Stone Spröcket Bier
overall
94
style
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RATINGS: 409 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.53/5 EST. CALORIES: 162 ABV: 5.4%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Rick Blankemeier & Robert Chandler’s Sprocketbier Black Rye Kolsch Style. We’ve been brewing together for the better part of three years. Rick is an amazing homebrewer and always has at least one spare recipe hidden somewhere in that magnificent head of his. Robbie, on the other hand, is the Igor to Rich’s Dr. Frankenstein (but with less hunchback and more beard). Armed with only a four-letter acronym (KISS) and a mission to make a beer that was balanced and complex but still sessionable, Rick jotted down a recipe on a sticky note that would impress even the most seasoned brewmaster. Out of 19 amazing beers brewed by 19 teams of the best brewers at Stone Brewing Co., Steve Wagner (Co-founder & President), Greg Koch (Co-founder & CEO), and Mitch Steele (Brewmaster) chose this one after a blind tasting of the top nine beers. As we write this, we are honored and humbled by the decision to select our beer for the very first Stone Brewing Co. Spotlight Series release. Our original goal was to pay tribute to the SNL Sprockets skit by creating a beer that even Dieter would think "is dark and easy to drink," and we’re pretty sure we succeeded (Dieter’s not around to ask). We love this beer and can’t wait to share it with beer geeks and Stone fans around the country. Before you delve into this Impressively Dark and Amazingly Balanced beer, let us propose a toast to the ones we have lost, and to those of us who will never let their memories be forgotten…… Cheers, Prost, Salud and Good Memories to all!
Rick Blankemeier & Robert Chandler’s Sprocketbier Black Rye Kolsch Style. We’ve been brewing together for the better part of three years. Rick is an amazing homebrewer and always has at least one spare recipe hidden somewhere in that magnificent head of his. Robbie, on the other hand, is the Igor to Rich’s Dr. Frankenstein (but with less hunchback and more beard). Armed with only a four-letter acronym (KISS) and a mission to make a beer that was balanced and complex but still sessionable, Rick jotted down a recipe on a sticky note that would impress even the most seasoned brewmaster. Out of 19 amazing beers brewed by 19 teams of the best brewers at Stone Brewing Co., Steve Wagner (Co-founder & President), Greg Koch (Co-founder & CEO), and Mitch Steele (Brewmaster) chose this one after a blind tasting of the top nine beers. As we write this, we are honored and humbled by the decision to select our beer for the very first Stone Brewing Co. Spotlight Series release. Our original goal was to pay tribute to the SNL Sprockets skit by creating a beer that even Dieter would think "is dark and easy to drink," and we’re pretty sure we succeeded (Dieter’s not around to ask). We love this beer and can’t wait to share it with beer geeks and Stone fans around the country. Before you delve into this Impressively Dark and Amazingly Balanced beer, let us propose a toast to the ones we have lost, and to those of us who will never let their memories be forgotten…… Cheers, Prost, Salud and Good Memories to all!
3.5
UPDATED: MAR 26, 2020 Thin light brown head left a spotty cover on a dark oak coloured still body.
Malt, iron & earth aroma.
Medium bodied, soft & creamy over the tongue with a sticky back.
Metallic, under ripe berry, malt, grain, rye, brown sugar & lightly hopped tastes.
Nice find!
3.7
UPDATED: MAR 26, 2020 Thanks to SimonTomlinson. Black appearance. Aroma is coffee, malt and cherry. Flavour is coffee, chocolate, spiced, oak and roasted.
3.3
UPDATED: AUG 25, 2019 Pours black with a thin white head. Aroma of toasted malt and heavy pine. Taste has dark nutty notes as well as chocolate and mild hops. Palate has a slightly resinous chinook element with a decent bite. Good.
3.2
UPDATED: MAR 27, 2019 22oz bottle. Poured a near black with a medium sized tan head. Toasty, caramel, lighter spice and some earthiness.
3.4
CBC2016S03, pours black with a small head, aroma of bread, nuts, chocolate, flavor of chocolate, toasted bread, medium bodied
3.4
650ml bottle. Opaque, darkest brown colour with average to huge, thick, firm, frothy, mostly lasting, moderately lacing, beige to tan head. Spicy, dark malty aroma with hints of coffee and spelt, hints of hop with a grassy and waxy touch. Taste is dry, dark malty, spicy, hints of coffee and spelt, some grass, a minimally waxy touch.
3.8
Many thanks to Werckmeister for organising this bottle! Dark roasted in the nose. The beer starts dark and sessionable. Smooth, hints of roasted grain with rye there. Very dry, deep roasted aromatic with a bitter roasted grainy full aftertaste. Great!
3.6
Vom Fass Stone Brewing Berlin im 2016-07 getrunken. Lecker wie neulich auch schon. Ein Kölsch mit fetten Röst- und Roggennote - süffig und spannend.
3.7
On bottle from Vinmonopolet in Norway, on order. Black
Color, some
Offwhite foam. Medium aroma intensity; roasted, some
Chocolate, cocoa nibs , leather and some hops. Medium body & complexity. Good bitterness & balance. Very enjoyable
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.5
duft: rist karamel svag chokolade malt
smag: karamel chokolade ristet kant malt humle
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