Big Storm Brewing & Distilling Co.
Microbrewery
in Clearwater,
Florida,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 2012
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5oz at Cape Coral. Clear dark ciopper with reddish tints. Holy grandma's hot tea and sugar. Low bitterness and not overly hot or astringent. But it's a lot like sweet tea. Which is ok for such a big beer. Probably needs some tinkering with the malts only.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
5oz draft at Cape Coral location. No head or lacing. Cloudy yellow. First If all, not a saison. Light notes if strawberry syrup. And something else weird - herbal bark thing. In flavor as well. A little tart at end of flavor. Low esters and not sweet. But not a very pleasant experience with fake strawberry and some other aspects atop a messy base beer.
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5oz at Cape Coral location. Pretty rose water clear color. But I can't tell the difference from the base beer. I mean cranberry isn't something that can give off much flavor. See the other rating for more dets.
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5oz in Cape Coral location. Very pale and clear. No head or lacing. It's a simple kettle sour beer, I wouldn't call it a Berliner but just a kettle sour. However, it's a decent kettle sour missing the aspects I find annoying. Aroma is slightly citric, berry tarts, slightly green apple skins but not bad. Tart smell and very light. Mouthfeel very light and leaves nothing but tartness. Only light plastic that I often associated with kettle sour. Hot Florida day, this is fine.
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Can at home from ABC Ocoee. Black pour. Nose is roasted malt and chocolate. Tastes of cola, chocolate, roast, some coffee and earth hint of fruit. Bitter and sweet. Lower bodied.
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How: Can.
Where: Shared by Oscar Virot.
Appearance: Amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Fruit, citrus, caramel, hops.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, caramel, hops.
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Can at home for thus far bad MMF football game. Deeper brown pour fine frothy head. Nose is faint pine and coffee. Taste of earth, coffee, roasted malt, pine, sasparilla. Bitter and lighter bodied.
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12 oz can. Beautiful clear copper pour with a beige head and good retention. Good lacing. Nice caramel malt flavor interrupted by a hoppy finish. Too much hops; It reduces the Oktoberfest flavor. Remove the hops and it's an excellent Marzen. Revisited 9/14/18: 16 oz. can. Pours a beautiful clear dark bronze color with a beige head and good retention. Fair lacing. Fine carbonation. Malty lager aroma. Good sweet caramel malt flavor. Clean and smooth and flavorful. 6.4 ABV is well hidden. The hops flavor is gone! More please. Prost!
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16 oz. draft. Clear dark amber color with no head. No lacing. Unenjoyable, aggressive boozy beer with a medicinal flavor. 6.5 ABV is obvious. No thank you.
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Tap at Kane’s on breezy night watching the fading light over the gulf. Muddled pour. Nose is florals and light citrus. Tastes of hibiscus, citrus fruit, tea, lime. Thin palate. Light fruity finish.