Sobrehumano Palena'Ole - Maui Brewing Co.

sweethome

Illinois

3.05/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pour is cloudy carmel color. Fruity nose with medium malt backing. Slight sour nose.

Tart entry, balanced by fruity sweet malt. Don't get much cherry here but for slight tart. Unique passionfruit flavors. Just not getting much here - nothing to take the lead.

Serving type: can

12-10-2012 17:03:07 | More by sweethome

July2Nov

Hawaii

3.5/5  rDev +12.2%

05-20-2013 03:38:19 | More by July2Nov

JISurfer

South Carolina

3.5/5  rDev +12.2%

04-25-2013 22:32:56 | More by JISurfer

aztraz

Sweden

3.25/5  rDev +4.2%

04-20-2013 22:34:21 | More by aztraz

ALBuff

Hawaii

3.25/5  rDev +4.2%

03-25-2013 00:38:27 | More by ALBuff

MusicaleMike

Pennsylvania

3.3/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 1.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Well, I picked this beer up across the border in Maryland. On the bottom of the can it says that it was canned on 051102. Not sure how to interpret that date, but I am really hoping that one "0" is a typo.

Popped the top and IT'S A GUSHER! A gusher can...never really saw that coming. Explosive carbonation that fills the entire glass with an off-white head. The body that develops is a murky, muddy red color. Red mixed with burnt orange. Well, that head was all for nothing because before I can even take a swig, the head dies down to almost nothing. No lacing is left behind either.

Smell is quite delicious actually, if not straightforward. Pretty much tart passionfruit mixed with sour cherries. Nothing else in the nose.

The flavor is not as fruity as the aroma. There is some light tartness here, but nothing aggressive. Light flavors of sour cherries and caramel malts cross the palate, and the passionfruit comes out more in the exhale. I'd look for more fruit character in this. The flavors were a bit muted.

Carbonation was out of control when I first opened this beer. Rapid bubbles left the beer all too quickly. Mouthfeel is fluffy at first, then settles down and almost becomes slick on the tongue. Medium body, decent.

Yeah, I wasn't sure I would like this beer when I first poured it. But there are some redeeming qualities about this. The aroma is very nice, and that is a lovely mix (cherries and passionfruit). I wouldn't pick this up again, but I would certainly have another if someone offered it to me. Strikes me as more of a "Fruit Beer" than anything.

Serving type: can

03-22-2013 09:41:40 | More by MusicaleMike

ArrogantB

Colorado

2.23/5  rDev -28.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2

On tap at Rackhouse, 10oz served in a globe. Appearance was murky red with no head. Aroma was wet dog and seawater. Liek a dog who just came out of the ocean, yuck. Flavor was a muddy fruit flavor, grainy, really just bleh. Overall a pretty poor showing considering Jolly Pumpkin was involved. Thank God I didn't buy one of the overpriced six packs.

Serving type: on-tap

03-16-2013 16:24:11 | More by ArrogantB

Stinkypuss

Pennsylvania

3.24/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Pours a reddish mahogany, little to no froth or retention. Smells of toasted malt and grilled fruits. In the taste, nutty, cocoa like malt flavor. Small acidic cherry riding out a hint of fruitiness, but this is malt forward. Little to no hops, just a small earthy flavor to cut the sweet. A bit of toasted bread, finishes more or less clean. Medium bodied but quite full, some interesting flavors. This beer is crying for some wild yeast, being a collaboration with Jolly Pumpkin, they took the easy way out.

Serving type: can

03-14-2013 00:59:21 | More by Stinkypuss

rawfish

California

3.46/5  rDev +10.9%
look: 2 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

Pours a dark muddy pond amber/orange with considerable yeast and fruity haze. Barely any head that fades to nothing quickly. Is this beer or juice?

Lightly tart sour cherry and passion fruit citric acidity matched with some biscuity yeast and cereal grains. Very earthy overall.

Pale bready malt with traces of caramel sweetness, earthy hops add a bit of bitterness in what would be a very boring amber if not for the fruit juice which brings a juicy fruity cherry note with a short fading citric acid tart finish that is distinctly Lilikoi (passion fruit). Some wet paper bag in there too but I'll pass that over.

Kinda falt and fruit juice like. The carbonation is just enough to keep it going. Average body, well hidden alcohol.

Getting kinda used to this tart finish that maui brewing is putting into all their experimental seasonals. It's not a great beer by any stretch of the imagination but the concept has not been done before and pairing with Jolly Pumpkin has to account for something. Worth a try if you can get a single just for the novelty of beer brewed with cherries and passion fruit.

