The Saint Louis Brewery St. Louis, MO
APPEARANCE: 2/3
Light brown/copper color. Clear. Fades to a thin, white head. Fine bubbles, steady stream.
AROMA: 1.75/4
Meadown, grassy, some citrus. Weird, skunky off-aroma—definitely not pretty. Fades to an okay grapefruit hop nose.
TASTE: 6.75/10
Hop/Malt Balance: 3/4: Lots of hop flavor. Piney, meadowy, bready malt. Decently balanced.
Aftertaste: 1.25/3: Wet hay, barnyard flavors. Skunky (sorry, we just don't have a better word for it). Bitterness at end lasts.
Mouth-Feel: 2.5/3: Fizzy, but not overly so–appropriately carbonated. Not too big, but substantial.
OVERALL: 1.75/3: Needs to be improved upon. The earthy, barnyard flavors are off-putting. Good hoppy IPA, though, with a full mouth-feel. Not an awful beer as-is, but with the right tweaking, this could be a really good beer.
TOTAL: 12.25/20–I'll Try A Pint
NOTES:
Matt: Our beer guy at Royal Liquors mentioned recently that this particular beer was being retooled, specifically tweaking the hop profile to better match the bouncy citrus of the Schlafly APA. I'm guessing the stinky aroma and weird flavor is the reason. We'll review this again down the line and see if it scores better.
Ben: Some weird notes to this beer, obviously. Disturbing initial aromas and skunky flavors have gotta go. Schlafly can do much better.
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