Brewery: Steinhaus Brewing
Location: Paso Robles, CA
Beer Name: Mission St. Anniversary Ale 2012
Style: Imperial Brown Ale
ABV: 8.5%
IBU: NA
The beer was poured from a 22oz bottle into a pint glass. Pours a dark brown color with ruby edges, a small thin tan head develops with limited lacing. The aroma delves into dark bread, spice, caramelized sugar, dark stone fruits, orange peel, and herbal hops. The taste speaks of sweet malt grains, raisins, spice, dark roasted coffee, cocoa, and alcohol. A medium to thick body beer with soft carbonation.
Overall a good beer. Bought this at Trader Joes. The price was super cheap for a bomber and when I read that it was actually a product brewed by Firestone Walker I figured it couldn’t be terrible. This is a blend of their barley wine, brown ale, and stout. The label was goofy and not very interesting. Kind of gives the feeling that Mission St is one of those housing developments that never got started after the show home got built due to the housing market crash. I got lots of booze out of the beer, in aroma and taste, which isn’t a terrible thing in my book but it was a tad overbearing. Had a nice malt base with yeasty spices, sweet dark fruits but then a big wallop of hot alcohol. I think with some aging this beer would be a little softer around the edges and quite drinkable. For the price it would be well worth buying a few and giving it some time to mature.
Score
Label/Cap
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4/10
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Appearance
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6/10
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Aroma
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7/10
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Flavor
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5/10
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Overall
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5/10
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Total
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27/50
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0-9 Not worth your $
10-19 A OK Beer
20-29 A Good Beer
30-39 A Great Beer
40-44 A All-star Beer
45-50 A Hall of Fame Beer
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