Grand Teton XX Mountainberry Double Wheat Ale
Grand Teton XX Mountainberry Double Wheat Ale
Rated 3.050 by BeerPalsBrewed by Grand Teton Brewing Company
Victor, ID, United StatesStyle: Fruit Beer
7.6% Alcohol by Volume
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This year's celebratory version ale is bigger in every way more than double the original's malt, fermented to 7.6% alcohol by volume, then flavored with more than a pound per gallon of fresh Pacific Northwest huckleberries, blueberries and marionberries. Bold and flavorful, XX Mountainberry Double Wheat makes a wonderful aperitif, or try it with a balsamic vinaigrette salad, glazed ham, duck a l'orange or fruity dessert. The Cellar Reserve series of beers are unique from average beers and even from other micro beers. Grand Teton¹s Cellar Reserves are brewed with specialty grains and more unusual ingredients than most micro brewed beers. Most ales and lagers are produced in 2-4 weeks. However, 3 to 8 months are spent on each of the Cellar Reserve specialty brews. They are also bottle and cask conditioned, which produces natural carbonation and will blend and smooth the flavors with age. These beers have a long shelf life and don't have to be rapidly consumed. Proper aging of these bottles creates beers to be cherished.
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Overall Rank | 42466 |
Overall Percentile | 24.3 |
Style Rank | 837 of 1485 |
Style Percentile | 43.6 |
Lowest Score | 3.2 |
Highest Score | 3.2 |
Average Score | 3.200 |
Weighted Score | 3.050 |
Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5
Ok, whoever the punk who thought it would be a good idea to wax a swing top bottle, please, never do it again, what a pain in the ass. The beer is a bit over carbonated as it both foams up as soon as I pop the top as well as foaming over once I get it in my glass. The beer has a frothy, cream colored, initially four finger thick head. The beer is a red tinged, amber color that shows a clear, orange-amber hue when held up to the light. Fairly fruity smelling with lots of berry character, but it finishes with a thin, malt fermentation character that smells a bit cheap somehow. The berry character is not overwhelming, but it is the most dominant note found in this beer. Towards the end there is a touch of grassy grain and cracker-like malt.
This is quite viscous with a definite heft to it that coats the palate; it in fact is quite a bit thicker than the sweetness would suggest. Lightly sweet, most of which comes from the fruity berry notes that dominate the beer. The finish has some hot alcohol to it that definitely warms the throat and lets you know that this is not weak beer. This is actually surprisingly hot, though not overly so, for a beer of only 7.6%; it doesn't hide its alcohol very well. The wheat provides a touch of a tart, clean grain note, but also seems to weaken the overall flavor profile somehow. A fizzy, ample carbonation helps to temper the chewy body a bit, but can some times be a bit distracting.
This just doesn't really work for me. Despite being a big beer & even have a chewy richness to it, this beer comes off as thin and alcoholic.
Purchased: Plaza Liquors, Tucson AZ