Serving type: can

03-10-2013 03:18:05 | More by rawfish

tectactoe

Michigan

3.13/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3

Enjoyed this one along with the Jolly Pumpkin Sobrehumano. This one pours a murky copper color, mostly opaque all around with a very small beige head that fades into nothing within a minute or so. The aroma is kind of strange - subdued and mild, without any certain flavor that "stands out" or catches my attention. There is some noticeable sweetness, but it's hard to pinpoint a specific descriptor. The best I can do is either apple or pear, but that's kind of grasping at straws, as there isn't really a definitive flavor of either. Just a generic sweetness on the nose, with a bit of caramel and toffee as the main backbone. There's also a mild metallic aroma that comes through - not sure if this is from the can or not, but I've had other canned beers that didn't have this aroma, so I think that's just a cop out.

The taste unfortunately contains that same ambiguous sweetness that perplexed the aroma of the beer. Maybe some apple skins, maybe some pears, maybe some light white grapes. Just a fairly one-dimensional and mild sweetness that doesn't really assert itself or establish any kind of real estate on your palate. It just hangs there without offering much at all. There's a musty and bitter, funky and cellar-like taste that really comes out heavy in the aftertaste. But it's so unbalanced due to the anticlimactic sweetness that the heavy musk just seems out of place and unnecessary. Some caramel and toffee notes from the malt add a touch of sweetness and offer a bit of guidance, although the flavor combination in this beer seems to be a lost cause without much direction. Thin-medium mouth feel with pretty heavy carbonation.

After having the Jolly Pumpkin Sobrehumano, this beer couldn't have been any bigger of a let down. A nebulous concoction of sweetness and just a boring aroma and flavor profile lead to an overall very uninteresting beer. I'll pass on this one next time.

Serving type: can

02-26-2013 03:52:11 | More by tectactoe

harrymel

Washington

2.75/5  rDev -11.9%

02-19-2013 05:55:24 | More by harrymel

DanW

2.5/5  rDev -19.9%

02-09-2013 03:59:13 | More by DanW

LiquidAmber

Washington

3.5/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

From 9/2012 notes.
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

01-28-2013 04:21:11 | More by LiquidAmber

ThePorterSorter

New York

3.85/5  rDev +23.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Thanks saisonrichbiere for the hook up

The beer pours a hazy, rusty light brown with no head and a touch of sediment. The nose is definitely interesting with a grain sweetness and a bit of tart fruit peel. The taste is definitely unique with a big liliko'i presence up front followed by a touch of tart cherries and grain in the finish. The mouthfeel is light-medium bodied with very little carbonation and a semi-dry, slightly roasty finish. This beer is pretty unique tasting and under appreciated. I'm quite excited to try it as a sour!

Serving type: can

01-27-2013 04:05:25 | More by ThePorterSorter

TrickkyGangsta

Florida

3.75/5  rDev +20.2%

01-25-2013 15:50:39 | More by TrickkyGangsta

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev +4.2%

01-22-2013 18:05:27 | More by Knapp85

MeadGuyfromMD

Maryland

2.75/5  rDev -11.9%

01-16-2013 04:07:36 | More by MeadGuyfromMD

Daniellobo

District of Columbia

3.05/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pretty raw and even coarse fruity offering. Not a very remarkable collaboration.

Presentation: 12 oz can. Black and blue background with an image of an skeleton paddling on a surfboard with a volcano in the back. Side narratives offer an description of the brew, intent, and collaboration. Notes canned 051102, and 8% Alc. by Vol. Served in a tulip glass.

A - Deep amber pour, nice white head, moderate retention with a fair surface ring and some lacing.

S - Muted nose, some fruity notes… Slightly tropical but it is almost a figure of the imagination.

T - Fruity, sweet, yeasty, with an off flavor that feels like an overdose of cascade fighting the passion fruit, ouch, this is not nice sourness really...

M - Medium/light body with medium carbonation, slight creamy touch with an off lingering finish.

O - Not particularly enticing, not really.

Notes: It almost feels like a coarse amateur brew at points. Still drinkable but... And maybe I had it too fresh? This is based on old notes from the early release date...

Serving type: can

01-12-2013 00:23:14 | More by Daniellobo

ToasterChef

Maine

3.98/5  rDev +27.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A chilly can is poured into a pint glass.

The beer is translucent and has a brownish/red color. The tan head is large and made up of foam.

