CS4 - Pink Frost

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Permalink Reply by Reviled on December 24, 2009 at 7:48pm

Pours with a big two finger head which retains very well!! Nice smooth carbonation and a creamy mouthfeel, slightly cloying towards the end of the pint, I really wouldnt have guessed S-05 by tasting it and was surprised when I saw that it was... Not the usual sauvin character that im used to either, alot of earthy peppery notes from the williamette, before looking at the recipe I thought it may had been a williamette single hop as Sauvin is normally alot more dominant!!!

Cheers mate :o)

Permalink Reply by Barry on December 27, 2009 at 9:58am

I got two of these, so I'm kind of glad that I enjoyed it. I shared the first bottle with my father in law. We both enjoyed it, I can see where Reviled's comment of cloying comes from but for a single glass that's no issue.

Beer is a lovely clear amber colour with a creamy off-white head. Mouthfeel is creamy and smooth, just how I like my ales, great appearance and carbonation all round.
Taste is all earthy hop, are you sure that hop-bill is right? Doesn't seem like a lot of sauvin character in there at all.

There is a fairly heavy dose of crystal character, attributing to the slightly darker colour and a fairly pronounced malty-sweet balance which I don't mind at all - the bitterness is cleansing enough for me but it is definitely at that marmaladey end of the scale.

Nice beer, looking forward to the other one! Cheers.

Permalink Reply by Ally Mcg on December 27, 2009 at 10:29am

Cheers Rev and Barry, thanks for the feedback.

I expected a lot more Sauvin as well - its a rebrew of one I made a while ago and that had more Sauvin characteristics with the Willamette providing a nice back note. Not sure whats happened here but glad you both enjoyed it

Permalink Reply by James P on December 31, 2009 at 9:41pm

Got a good whiff of hops from opening the bottle. Thin off white head dissipates quickly but effectively disseminates the hop aroma! Yum. Tastes f**king awesome up front with a bit of spice. Medium body which comes across velvet like (I guess a little oily?), it's like eating marzipan icing. A little pine and citrus with a hint of honey, like manuka. I think it's a nice drinker with a nice evident bitterness. I would love to try it with a good curry!

Cheers Ally!

Edit: the marzipan thing is good in my opinion! And I agree with Barry's marmalade as opposed to oily!

Permalink Reply by Dale on January 3, 2010 at 6:30pm

Found this beer to be very drinkable had a good balance and was surprised to see all that Sauvin in it. Same as above to me the Sauvin didn't dominate as much as I would have thought. Really enjoyed this one. Thanks

Permalink Reply by Matthew on January 16, 2010 at 9:25pm

She was pretty frosty brewing today so it seemed appropriate to crack open Pinky here :)

Loved the amber colour it poured, there's something appealing about amber beer. Wasn't getting a lot of hop on the nose so I hope we didn't leave this one too long. Although it's not always the sniffing that counts :P Good spiciness almost a slight pepperyness which I really like about willamette. Missed the sauvin though, I expected it to be quite noticeable as Nelson's not a shy hop at all. In all it went down pretty easy, cheers for the pint!

Permalink Reply by Soren on February 1, 2010 at 3:43pm

I was a bit disappointed that this beer wasnt pink when I poured it... but that's were the disappointment ends! Nice aroma, nice flavour, nice mouthfeel although imo it could do with a touch more bitterness. As the others, I didn't pick the sauvin to start with, thought it was willammette with cascade kicker, maybe a touch riwaka. but now that I know, i can sort of pick it up in the background, especially in the aroma. Verdict: very drinkable indeed and as with all the other quaffable beers in thes case swap, just what I felt like in this heat.