Sobrehumano Palena'ole - Maui Brewing Co. (Brewpub)

Thorpe429

Illinois

2.3/5  rDev -27.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Can into a cervoise. Ordered online. Some fruit. Cherry, mostly. A bit of fruit tannin. A bit of slightly-harsh malt. Finish is rough.

Serving type: can

01-09-2013 03:18:37 | More by Thorpe429

UCLABrewN84

California

2.6/5  rDev -18%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Canned 5/15/12.

Pours a murky dark reddish-brown with a 1 inch foamy beige head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Foamy thin streaks of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, burnt cooked vegetables, and some very mild muddled fruit aromas. I can't really pick out either cherries or passion fruit in the aroma at all. Taste is of malt, earth, dirt, cardboard, and some weird cooked vegetable and fruit flavors. There is a mild tartness and an almost ashy flavor on the palate with each sip. This beer has a low level of carbonation with an almost flat mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty poor beer that's just a mess all around. I really hope the Jolly Pumpkin version came out better than this.

Serving type: can

06-21-2012 04:39:15 | More by UCLABrewN84

drabmuh

Maryland

2.08/5  rDev -34.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

This beer is offensively bad, drain pour. It tasted like trash and cigarette butts or perhaps like the dirt under the bleachers.

Beer served in a cervoise glass. Beer is amber, dark amber and clear without sediment, sediment makes it hazy, nice white head, medium and large bubbles, moderate carbonation, looks good.

Aroma is odd but not too off putting, mildly tannic, a little roast maybe.

I had the Jolly Pumpkin version of this beer and enjoyed it, This one I hated. It was thin and acrid, harsh and tasted like garbage. I gave it a fair chance but it failed on all front. AVOID AVOID AVOID. Never ever EVER make this beer again. I think I threw up in my mouth a little bit just thinking about it.

Serving type: can

11-02-2012 16:21:48 | More by drabmuh

Mora2000

Texas

3.58/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

The beer pours a hazy brownish-yellow color with a white head. Interestingly, the color varies from the top to bottom of the beer. The aroma has a lot of passion fruit in it, as well as a little bit of yeast and biscuit malt. The flavor is similar. I get some very light tartness from the passion fruit, as well as some nice cherry and toffee notes. There is some yeast notes in the flavor as well. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Serving type: can

07-20-2012 02:12:52 | More by Mora2000

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.48/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This beer poured out as a murky looking copper color, almost a light brown. The head was a cream color that had a moderate retention to it with a spotted lacing in the beginning. As time went by all that had faded. The smell of the beer is a little bit of a mix of things. No real dominant elements shine through, but there is a uniqueness to the beer on the nose to say the least. The taste of the beer gives off just enough of the Michigan cherries that was used and as for the Hawaiian fruit that was used I'd have to taste that on it's own to pick up where that comes in. The mouthfeel of the beer was decent, medium bodied with a good carbonation to it. Overall this beer wasn't too bad, not something I would need to buy cases of but it was fun to try.

Serving type: can

10-14-2012 18:41:24 | More by Knapp85

Halcyondays

California

3.53/5  rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz. can, first review of the summertime,

A: Pours a deep brown amber with a medium white head, some good lace.

S: Passion fruit, tropical fruit, some cherry pith.

T: Tropical fruit, crystal style malt, with some hops mid-palate which give way to a heavy mango finish. Especially fruity at the end.

M: Light-bodied, crisp carbonation, creamy, light aftertaste with some hops.

O: An interesting beer, never seemed like a wild ale, there was never a real acidity. Really just a simple fruit beer. I like aspects of it, but it really didn't make me go crazy in the end.

Serving type: can

06-20-2012 07:11:25 | More by Halcyondays

barleywinefiend

Washington

3.73/5  rDev +17.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: Poured a deep brown with a lightly dirtied cap, some reddhish hued bubbles and light lacing

S: Tropical fruits and some blended red and dark cherry skins

T: Nice. A little cherry upfront with ome tropical fruits, perhaps a light citrus hop and a nice, clean and refreshing finish

M: Light-bodied, crisp, well carbonated. Fruitiness lingers on the palate as does a little booze and light hop bitterness

O: I find it amazing the styles of least interest are ranked lower. Just because you prefer IPAs does not mean a beer of this genre is below average. Its below average because you dont like them and your not basing upon quality rather upon taste and preference. Bias to other styles kills me.

Serving type: growler

08-08-2012 17:40:14 | More by barleywinefiend

Kegatron

Pennsylvania

3.05/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

12 oz can into a tulip glass.

Pours a ruddy amber brown, with 1 ½ fingers of foamy light mocha head. This retains with a thin fizziness that throws up some spotty lace that slowly creeps down the sides of the glass. After a while, this eventually goes pretty dead looking. The aroma smells of fruit (cherries are sticking out) and spices, which a touch of dark roast and sweetness in the nostrils. This isn’t very airy feeling at all, as the flavors overall just sit with some deadness in the nose.

