LMBC BEER REVIEW – Reverberator Doppelbock
Jim Strelau, LMBC Brewmaster
In collaboration with Fretboard Brewing, Reverberator Doppelbock is a classic German Bock Beer brewed with all Munich malt. Rich & malty with toasted bread, caramel, and toffee notes.
Brewers love to work with other brewers. It’s a great time to experiment and have fun doing a one-off type of Beer. We believe that it builds fellowship and goodwill. We love working with Fretboard Brewing! Cheers!
ABV 8.5% IBU 18
LMBC BEER REVIEW – Turn The Paige
Jim Strelau, LMBC Brewmaster
Our Turn the Paige strawberry sour is brewed for Valentine’s Day and beyond. Beautiful red color compliments the juicy strawberry flavor and aroma. Our sour beers here at Little Miami Brewing are almost always fruited with some kind of fun, local, seasonal, or just different fruit.
The tartness from the sour beer plays nicely with almost anything we add for sweetness and tartness. Our bartender was asking for a strawberry sour and we like to name beers after rock songs.
Paige and Bob Seger get the nod this time. Cheers!
IBU: 8
ABV: 5%
LMBC BEER REVIEW – Piñata
Jim Strelau, LMBC Brewmaster
I’ve always loved spicy food, especially Roasted Hatch Green Chilis. When I experienced my first Chili Beer in Denver back in 1998, I was hooked. Living in Arizona for 15 years only strengthened my love for Chilis. When I moved back to Cincinnati to open LMBC back in 2017, I knew I wanted to brew one. To my surprise, it’s a huge seller for us here in Milford, Ohio. Who knew?! It has the flavor of Fire-Roasted Green Chili without being too over-the-top in the heat department. I could make it way hotter, but then you couldn’t drink much. It’s more of a Session Beer with low Hop Bitterness and Alcohol, but with lots of flavor. Cheers!
IBU: 10
ABV: 5%
LMBC BEER REVIEW – St. James Irish Stout
Jim Strelau, LMBC Brewmaster
We’ve brewed an Irish Dry Stout that is deceptively light and drinkable. Named after the original brewery site of Guinness, St. James Gate. Despite the dark color from the Roasted Barley, it’s a very light style of beer that ferments most of the sugar out, hence the “dry” moniker. You get a Chocolaty, Coffee flavor without all the heaviness of most stouts out there. Ironically, before stout was a beer style on its own, the English would call their high-gravity porters “Stout Porter”. People liked them and it just became Stout.
Little Miami Brewing will be your St. Patrick’s Day Headquarters with this beer on tap along with Green Beer and Irish Car Bombs, if you dare. Cheers!
IBU 23
ABV 5.5%
LMBC BEER REVIEW – Misty Mountain Hop IPA
Jim Strelau, LMBC Brewmaster
Some brewers innovate, some replicate.
This beer is a “tip of the cap” to an Eastern Ohio brewery making a certain IPA the owners of Little Miami Brewing Company really liked. So, the brewers here have reverse-engineered this beer and made a clone of this fan favorite.
Using Simcoe, Citra, and CTZ Hops, I think we nailed it. The Grain bill utilized Pale Ale Malt and Malted White Wheat to dial in the body and mouthfeel of this IPA. Misty Mountain Hop IPA is named in honor of the legendary song and similar sounding beer name of an un-named brewery. Cheers!
IBU: 78
ABV: 7%