Art of Neurosis
2nd Shift Brewing in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.14
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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.
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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Thanks, Alex! Cloudy, peachy colour. Fresh peachy mosaic aroma, and the yeast is in there a bit b/c it got agitated. The hops aren’t all that bright but the balance is nice - rich bitterness - and it finishes with a nice mosaic character. Honestly, Columbus and Mosaic should blow my mind, I wish this got to me at peak freshness.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2014
at 10:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy coppery orange with a thin head and aromas of oranges, resin and papaya or something like that. Flavor is mostly oranges and papaya in my book with a decent malt presence to support it and a little touch of pine in the late finish. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2014
at 20:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to the brewer. Pours a hazy peach amber with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of rich citrus and tropical fruits with a hint of sweet grain and grass backing. Flavor has bitter citrus and tropical fruits with some earthy grains and a bit of grass underlying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2014
at 18:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle in Vail, courtesy of jcnielsen. Thanks bro! Pours a hazy deep orange appearance with a foamy cream colored head. Pretty fucken potent, pine, dank hoppy, moderately sweet toasted malty aroma. Pretty thick malty body though I wouldn’t go as far as call it goopy. Slight orange citrusy, piney, herbal, light resiny, bitter hoppy flavor. A bit heavy but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2013
at 21:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Bridge Tap House & Wine Bar. Pours a hazy dark copper color with a medium creamy off-white head that diminishes gradually. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops, pine and malt. Medium-bodied with flavors of resiny hops, caramel and malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a piney hops aftertaste. Good IPA all around.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Oct 2013
at 13:39
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750mL bottle, sent from tstockstrom (thanks Chuck), pours a cloudy dark orangey amber with a huge, lingering foamy white head. Aroma is full of piney hops, some resin to a lesser extent and a big whopping caramel malt backbone, but dominate by the pine. Flavour is extremely refreshing and crisp, full of rich piney hops, some resin, and a solid caramel and biscuity malt backbone that gives the body strength. Almost a bit of honey sweetness in there too. Creamy, butter palate that is way too easy to drink. Full of flavour, with a potent hop characteristic without almost any astringency. Excellent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2012
at 21:34
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
750ml bottle from beernbourbon poured into a shaker. Thanks Vince! Pours a ckear dark gold with sbout a half finger of white head. Aroma is pine and citrus hops. Taste is medium bitter snd light sweet. Lots if pine and citrus with a dash of honey. Medium bodied with a slick yet creamy texture. Lively carbonation and a long finish. Overall, not bad. This makes me want to try even more of their stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2012
at 21:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Capped 750 from Wine & Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours clear light copper with a 4 finger foamy/frothy off-white head. Lots of hop aroma- floral, pine, citrus. Med+ body. Flavor is mostly pine/citrus over some very smooth roast malt. Floral? Finish is sweet malt and grapefruit rind. Gotta be pretty balanced. Quite delicious.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2012
at 11:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a copper with a average white head. Aroma is a nice pine hop with a decent malty backbone. Flavor is again a strong pine resin with the malts just right. Someone in my group commented that this tastes just like pine trees. A tasty and more that adequate IPA.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2011
at 20:37