Wild Mind Forbidden Amrood

Wild Mind Forbidden Amrood. American Wild Ale conditioned on guava, grapefruit, and mint.
 750 ml bottle. 5.2% ABV. 5 IBU.
Wild Mind Artisan Ales, Minneapolis, MN.

Well, this is a first. I uncap the bottle of Wild Mind Artisanal Ale, and there's a cork inside. Classy, but wholly unnecessary and pointless.

Clear, bright golden hue, slim, soon-gone head.

In the nose: funky, fruity, sour. Nicely balanced, though sour completely covers any sweetness.

In the mouth: Whoa, huge tartness on the tongue. Powerful pucker. huge fruit, but well-tempered, never sweet, finishing dry. Light bodied, easy-drinking for the sour-heads out there. Guava and grapefruit give the tropical/citrus twang, with mint floating just below. Sweetness occasionally gets ahead of the sour for a bit, but never for long.
 Juicy fruit, mint and sour always doing a dance on the palate.

Another of the good old good ones from Wild Mind. Delicious.

Blend of foeder and barrel aged golden sour that underwent secondary fermentation with guava and grapefruit before being conditioned on mint leaves just before packaging. Forbidden Amrood has a nose of guava and soft mint with a strong grapefruit and tart citrus finish to blend to meld the melange of tropical flavors.

Seattle Cider Co. Basil Mint Hard Cider

Seattle Cider Co. Basil Mint Hard Cider. Made with Washington Apples.  Alc. 6.9% Vol. Seattle Cider Company, Seattle, Washington.

Clear, yellow, with a short-lived head.

In the nose: spice, heat, and mint aplenty. Nice bit of leafy sweetness.

In the mouth: Mmm. Tangy. More minty, leafy, spicy head, more sweet. Not a lot else. Basil's coming in hot, here. Ends dry on the palate. Smooth and drinkable with a unique flavor. This is nice, but I can't imagine having more than one. Maybe someone who's more into the cider thing would be into it more than I, but I leave that to them.

Fermented with fresh basil and mint, this off-dry cider starts savory and floral, complemented perfectly by a tart, clean finish.

Flat Earth Loyalty & Honor Chocolate Mint Porter

Flat Earth Loyalty & Honor Chocolate Mint Porter. 6% ABV. 45 IBU.

Two thoughts are springing to mind: One, who decided to change the name of Flat Earth Brewing Company to "St. Paul's Flat Earth Brewing Company", and why. Was it meant to differentiate it from another FEBC? Or, to make sure no one forgets they're in St. Paul? And ....it's weird, is all. Never seen it anywhere else.
There's no "Fort Collins's Odell Brewing" or "London's Fuller Beer", or ...something like that.

Two: I'm obsessed with my collections. It's why I collect them. And I use my beer related items in the photos here. After my last post, about another Flat Earth beer, I saw the picture and thought, "dang, why didn't I use my Flat Earth coasters!" I corrected that oversight for this one, and after I this picture I thought, "dang, why didn't I pull out my Flat Earth pint glass?" My head is full of stuff like this.

Now, I'll shut up and tell you about the beer.

Solid blackness, slim brown head, looking good.

In the nose: Mint hits first. Chocolate just behind.  Nice.

In the mouth: Sweet, minty, cocoa, rich malt, smooth. Not bad at all. Everything is in proper order here. Plenty of the appropriate flavors, but not too much.

I like this.

Olvalde Farm From Field and Fen Mint Stout Ale

Olvalde Farm From Field and Fen Mint Stout Ale, Ale Brewed with Mint and natural flavors, lightly hopped, unfiltered, refermented in the bottle. Brewed and bottled by Olvalde Farm and Brewing Company, Rollingstone, Minnesota. No ABV given.


Appearance: Deepness and darkness, utter blackness, under a slim, cocoa-tinged head, lasting long.

Aroma: Creamy, minty, chocolate-y. Mint sweetness starts minor and grows in pitch. Tremendously pleasant.

Taste: More mint, when liquid first meets lips. Brightest, bolder, mintier. Mintier, and mintier, and mintier. With rich, dark malt holding court below. The mint never dims in the flavor, and the chocolate malt keeps adequate time. Full-body, long, malty finish. Sweet and minty continues. Minor hop bitterness, major mint sweetness. But never too much. Fine balance. And toward the end, it turns a little tart. Nothing wrong with that.

I like this. It's worth the drinking.