Off Color “Beer for the Top Shelf” Maple Syrup Vienna Lager 4/16oz

From the Brewery:

Beer for the Top Shelf

Vienna Style lager with maple syrup added

ABV: 5.5%

Gravity: 14 dP

IBUs: 20

Malts: Vienna, Flaked Barley

Hops: Sterling, First Gold

Secret Techniques: Upper Midwest sourced Pure Maple Syrup

Available after the first puck drop

TASTING NOTES

Grandma’s peanut butter best make room on the top shelf for this classic Vienna style lager dosed with a hefty amount of late harvest maple syrup sourced from southwest Michigan. The maple syrup sugar ferments out almost completely and leaves the lager surprisingly dry with a mild woody note and slight mineral character derived from the maple trees. Melanoidins similar to light brown sugar remain to compliment the sweet nutty flavor of the Vienna malt. 5.5% ABV

SECRET INgredient

The late harvest maple syrup is sourced from Maple Row Sugar House in Jones, MI. Formerly known as grade C, but now known as “Grade A: Very Dark and Strong” (who wants grade C anything but some high schoolers?), the maple flavor is robust enough to leave signature maple flavors even when the sugar is fermented out after being added to the beer in a secondary fermentation

INGREDIENTS

Vienna malt, flaked barley, Sterling and First Gold hops, Grade A: Very Dark and Strong pure maple syrup