[sparkleberry]

anyone else try this beer?

it's brewed by stone.  it has 13 grains and 13 hops.  it tastes okay.  i sorta feel like it's got too many things making a flavor that is just meh.  it's bitter but without definition.  at least to my palate.  it's an imperial porter and i have to say i'm just not crazy about it.  stone is one of my favorite commercial brewers but i feel like 26 ingredients plus yeast may be just too much not going on.

at what point does too many ingredients become just because we could? 

"keep it simple, stupid."  right?  it's worked for me.

also i am certainly not calling mitch steele or the fellas stupid.  just a saying i know. 

cheers.

ryan
 

[bo]

When a SMaSH can be so good, why would anyone think you'd need 13 of each?

[brewmichigan]

When a SMaSH can be so good, why would anyone think you'd need 13 of each?

It's marketing this time. 13th anniversary, 13 malt-13 hops. They wanted 13 percent but fell short.

[micsager]

I've got two bottles in the fridge.  Haven't tried yet.  It does seem a bit excessive. 

[micsager]

Ok, so we tried this last night

Muddled is a good word. It was ok, but I won't buy another.


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[euge]

Too many ingredients= flavor confusion. You don't to do it with cooking- why would you do it with a beer?