{"id":146895,"date":"2025-03-21T02:57:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/beer\/the-beer-nut-no-rec-commendations\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T02:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:57:55","slug":"the-beer-nut-no-rec-commendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146895","title":{"rendered":"The Beer Nut: No Rec commendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-3693027170457338007\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhjRmmN8-D6130wruDM82y4_nnYLDYmfEeEIV5y-l8Z564oZw68wJPZrb86yuS12fBD9qToqghHIJIpouTVoB6Ep8qOQGTJT9XO-sGq9-8_qIZxNtnT-ZsMr-8ceDGPMAfHnLBVeaoHk73vhNekDcEFnDvzXgLXXoQyihhiPUMXlMGNk6MMR6-7mg\/s3160\/rec_after_work_american_pilsner.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3160\" data-original-width=\"2255\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhjRmmN8-D6130wruDM82y4_nnYLDYmfEeEIV5y-l8Z564oZw68wJPZrb86yuS12fBD9qToqghHIJIpouTVoB6Ep8qOQGTJT9XO-sGq9-8_qIZxNtnT-ZsMr-8ceDGPMAfHnLBVeaoHk73vhNekDcEFnDvzXgLXXoQyihhiPUMXlMGNk6MMR6-7mg\/w143-h200\/rec_after_work_american_pilsner.jpg\" width=\"143\"\/><\/a>A new brewery for me today: the abruptly named Rec, from Barcelona. The first tranche of beers included a variety of styles but I picked just two to give me an impression of how they go about their business.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>First, and appropriately for the Friday evening on which I drank it, comes\u00a0<b>After Work<\/b>. They&#8217;ve called it an American pilsner, which explains the Strata and Chinook hops, though I don&#8217;t think haze need be part of the spec. This is quite hazy. It smells bitter and mineral-like, in a way that does resemble both American pale ale and hop-forward European pils. The texture is smooth and it&#8217;s not particularly fizzy, having a medium, balanced, sort of sparkle. It&#8217;s in the flavour that it really turns exotic. Strata&#8217;s fruity side is strongly in evidence, appearing both pithy and juicy, but definitely citric. I get a hint of coconut too, while on the non-hop side, the haze has given it a slight grittiness, so it&#8217;s not as cleanly pristine as I think a pilsner should be. I guess &#8220;American kellerbier&#8221; isn&#8217;t something you can put on a Catalan beer label, yet. There&#8217;s a modicum of crispness &#8212; a dry grain effect from the malt &#8212; but I found myself reaching for ways in which it fits into the pilsner paradigm, and it mostly doesn&#8217;t. It&#8217;s a cheery little fellow, using the combination of hops nicely. It might have worked better on a clean pale ale chassis, however.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi2hyphenhyphenOPcDrEEpz5nKp1P6prymI0trb14-X3b3eoBdXrn08KzJMDcreBvVCbJFOcvet03eVmId_Orov9-xG7lWJoHUGkPYGQGoxVZxlYyYlkS0UwSyPqqvwPOApMjdv3ov_Ha4EJDTYpieS1O7NtEVXv8MAsPDzUTrRjTvyUq0GLLZHO9YJsy7EgUw\/s2870\/rec_rubik_west_coast_ipa.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2870\" data-original-width=\"2255\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi2hyphenhyphenOPcDrEEpz5nKp1P6prymI0trb14-X3b3eoBdXrn08KzJMDcreBvVCbJFOcvet03eVmId_Orov9-xG7lWJoHUGkPYGQGoxVZxlYyYlkS0UwSyPqqvwPOApMjdv3ov_Ha4EJDTYpieS1O7NtEVXv8MAsPDzUTrRjTvyUq0GLLZHO9YJsy7EgUw\/w157-h200\/rec_rubik_west_coast_ipa.jpg\" width=\"157\"\/><\/a>I was wary of the next one before I opened it, finding the can worryingly squashy to the touch. Sure enough, <b>Rubik<\/b>\u00a0plopped lazily into the glass and I made every effort to coax a head onto it, for the sake of the photo. It doesn&#8217;t have one really, though. There&#8217;s a faint sparkle, so it&#8217;s not <i>actually <\/i>flat, but this is allegedly a &#8220;West Coast IPA&#8221;, and fizz should be an important component of that. What else did they get wrong? Well, funny you ask. I was taken aback by both the aroma and flavour, which are highly perfumed, starting on lavender and moving on to resinous balsam and spicy incense. There was a brief moment of confusion before my International Beer Judge Sense kicked in. This is Brettanomyces, in its most floral and twinkly mood, simultaneously sparking and funking, with never a dull moment. There&#8217;s a little hop bitterness in the background, but that&#8217;s pretty much identical to the sort you get in fresh Orval: zing does not feature, nor pine nor citrus. To say it&#8217;s &#8220;not to style&#8221; is a massive understatement. I had my fun, but came away with the impression that this brewery doesn&#8217;t have its quality assurance up to code, and next time I may not be so lucky.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing me, there will still be a next time, eventually. It&#8217;s unlikely to be soon, however.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new brewery for me today: the abruptly named Rec, from Barcelona. The first tranche of beers included a variety of styles but I picked just two to give me an impression of how they go about their business.\u00a0 First, and appropriately for the Friday evening on which I drank it, comes\u00a0After Work. 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