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Sanguis
Half Acre Beer Company
- From:
- Half Acre Beer Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.67 | pDev: 17.44%
- Reviews:
- 5
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 07, 2015
- Added:
- Feb 08, 2012
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 8
A collaboration with Next sommelier Joe Catterson for the El Bulli menu. An ale accented with beets and oranges intended to pair with either a rabbit course or a concoction of bone marrow, smoked eel and nasturtium.
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Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
3.88/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Glistening dark ruby red in the glass, an awesome color from the blood oranges. Pours a dark crystalline amber, with a thin layer of nearly tan foam. Some spotty froth around the edges, and a thin veil of skim that never breaks after the first few sips.
Very earthy aroma, the beets seem to take the lead, slightly herbal and vegetal.
Flavors are also earthy and bitter, though a light malt sweetness comes through in the middle, and some yeasty notes are also present. Lingering dry earthy bitterness lasts well into the aftertaste. Some residual earthy hop herbals in the background. Feel is medium bodied with a light effervescence. Drank this with a cevapi sausage dish and it was a nice pairing.
Jun 05, 2012Very earthy aroma, the beets seem to take the lead, slightly herbal and vegetal.
Flavors are also earthy and bitter, though a light malt sweetness comes through in the middle, and some yeasty notes are also present. Lingering dry earthy bitterness lasts well into the aftertaste. Some residual earthy hop herbals in the background. Feel is medium bodied with a light effervescence. Drank this with a cevapi sausage dish and it was a nice pairing.
Reviewed by claaark13 from Indiana
3.63/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.63/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Served at cellar temp in a Founders snifter. Thanks Dief for going to Next and thinking about me.
A - Thick off-white head, ruby color.
S - Malts quickly give way to beets with sweetness in the background. This smells beyond interesting, and certainly like vegetables. Some other spices can be found.
T - Slight hops, noticeable malts, vegetables. I guess if you asked me, I wouldn't say "beets" but surely vegetables. One of the more interesting beers I've had.
M - Lighter medium.
O - Interesting beer. Not something to seek out unless you want a veggie beer. I'll rate the overall to the style.
Jun 02, 2012A - Thick off-white head, ruby color.
S - Malts quickly give way to beets with sweetness in the background. This smells beyond interesting, and certainly like vegetables. Some other spices can be found.
T - Slight hops, noticeable malts, vegetables. I guess if you asked me, I wouldn't say "beets" but surely vegetables. One of the more interesting beers I've had.
M - Lighter medium.
O - Interesting beer. Not something to seek out unless you want a veggie beer. I'll rate the overall to the style.
Reviewed by MasterSki from Canada (ON)
3.83/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thanks to thetomG for picking this up from a random store shelf - not sure how these Next beers keep leaking into distribution. Served in a Captain Lawrence tulip.
A - White foam settles to a thin cap, thicker collar, and minimal lacework. Transparent ruby-brown body. Quite attractive, and with a bit more lacework it'd be perfect.
S - Smells like beets - not sure if this is a positive or negative in my books, but at least the beer delivers what it promises. There's that mix of starch and sugar that is unmistakable, along with some caramel malt sweetness, and perhaps the faintest note of tart citrus.
T - The taste is a bit more understated and as a result less successful. The beets are still there, but more on the starchy root vegetable side of things. There's also some toffee and biscuit malts, and mild earthy bitterness. Finishes fairly clean and crisp.
M - Clean, crisp, and lightly tannic texture. Starchy, dry finish, and no obvious alcohol. Decidedly medium body and carbonation level.
D - This was surprisingly enjoyable on the whole. I never considered that beets were something that should go into a beer, but Half Acre makes it work. Unfortunately the blood orange doesn't make much of an appearance. It's hard to evaluate this out-of-context, as I imagine it was integrated into Next's menu in a very specific way, but it's significantly better than Horizon was.
Apr 23, 2012A - White foam settles to a thin cap, thicker collar, and minimal lacework. Transparent ruby-brown body. Quite attractive, and with a bit more lacework it'd be perfect.
S - Smells like beets - not sure if this is a positive or negative in my books, but at least the beer delivers what it promises. There's that mix of starch and sugar that is unmistakable, along with some caramel malt sweetness, and perhaps the faintest note of tart citrus.
T - The taste is a bit more understated and as a result less successful. The beets are still there, but more on the starchy root vegetable side of things. There's also some toffee and biscuit malts, and mild earthy bitterness. Finishes fairly clean and crisp.
M - Clean, crisp, and lightly tannic texture. Starchy, dry finish, and no obvious alcohol. Decidedly medium body and carbonation level.
D - This was surprisingly enjoyable on the whole. I never considered that beets were something that should go into a beer, but Half Acre makes it work. Unfortunately the blood orange doesn't make much of an appearance. It's hard to evaluate this out-of-context, as I imagine it was integrated into Next's menu in a very specific way, but it's significantly better than Horizon was.
Sanguis from Half Acre Beer Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
26 ratings
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