2nd Shift Brewing Art of Neurosis

Art of Neurosis

 

2nd Shift Brewing in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
7.14
ABV: 7.6% IBU: 65 Ticks: 68
Art of Neurosis is literally the art of Steve’s neurosis. On of the staples at the brewery, AON was the first big batch that 2nd Shift ever produced and distributed. It actually took brewmaster Steve Crider 47 times to brew this beer before he considered it ready for the main stage.

AON is the first beer I made at the brewery. It is a hop sandwich brewed with Simoce & Columbus Hops, which are the greatest things in the world besides a good smack in the face.
 

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
16 ounce can from Broughton Market in Savannah, Georgia. Hazy orange amber pour. Rocky beige head. Clinging lace. Bready malt nose. Earthy notes. Sweet citrus hop flavor upfront. Notes of orange, grapefruit and guava. Finishes with notes of pine and melon. Decent IPA.
Tried from Can on 07 Jan 2020 at 04:28

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can picked up from Beer Gonzo, Earlsdon, Coventry and consumed at home Attenkirchen, Friday 8th November 2019 listening to the Friday Free For All on Steve Lamaqs 6Music show. Pours hazy amber with a white head. There is a distinct American IPA feel to this but it is not overtly malty, I get a little mint, lots of hops, sweetness, good thrusting bitterness. Really good. I'm busy cooking Rajma so write up is limited.
Tried from Can on 08 Nov 2019 at 19:09

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Hazy orange colour, moderate sized orange-ish head; aroma and taste of pine resiny, grape(seeds), marmalade, biscuity and caramel notes; spicy celery aftertaste; great one!
Tried on 27 Jul 2019 at 14:43

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
West Coast style IPA by this craft brewery in St. Louis, Missouri, apparently their first ever brew, hopped with Simcoe and Columbus. Can of half a year old, but for a West Coast IPA this shouldn't be too dramatic. Creamy, mousy, eggshell-white, fairly thick but slowly dissipating head, leaving an intricate pattern of flat islands and a steady ring over an initially very lightly hazy, warm 'metallic' amber-hued orange blonde beer with lively visible sparkling, misty with sediment. Aroma of grapefruit, dried orange peel, old garlic (Simcoe!), toasted onion, barbecue spices, pine resin, dry biscuit, cheese crackers, tamarillo, fried tomato peel, dry old marijuana, pink peppercorns, wormwood. Clean onset, low fruity hints of dried apricot, hard green melon and tamarillo, minerally but refined carbonation, slick oily body; bit resinous, smooth biscuity and cracker-like 'dryish' maltiness, mildly nutty, evolving into a piney, oily hop bitter finish, very grapefruit peel-, cedar oil- and eventually quinine-like, long lasting bitterness with a peppery dryness to it, yet still remaining a bit juicy as well. I was fearing for another New England fruity IPA but I am glad that what I got here, is a very classically styled West Coast IPA indeed, with all that lovely oily bitterness, grapefruitiness and piney aspects I remember from the many American IPAs I had five to ten years ago before that juicy IPA fad came along. It's good to look back every now and then, especially when this type of 'old school IPA' is as skilfully executed as is the case here. Love it - and that cartoonish artwork on the label too...
Tried from Can on 23 Jul 2019 at 21:14

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Hazy orange color with some UFO's in it. Full sized off-white head. Aroma and flavor is malts, resinous hops, hops, hoppy bitter, bitter. Medium body and carbonation. 9-3-8-4-16.
Tried on 14 Jul 2019 at 18:17

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
11/7/2019. Sample courtesy of Danlo, cheers Ed. Pours orange amber with a lasting bubbly off-white head. Aroma of hops, toffee, pine, fruit and flowers. Light to moderate sweetness and medium plus bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Nice bitterness to finish.
Tried on 11 Jul 2019 at 14:48

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Sample courtesy Grumbo. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich hops, fruits, caramel, malt and has a nice long bitter finish.
Tried on 11 Jul 2019 at 14:43

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can at Pien, Helsinki. Hazy golden/orange with a medium head. On the sweet side with hops, pineapple, mango, citrus, some malt and caramel. The finish was bitter.
Tried from Can on 08 Jul 2019 at 06:34

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can, TW-SP. Murkl amberish-brown with a beige head. Aroma is citrus, grape jelly. Flavor is rye, grapefruit and orange peel, caramel, toast crumbs.
Tried from Can on 30 Jun 2019 at 01:54

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
16 fl.oz can. Orangey amber gold colour, white foamy head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, fruity spicy hop. Taste is malty, some biscuit, caramel, toffee, with fruity, citrus, woody pine and spicy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried from Can on 22 Jun 2019 at 21:49