Bloody Show
Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: MikkellerFruit Beer Regular
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Score
6.75
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Come one come all! A tribute to the language barrier from international collaboration & inspired by our affinity for a Danish runner’s scarf & shorts. This Bloody Show is a crisp, tart pilsner drenched with the juice & zest of blood oranges. The result is a refreshingly tart lager with big citrus aroma worthy of even the hippest of Danish drinkers.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Canned. Poured a somewhat cloudy orange yellow. Juicy orange and bread malts. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 01:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. When I had this beer I had no idea Mikkeller was involved with it. It was a very juicy, tasty fruity beer.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2025
at 05:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Backlog May 2017. Clear, dark brown, almost black body under a fine, dense, beige head. Aroma has dark malt and a mild touch of chocolate. Taste is a bit dry, with dark malt, acidic coffee, milk chocolate and balanced bitterness. Fine body and nice coffee flavor in aftertaste.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2022
at 18:32
7/10
Very citrusy and interestingly wheaty
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Aug 2018
at 17:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bright amber colour with a medium head. Mellow nose of malts. Light body, light orange note. Sort of malty, toasty, but not great balance.
Tried
on 13 Aug 2018
at 21:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at Shelton Festival. Pours a hazy orange gold with medium white head. The aroma is grapefruit and wheat. Slick body, citrus, grain, light crisp finish, good.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jul 2018
at 02:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from cervejaportuguesa.com. Light hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, orange and light hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 130718
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jul 2018
at 13:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 6/16/2017. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of juicy/lightly tart blood oranges, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passionfruit, mango, melon, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, cracker, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of blood oranges/zest, citrus/fruity/earthy hops, and moderate pale malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big juicy/lightly tart blood oranges, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passionfruit, mango, melon, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, cracker, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine/citrus peel/grassy/spicy bitterness and blood orange tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of juicy/tart blood oranges, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passionfruit, mango, melon, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, cracker, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of blood oranges/zest, citrus/fruity/earthy hops, and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/tartness balance; and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitter/tartness. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/tangy/acidic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is a very good fruited Czech pilsner style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of blood oranges/zest, citrus/fruity/earthy hops, and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink, with the mildly tart/bitter/drying finish. Hits the Czech pilsner base style really well; with the addition of some Citrus/fruity American hops along with the blood orange/zest. A very enjoyable and unique offering.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jan 2018
at 19:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Off white thin head left a smattering on a hazy, slowly effervescent, dark orange coloured body. Big aroma of orange & yeast. Medium to thin bodied, finely carbonated & clean on the finish. The body is really lacking - even for a lager. Bitter/Sweet orange overrides all tastes in this. There's faint lager tastes on the back but that's about it.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2017
at 12:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
KØLF 050517.Golden color with no head. Aroma is blood oranges, malt. Flavor is blood oranges, citrus, malt. Medium body. OK beer.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2017
at 01:47