The taste is mostly fruity tartness (that really gives this a certain amount of pithy bitterness) with a light backing of sugary sweetness. Spice and some light lingering roast round out the finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with a sharp and prickly feel to the carbonation that blows up in the mouth a bit. This softens up a bit along the back but this is overall pretty strongly carbonated.

This certainly wasn’t bad and I had no problem finishing the can but I was just looking for some more pizzazz from this. These flavors are just kind of there and never really do anything overly interesting. I guess you could call this a disappointment based on who was involved here. Cool looking can though!

Serving type: can

08-08-2012 19:28:23 | More by Kegatron

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

2.78/5  rDev -12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

So I get up an early morning before I have a wedding to go to in Winnemucca, decide to take the AR-15 up onto beer mountain to plink/blast some of the empties that have been building up in my house because of all the midweek drinking opportunities with NHL & NBA playoffs.

Had been really looking forward to this stuff, the good bottle shop in Reno pushes the product hard, talking how awesome it is (better be at $15 a 6 pack right?).

I pop it open, a nice brown and red type of thing going on, carbonation seems right on, this is a good looking beer. Mild dark fruit, cherry, and the label says passion fruit on it. Smells nicely.

Taste, eh, this is where the beer went astray. Definitely has that Jolly Pumpkin/Rodenbach trademark thing going on: barely sour like qualities, a lot more of everything else, namely a soggy, woody aspect, looks the same, too expensive for what it is, barely qualifying as a wild ale.

The fruit additions are nice and interesting, but this is just kind of an ok beer. It lacks real tartness, depth, sour aspect to the beer. I could have twice as much beer, that is more than twice as good, for the same price. Pass.

Serving type: can

06-20-2012 15:44:11 | More by Beerandraiderfan

mactrail

California

3.1/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Starts out with a nice foam, but rather coarse carbonation. It does have some nice swirls and lacing. Prickly and acidic mouthfeel. I can only describe the color as frosted ocher. The smell is indecribable-- ginger and dishwater?

Some sort of murky fruit flavor. Earthy, mushroomy, and funky, but not in a nice way. The relentless non-hop bitterness lets you know this is not a typical beer. But whether it's the yeast or some bacterial process I don't want to know.

Interesting for a couple of sips but not very drinkable. Waste of good fruit. From the 12 oz can purchased at Olive Tree in OB.

Serving type: can

06-25-2012 04:36:44 | More by mactrail

JohnGalt1

Idaho

2.75/5  rDev -13.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12oz can picked up tonight at Brewforia for a price $3.39.... Poured into my HotD goblet... very VERY short lasting khaki head leaves no lacing.... the brew is hazed sorta reddish/lite brown.

Nose seems more dominated by the passion fruit than the cherries... plenty of dry sorta dark toasty maltiness... even smells a little spicy... everything is just mashed together, very muddy... nothing jumps out at all.

Flavor pretty much mirrors the aromas with a more pronounced biscuit malt element... sorta dirty/dusty... a bit of solvent EtOH too...

Body is standard medium... light carbonation...

I sooo wanted more than this... I was hoping for bright vibrant fruitiness, but the malts dominate in all facets... I mainly wanted to like it more because I have another can and can't see wanting to drink it anytime soon.

Oh well.... Interesting try, but my opinion is it missed a great opportunity by a mile.

2.5/3/2.5/3/3

Serving type: can

07-20-2012 05:57:59 | More by JohnGalt1

thagr81us

South Carolina

3.03/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Big thanks goes out to micstache for this one as an extra in a recent trade! Served from can into a Mikkeller oversized wine glass. Poured a deep red-orange with a half finger off-white head that subsided to a minimal amount slowly. Maintained decent lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, earth, wheat, grain, subtle fruit, and must. The flavor was of sweet malt, fruit, wheat, grain, cherry, and metallic. It had a light feel on the palate with high carbonation. Overall this was a pretty average brew. If I’m honest I’m not really sure what Maui or Jolly Pumpkin was going for on this one. There was a lot going on, but why was it all together in the first place is the question I ask you… The musty aroma and metallic flavor however were the killers of this one. While it was drinkable, it wasn’t the most enjoyable brew out there, but I’m glad I got the chance to try it at least.

Serving type: can

09-04-2012 10:51:54 | More by thagr81us

Huhzubendah

District of Columbia

2.5/5  rDev -21.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Shared by Darrell. Thanks man!

The beer is a hazy sunburst orange with nearly a half inch of off-white head. The aroma offers an odd assortment of fruit cocktail, white wine, booze. The flavor is odd and unrefined. A touch of nail polish adds an unpleasant character to the already odd scent and taste. The feel is light in body with adequate carbonation. Overall, this was a dud.

