Brauerei Heller – Schlenkerla Helles Zymatore

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Sep 142011
 

To introduce this beer I could try my best to explain why this beer is a unique one that I just could not pass up, but it probably makes more sense to just link to the appropriate pages on the B. United site.  They explain it much better anyway and my description would really just be paraphrasing what is written there.  So with that, here is an explanation of their Zymatore Collection and here is a more specific description of this particular beer in that collection.  In summary there was not much of this beer made available, so I could simply not pass up the opportunity to take a moment to enjoy it.

A good one to mark the middle of the week . . .

Brewery: Schlenkerla / Brauerei Heller (Bamberg, Germany)

Name: Schlenkerla Helles Zymatore

Style: Munich Helles

ABV: 4.30%

Location: Redlight Redlight (Orlando, FL)

Tasting Notes:

  • Some fruit on the nose (grapes and apples) with an underlying sweetness and with a slight sharpness to it.
  • One finger white head that holds pretty well and leaves really nice lacing on the glass.  A straw, honey-like color that is a bit hazy/cloudy.
  • Mild fruitiness up front that fades into a light smokiness that holds through the finish.  Nice bitterness in the middle that helps the transition.  Nice dryness to the finish with the flavors barely lingering.
  • Medium to light body with a moderate level of carbonation that consists of really fine bubbles which lend a little bite.
  • I am generally not much of a rauchbier drinker (granted the Helles does not use smoked malt and isn’t truly a rauchbier) but this treatment to the Helles is really nice.
  • It is amazing how the smoke in the aroma has been covered in this one, but the smoke does come out a bit more as it warms.
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Brauerei Heller - Schlenkerla Helles Zymatore Collection

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The Orkney Brewery – Red MacGregor

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Jan 152011
 

Give a guy a Skull Splitter and he will be sure to try other things from the same brewery.  That was pretty much the decision making process for choosing have this beer on that afternoon.  From a flavor profile and ABV level I probably should have had this as my first beer, but I like to start with a draft beer to keep me company while reading through any beer list.  I would like to try this from cask sometime if the opportunity presents itself.

Now a B Note for this Saturday . . .

Brewery: The Orkney Brewery (Scotland)

Name: Red MacGregor

Style: Scottish Export 80/- (?)

ABV: 4.00%

Location: World of Beer – Greg behind the bar. With The Wife and The In-laws. On draft.

Tasting Notes:

  • Coppery ruby in color with a solid off-white head that holds very well.
  • Softly sweet malt aroma with floral notes.
  • Smooth and slightly minerally malt flavor.  Toasted maltiness there, but fairly flat flavor overall.  Nice earthiness to it though.
  • Pretty low level of carbonation and finishes fairly dry.
  • Something addictive about the flavor (maybe the crisp bitterness), but nothing great overall for my palate.
  • Quite sessionable at 4 percent.
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The Orkney Brewery - Red MacGregor

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Victory Brewing Company – Yakima Glory

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Jan 102011
 

Being a little (or a lot) congested is no reason not to enjoy a few good beers when you have the chance, so I thought something with a good hop bite would be the way to start off in an effort to clear the sinuses. It is possible that I could have been off on what the flavors and the aroma were with my head in a bit of a fog, but I do think that I got a good idea of what the beer was like. A revisit under better conditions may be a good idea.

On we go with a B Note to start the week . . .

Brewery: Victory Brewing Company (Downingtown, PA)

Name: Yakima Glory

Style: American (Black) IPA

ABV: 8.70%

Location: World of Beer – Greg behind the bar. With The Wife and The In-laws

Tasting Notes:

  • Dark brown in color with a pretty solid off-white color head that holds pretty well. Quite clear and really has the appearance of a root beer.
  • Nice hoppy (somewhat resinous) aroma with a bit of malty sweetness holding it up. Pretty heavy on the hops.
  • Good amount of hoppy bitterness up front with a little thrown in from the roasted malt as well.
  • Not ton of depth in flavor overall (balance is all to hops), but it gives the good bite that I was looking for. Some bitterness/astringency left at the finish.
  • Certainly opens up and is better as it warms some.
  • Very glad to have tried it, but not a huge fan of it overall.
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Victory Brewing Company - Yakima Glory

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