Saturday, November 19, 2011

Mill Street Brew Pub Sampler

Lemon Tea Beer

Lemon Tea Ale | 4.9% abv: Pours clear amber with a thick white head, not much retention. Nice aroma that is prominently tea & juicy lemon. Flavor is very pleasant, lots of earl grey tea coming through, tea tannins, sweet lemon and some light wheat & barley malt was noted. Light bodied, mild carbonation and extremely drinkable. Great served ice cold on a hot summer day!

Mill St. Tankhouse Ale

Tankhouse Ale | American Pale Ale | 5.2% abv: Brown ale with a dense cream head. Aroma is earthy with roast malt and grassy hops. Taste is dry with flavors of pale malt, grain, spice and some hop bittering. Medium bodied with mellow carbonation. This is a pretty decent APA that is rather sessionable.

Mill St. Pilsner

Pilsner | European Lager | 5.2% abv : Pours a clear golden with a thin head and hardly any retention. Aroma consists of mild malt, slightly earthy and rather uneventful. Taste is mainly mildly roasted sweet malt, some tartness and slight bittering. Light bodied with smooth carbonation. Finishes clean with mild hop bittering and some tartness.

Traditional Ginger Beer

Traditional Ginger | Spiced Beer | 5% abv: Pours clear golden with an off white head, decent retention. Aroma comes through with spicy ginger and grain. Taste like spicy ginger, nice malted barely & wheat body and some acidity. Medium bodied, lively carbonation and rather warming to drink. Finishes smooth with a lasting ginger kick and some hop bittering. Very nice!

Mill St. Organic Lager

Original Organic Lager | Pale Lager | 4.2% abv: Pours clear yellow with a thick head, low retention & lacing. Aroma is grainy, grassy & tart. The flavor is rather low as one would expect from such a lager. Very mild grain flavor come through with a touch of tartness. Light bodied, mellow carbonation and very smooth the drink. Finishes clean, some what watery and refreshing.

Mill St. Stock Ale

Stock Ale | Blond Lager | 4.7% abv: Pale yellow ale with a bubbly white head, no retention or lacing. Bland aroma that is grainy with just a hint of hops. Taste is also very bland, hardly anything to note other then it vaguely tastes like beer. Watery body with decent carbonation. Finish is clean & uneventful. I give them credit as it is difficult to brew such a light tasting beer as there is nothing to mask off flavors. That said, avoid this one unless you are looking to drink 24 at a time.

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