Serving type: can

07-06-2012 21:22:41 | More by Huhzubendah

largadeer

Kentucky

3/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Grabbed a single from K&L. Glad I only bought one can.

Appearance is cloudy copper with minimal head formation and poor retention.

Smells strongly of crystal malts backed by a moderate amount of tart fruit. More cherry than passionfruit to my nose. Bready with a touch of balsamic vinegar. Smells alright, certainly a bit muddled.

Tastes pretty muddled, too. This is essentially an amber/red ale with mishmash fruit additions. The fruit lends some out-of-place tartness that lacks depth of flavor. Cherry comes through a bit, but there's little noticeable passionfruit. Bready, caramelized malts are dominant here and they're at odds with the fruit. The beer is plenty easy to drink, I'll give it that, and it's far from terrible - it just feels like yet another directionless, kitchen sink collaboration beer that didn't need to exist.

Serving type: can

06-23-2012 06:57:48 | More by largadeer

OWSLEY069

Pennsylvania

3.58/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pours a hazy reddish to orange-ish color with a tan head. In the aroma, dryer dark fruit with some bigger cherry notes. In the taste, a dry dark cherry, and a mellow malt. A small bite and a medium to bigger bodied mouthfeel, with a small dry cherry skin aftertaste. Nice, dry cherries. I bet it would be better if it was a wild yeast used.

Serving type: can

08-23-2012 13:58:21 | More by OWSLEY069

StonedTrippin

Colorado

3.73/5  rDev +17.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

im surprised people dont like this more. first of all i love the long distance collaboration with jolly pumpkin, great idea to brew with fruits from these two states. the beer pours from the can a murky brown/red color that doesnt let much light pass. there is an almost two inch head light brown in color that has decent retention. the smell is interesting, tart from the cherries, sweet from the passion fruits, and oddly complex from the malts. its not a sour, but has a nose that could be confused for one, as the yeast is also potent in the nose. the flavor is malty up front, more like a brown ale than a red i think, and it eases into a fruity finish, passion fruit acidity at first, cherry tartness last. its a long finish that blends the fruits nicely. the feel is just okay, its a little heavier in body than the flavor really demands, and it feels tiring in that sense. the carbonation is intense though, and that helps. overall i really enjoyed both the idea and the end result of this beer. could be improved by a lighter body, more filtration, and a little less sweet malt, but i thouht it was pretty good.

Serving type: can

09-12-2012 17:20:48 | More by StonedTrippin

DefenCorps

Oregon

2.3/5  rDev -27.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Can that I stole from Mike.

Mildly murky muddy brown, there's a dense, beige head that falls off to a ring rapidly. The nose is rather disappointing. Rather noticeably hoppy with Cascade hops, there's a nondescript fruitiness present. Crystal malt is present by the boatload. I can't say I get any passionfruit on the nose.

The palate opens rather terrible with a chalky bitterness, a tannic fruitiness and a tartness that's mellow. It then gets worse with an astringent crystal malt backbone that manages to be watery and still tannic and chalky. Mild dried sour cherry flavor is present. Medium-light in body and highly carbonated, this beer is quite terrible.

Serving type: can

08-20-2012 01:50:16 | More by DefenCorps

smakawhat

Maryland

2.93/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Poured from the can into a tulip glass.

A hazy and dark red amber body is poured, with some fast rising carbonation, producing a head that manages about two fingers and settles slowly. No lacing.

Nose is pretty closed. For a fruity beer of cherries and fruit I am getting nothing here. Some simple malt and a little sense of clove seems to come out.

Wet palate doesn't seem to bring much to the table here, an almost acrid sour finish, leaving a thin toasty brown bread aftertaste. Some juice like tasting feel, but no sense of fruity character at all.

Overall it's just not really doing it for me here, it feels like something is missing.

Serving type: can

07-08-2012 17:47:56 | More by smakawhat

FosterJM

California

3.45/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

1444th Review on BA
Can to Sobrehumano glass
12oz Can

2012

App- Ruddy looking brown,amber, red color with a nice 1-1/2 in tan head. Fast receding without lace or cling. A bit of a deep cordial look when its towards the bottom.

Smell- A weird nose on this one. Went for a deep cherry malty, lambic thing. Kinda works with the addition of the malts. Has a certain floral fullness to it.

Taste- Its okay. From reviews I read I fiqured as much about this. Still an amber ale with that full malt backbone without the bitter hops, but replaced by the semi-tart dry cherry flavors.

Mouth- A lighter body with a light medium carbonation. Weird cherry dry after taste. Couldve been more full.

Drink- Expected more, but got what this is. Just an Amber with some fruit. Hopefully can try the JP version.

