Whats up internet? Welcome back to the Brew Review. It today’s edition I taste a New Grist Beer.
New Grist is a Sorghum Rice beer that is absolutely Gluten free. Sometimes you have to go out of your way to try new things and although I didn’t have high hopes for how this beer was going to taste I definitely wanted to give it a try just to say that I have had it. So let’s get into it and see what it brings to the table.
The pour of is ridiculous. Grist is so clear it is almost color less. You will get a head the dissipates to nothing as quickly as it forms. I am not sure it you can tell from the picture or not, but the clarity is crazy.
On the nose Grist is also very disappointing. It is very sweet and dry. It reminds me of a mixture of my Mr. Beer home brew and a Sapporo. Which I guess is good and bad as Sapporo is another rice beer.
The taste of the New grist on the other hand is not good at all. In fact I don’t think I will be going on a limb today when I say that this beer justs tastes bad. In fact it is much like my home brew in that the lack of flavor and over carbonation make it almost completely undrinkable.. I am not sure what else is really going on in this beer. I just don’ t like it. If I force my self to concetrate which you should never have to do while drinking be I kind of get a floral sweet and strangley bitter tast. I don’t like it at all. Major pass.
This will by far be the lowest score ever given on the site, but Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee you missed the boat big time 1.0 out of 5 stars. Dont’ drink this even if you can’t have Gluten.
Adam,
Sounds terrible. I need to find out if you have had any of the following beers so I know what to bring up there for you to taste. SweetwaterIPA, Abita Jacomo, or Snakedog.
I have had Snake Dog, that is if it is the own made by Flying Dog. The other two I haven’t had. I will buy some specials for you too. Mayb a couple of local ones. Hopefully Figure 8 will have their bottling line up and running by the time you guys get here.
Wow, that beer looks so clear. It seriously looks like pee.
I like rice wine so it is naturly that I like rice beers. I have had the sapporo and I like that one but when you put a beer that is gluten free maybe it is not a good thing. the label looks cool but I don’t know if I would try this one.