Muggus
Case swap whore
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Hey folks,
Everyone's doing it, so we may as well have a thread for our tasting notes on the caseswap beers, despite the modest amount of entries.
I got a bit keen with Schooey's beer sitting there in the fridge all week....
Merry Christmas to all!
Beer: 3. Schooey - Shazzam Hefe
Date: 17th December 10
Details: 750mL, gold cap 3, 1.055 OG, FG 1.013, WLP300
Sampling Notes:
Served chilled in a pint mug.
I figure I wound up with 2 bottles of this, and they were in the fridge since the day of the swap, why the hell not start Chrissie early!
Opens with a good fizz but no gushing. Pours out an orangey gold body with uniform haze and a big fluffy white head that really wanted to hang around before throwing in the towel.
Aroma screams Hefe with bags full of freshly ground clove and pepper with supporting notes of ripe pineapple and candy banana.
Nice slickness to the texture, somewhat moderate carbonation with some persistent acid bite lending to a medium length palate.
Ripe fruits continue on the body with a nice dose of sweet doughy malts. Phenolic clove and nutmeg spices linger on a finish that isnt all too drying with a moderate bitterness to boot.
Nice drop Schooey. Funny seeing this in bottle after trying the kegged version; the banana character is much more pronounced in this compared to the very clove driven beer that the keg seemed to bewas this naturally carbed in the bottle? I may have a theory
Anyway, top stuff, Ill save that other body for a bloody hot summers arvo, should go down a treat.
Everyone's doing it, so we may as well have a thread for our tasting notes on the caseswap beers, despite the modest amount of entries.
I got a bit keen with Schooey's beer sitting there in the fridge all week....
Merry Christmas to all!
Beer: 3. Schooey - Shazzam Hefe
Date: 17th December 10
Details: 750mL, gold cap 3, 1.055 OG, FG 1.013, WLP300
Sampling Notes:
Served chilled in a pint mug.
I figure I wound up with 2 bottles of this, and they were in the fridge since the day of the swap, why the hell not start Chrissie early!
Opens with a good fizz but no gushing. Pours out an orangey gold body with uniform haze and a big fluffy white head that really wanted to hang around before throwing in the towel.
Aroma screams Hefe with bags full of freshly ground clove and pepper with supporting notes of ripe pineapple and candy banana.
Nice slickness to the texture, somewhat moderate carbonation with some persistent acid bite lending to a medium length palate.
Ripe fruits continue on the body with a nice dose of sweet doughy malts. Phenolic clove and nutmeg spices linger on a finish that isnt all too drying with a moderate bitterness to boot.
Nice drop Schooey. Funny seeing this in bottle after trying the kegged version; the banana character is much more pronounced in this compared to the very clove driven beer that the keg seemed to bewas this naturally carbed in the bottle? I may have a theory
Anyway, top stuff, Ill save that other body for a bloody hot summers arvo, should go down a treat.