Serving type: can

08-14-2012 00:49:56 | More by FosterJM

flagmantho

Washington

3.2/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Poured from 12oz can into a tulip.

Appearance: murky light-brown hue with tons of haze and plenty of effervescence. Head is a thick finger of frothy tan foam with a bit of an orange cast. I rather like it.

Smell: somewhat biscuity malt flavor with an earthy fruitiness. The passionfruit is way more prevalent than the cherry here. I don't get much wild ale character, but as a passionfruit beer it's not too bad.

Taste: biscuity malt with some mild sourness through the middle and a bit of a muddy finish. The passionfruit is discernible but, again, the cherries really aren't so much. I feel like this beer really could have gone somewhere, but it's kind of plain and boring (though not actually bad).

Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent carbonation and a moderate creaminess. It's OK.

Overall: I'm just not a fan of this beer. It is drinkable, and I will finish this, but I feel like there are a lot of missed opportunities here and the end result is just ... boring.

Serving type: can

06-20-2012 15:25:28 | More by flagmantho

ngeunit1

California

4/5  rDev +26.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Pours a cloudy amber-brown color with a finger of frothy tannish head. The head fades down at a normal pace leaving behind some nice lacing.

S - Aroma is a mix of sweet light toasted caramel malts with some sweet cherries, some tropical and citrus hops, passion fruit, and a bit of bready malts.

T - Starts off with some sweet cherries and some sweet caramel malts with some tropical hops. Through the middle, some more bready malts come through with more citrus and tropical hop flavor and some passion fruit. The finish is a mix of sweet caramel malts, with some tropical fruits, cherries, and some light bready malts.

M - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Feels smooth with a sweet and fruity finish.

D - Very drinkable. Nice fruity red amber ale. Not quite perfectly balanced, but the blend of amber ale and tropical fruits works fairly well.

Serving type: can

07-05-2012 02:01:10 | More by ngeunit1

LiquidAmber

Washington

3.5/5  rDev +10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a Gulden Draak tulip. Pours a cloudy mahogany brown amber. Tall two finger off-white head that dissipated over a few minutes to a thin head with light patchy lacing. Unusual aroma of tropical and unidentified fruit and a bit of vegetable soup, tart sweetness. Flavor of tart fruit with passion fruit dominating, cherry, orange, turning a bit medicinal and astringent in the middle and finish. Finish is particularly tart and astringent. The fruit mixture was somewhat off-putting at first taste, but I have to admit that it grew on me as I drank this ale. Unfortunately, the finish was a bit unbalanced, but did have a grassy/hay quality that I also grew to appreciate in the end. Light to medium bodied. An interesting experiment that ended up just a bit to unbalanced. A bit more malt body could have improved the finish to allow appreciation of the interesting fruits. Truly glad I tried it because it is unique and interesting, but probably not a repeat.

Serving type: can

09-23-2012 03:47:06 | More by LiquidAmber

HuskyinPDX

Washington

2.73/5  rDev -13.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2

I popped this can next to the JP version on 8.8.12.

A - Pours a dark cloudy orange-brown with floaters. A light tan fizzy head.

S - Subtle sourness. Sweet malt, slight fruit.

T - Dirt, earthy, very slight sweetness and tartness in the finish.

D - Mild carbonation with a medium body.

O - Not right here. Dirt, earth, not very pleasing.

Serving type: can

08-10-2012 06:21:44 | More by HuskyinPDX

Phelps

Arizona

3.03/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

This collaboration between Maui Brewing Co. and Jolly Pumpkin is Maui’s first to be released in cans. It’s brewed with cherries from Michigan and Hawaiian passion fruit. Poured into a tulip.

Murky, rusty brown. It looked clear coming from the can, but once in the glass the liquid congealed to this muck. One finger of fuzzy tan head pops away after a minute, leaving behind a thin ring.

The passion fruit comes through the nose in a big way, followed closely by tart cherries and a weird, pee-like funk. Cheesy hops, a little toast, a touch of lemon peel. Really hard to get away from that pee smell.

The flavor, thankfully, has dropped the pee, but it’s also too soft for my tastes. Caramel, toast, passion fruit and a touch of sweet cherry. The lightest hint of tartness.

Light, prickly carbonation in a nicely thick medium body. Not much booze at all.

I like the idea here, just not the execution. Weird in aroma, light in flavor.

Serving type: can

06-28-2012 05:04:27 | More by Phelps

Beaver13

Colorado

2.68/5  rDev -15.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

12 oz can. Pours hazy reddish amber with a smallish creamy off white head that retains well and leaves some lacing.

The aroma is sweet malts and some fruits (cherry).

The flavor is a little sweet acidic cherry and tropical fruit with a weird medicinal leathery finish. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with low carbonation.

Overall, it's a bit subdued but a decent fruit beer.

Serving type: can

08-05-2012 02:27:09 | More by Beaver13