Villainous
Around the Bend Beer Co. in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.74
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deyholla (22727) reviewed Villainous from Around the Bend Beer Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled from at District Brew Yards. Pours a clear orange gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy citrus rind and grass with light grains and a slight bread note underlying. Flavor has pre ripe citrus and citrus rind with light sweet grains backing.
superspak (10160) reviewed Villainous from Around the Bend Beer Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours slightly hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, light pepper/pine, wheat, toasted biscuit, honey, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, light pepper, pine, wheat, toasted biscuit, honey, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, light pepper, pine, wheat, toasted biscuit, honey, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Slight resins/rinds lingering after the finish. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.3%. Overall this is a delicious IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish, pretty soft feeling. Centennial, Simcoe, and Mosaic. Very juicy and fairy dank/earthy hop complexity with fruity yeast; nice bready malt backbone, and not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example. Kind of NEIPA-like with soft/creamy feel.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Villainous from Around the Bend Beer Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12oz bottle. Steady white head on top of a murky tan-copper body which features some floaties. A pretty respectable IPA, certainly in the West Coast style, but not really nailing it. The malts are a little heavy for the style, sweet. The hops are there, but a little too big and resinous, the Centennial takes center stage. OK....oh I thought it was 8.3%. Really drinks big for the moderate ABV.