EvNa (6176) reviewed #23 Oaked Flemish Sour from MishMash 9 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Color: Clear amber, white head. Aroma: Oak wood, malty. Taste: A lot of oak wood, vanilla, tannins. Little left of the Flemish Sour. Malty base, just a little tartness, light sweetness and very light bitterness. Oak overrules everything. Dry-ish finish. A bit like eating old oak wood furniture... A few sips is ok, but a whole bottle is a bit (too) much.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Another experiment from MishMash. Sencha Rye IPA with ordinary yeast and the same beer fermented with Brett yeast. Drinking them side by side. Color: Both lightly hazy amber, off-white head. Aroma: Ordinary yeast: Hoppy and malty at the same time, subtle caramel and citrus fruit. Brett yeast: Brett funk dominates. Taste: Ordinary yeast: Clearly present green tea, malty base, caramel notes, pine hints, subtle citrus fruit. Medium body, below average carbonation. Bittery tea-like finish. Moderate sweet, light to moderate bitterness. Brett yeast: Also clearly present green tea, this time fighting with the funky Brett for the win. Some citrus fruit and caramel. A little less tea-like finish. Both likeable in their own way. Although I am a Brett lover, this time I don't have preference for the Brett edition. Brett is taking away some of the fruity fresness of the ordinary edition.
Final verdict: Ordinary yeast 7 7.5 7 6 7 = 7.0 Brett yeast 7 7.5 7 6 7 = 7.0
EvNa (6176) reviewed #11 Sencha Rye IPA from MishMash 9 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Another experiment from MishMash. Sencha Rye IPA with ordinary yeast and the same beer fermented with Brett yeast. Drinking them side by side. Color: Both lightly hazy amber, off-white head. Aroma: Ordinary yeast: Hoppy and malty at the same time, subtle caramel and citrus fruit. Brett yeast: Brett funk dominates. Taste: Ordinary yeast: Clearly present green tea, malty base, caramel notes, pine hints, subtle citrus fruit. Medium body, below average carbonation. Bittery tea-like finish. Moderate sweet, light to moderate bitterness. Brett yeast: Also clearly present green tea, this time fighting with the funky Brett for the win. Some citrus fruit and caramel. A little less tea-like finish. Both likeable in their own way. Although I am a Brett lover, this time I don't have preference for the Brett edition. Brett is taking away some of the fruity fresness of the ordinary edition.
Final verdict: Ordinary yeast 7 7.5 7 6 7 = 7.0 Brett yeast 7 7.5 7 6 7 = 7.0
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Nice experiment from MishMash. Met this brewery at Carnivale Brettanomyces and took some of their bottles home. One bottle with Belgian abbey yeast and one with Brett yeast. Otherwise same ingredients. Tasted both versions together.
Color: Both exactly the same: Brown-orangish red, reddish off-white head.
Aroma: Abbey yeast: Fruity blueberry notes, biscuits, yeasty esters. Brett yeast: Stable-like Brett funk, hints of fruity Blueberry. More interesting.
Taste: Abbey yeast: Quite complex mix of fruity blueberry notes, Belgian yeast esters (light hints of banana, some clove), malty, biscuit, hints of caramel. Moderate to over moderate sweet, very light mitterness going toward moderate hopbitterness at the dry-ish finish. Spicy hints. Nice complexity. Brett yeast: Leathery Brett, hints of fruity blueberry, biscuit, malty, more rounded (a bit less) hopbitterness at the finish.
Final verdict: Being a Brett lover, there could only be one winner, I thought. The Brett one, of course. But I was surprised that the Brett outfaded the complexity of the abbey yeast version. In numbers: Abbey yeast 7 7 7 7 7.5 = 7.1 Brett yeast 7 7.5 7.5 7 7 = 7.3. Close finish. As said before: Nice experiment from this brewer.
EvNa (6176) reviewed #14 Blueberry Belgian Red from MishMash 10 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Nice experiment from MishMash. Met this brewery at Carnivale Brettanomyces and took some of their bottles home. One bottle with Belgian abbey yeast and one with Brett yeast. Otherwise same ingredients. Tasted both versions together.
Color: Both exactly the same: Brown-orangish red, reddish off-white head.
Aroma: Abbey yeast: Fruity blueberry notes, biscuits, yeasty esters. Brett yeast: Stable-like Brett funk, hints of fruity Blueberry. More interesting.
Taste: Abbey yeast: Quite complex mix of fruity blueberry notes, Belgian yeast esters (light hints of banana, some clove), malty, biscuit, hints of caramel. Moderate to over moderate sweet, very light mitterness going toward moderate hopbitterness at the dry-ish finish. Spicy hints. Nice complexity. Brett yeast: Leathery Brett, hints of fruity blueberry, biscuit, malty, more rounded (a bit less) hopbitterness at the finish.
Final verdict: Being a Brett lover, there could only be one winner, I thought. The Brett one, of course. But I was surprised that the Brett outfaded the complexity of the abbey yeast version. In numbers: Abbey yeast 7 7 7 7 7.5 = 7.1 Brett yeast 7 7.5 7.5 7 7 = 7.3. Close finish. As said before: Nice experiment from this brewer.
Maakun (16718) reviewed #14 Blueberry Belgian Red from MishMash 10 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle sampled at Carnivale. Almost clear pink golden. Soft blueberries, sweet malts, soft caramel, earthy, licorice. Solid sweet, light bitter. Over medium bodied.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Tap at Carnivale. Clear deep brown. Sweet caramel, toffee, soft tea, light Brett, citrus zest. Solid sweet, less bitter. Medium bodied.
Basementonline (12758) ticked #23 Oaked Flemish Sour from MishMash 10 months ago
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Basementonline (12758) ticked #11 Sencha Rye IPA from MishMash 10 months ago
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