While pouring the beer, I can smell tart cherries. Getting up close to the beer, I can pick up floral and tart scents.

The beer has a really nice tart cherry flavor. It doesn't quite taste sour or funky, like a wild ale, but there is an intense flavor you don't find in many fruit beers. The taste is more complex than a simple cherry flavor; that must the passion fruit making itself known.

The beer has a decent puckering sensation. It is medium-bodied with average carbonation. The coating is thin but does retain some fruit flavors.

This is a pretty interesting beer. I don't think I would have known it was a red ale; to me, this beer is much more about the fruit! I don't know if this beer is still available anywhere, but if are a fan of tart fruit beers, you should seek it out.

Serving type: can

01-08-2013 01:22:55 | More by ToasterChef

bumchilly25

British Columbia (Canada)

3/5  rDev -3.8%

12-24-2012 22:41:44 | More by bumchilly25

Rhettroactive

Virginia

2/5  rDev -35.9%

12-14-2012 04:23:28 | More by Rhettroactive

sholland119

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -3.8%

12-13-2012 16:01:24 | More by sholland119

Lethargy99

New York

4/5  rDev +28.2%

12-11-2012 01:20:56 | More by Lethargy99

siege06nd

Virginia

2.65/5  rDev -15.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Served in a standard pint.

A. Pours a cloudy, hazy amber color. About a quarter finger of thin offwhite head traces the top of the brew. Lacing is fairly good.

S. Caramel malt, toasted barley, faint, ripe fruit, some raw vegetal coloring in the background. Very "meh." Like a fruity brown ale, with nothing really standing out. Not bad, but not impressive.

T. Cherry sweetness balanced by some toasted malt and caramel notes. Not getting much in the way of hops, but it does have a buttery finish that is tempered somewhat by an odd, green peppery vegetal note. As it warms, metallic flavors become more prevalent.

M. Moderate to high carbonation with a slightly chewy and tannic mouthfeel. I'd say the drinkability is low because the malts sit heavy and the tannic notes dry out the palate. I wouldn't one more than one of these.

O. A super "meh" beer. I'm not even really sure what the hell they were going for, but this isn't very tasty. A mildly tart amber doesn't sound good on paper, and it's certainly not good in the glass. There are traces of a solid amber beneath the fruitiness, but the two styles are in conflict and, rather than drinking like a nice sour, it drinks like a metallic, vegetal disappointment. Not good, man, not good.

Serving type: can

12-08-2012 18:58:52 | More by siege06nd

SaisonRichBiere

Michigan

4.2/5  rDev +34.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5

Poured into a goblet glass from a can.

Appearance- Pours a cloudy, orangey brown with a thick bubbly head that quickly reduces to a thin layer of residual bubbles hanging out atop the brew. You can tell there's some solids suspended in there.

Smell-Sweet fruity tang with biscuity notes in there. Very balanced between the two. Tart cherry, strawberry, sweet cream, faint oatmeal, and shortbread. Smells like a strawberry shortcake or a cherry tart from top to bottom.

Taste- Bold and surprisingly dry given the sweet fruity aromas. Malty hints masked by strong fruit essence. Again, for as sweet and tart as it is on the nose, the fruit flavors are very underlying. Very creamy passion fruit note, but much bolder and less sweet than any passion fruit I've ever eaten. The passion fruit essence hangs out on your tongue and in your throat for a while after you swallow, and subtle dried cherry notes emerge. Pretty awesome vibes here. Big and "beery" up front, and a strong fruity essence on the finish, but not at all sweet. Very well done with the fruit.

Mouthfeel- A bit soft with a bubbly fizziness. A little flat on the finish. The weak point of the brew if there is one.

Overall- First off, I am extremely grateful to get one of these being that they aren't available here in Michigan. Second, I was truly excited to hear of this being a collaboration with Jolly Pumpkin, and feel extremely fortunate that i was able to try them both. That being said, I like this one better than the Jolly Pumpkin version in that the flavors aren't competing with the sourness. I truly enjoyed this brew for all of its complexity and uniqueness. I thought that the addition of the Michigan cherries and Hawaiian liliko'i was a great idea, and it definitely made for a truly unique and tasty brew. Though in the JP version, the sourness accents the fruit flavors at times, its the sour that prevails. This brew allowed the flavors to stand up on their own and add a distinct character to the beer. Truly unique and truly delicious.

If you can get it try it.

Cheers!

Serving type: can

11-16-2012 02:19:58 | More by SaisonRichBiere