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Thanks to heemer77 for bringing the sampler of Millstreams to TN! This one starts with a large creamy head on a hazy, medium orange amber brew. Light malt aroma with a whiff of hop perfume in the back. Lightly sweet with a good malt flavor. Well done V/O/M.