TexHex: Bruja's Brew
Spoetzl Brewery (Shiner) in Shiner, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.75
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Forged with fire, magic and sin, TexHex Bruja's Brew IPA combines cactus water and rare Amarillo hops to deliver a medley of flavors from tangerine and pineapple to citrus and stone fruit.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Tap at brewery. Goldne color with thick white head. Aroma of citrus hops with grapefruit, pine, zest, light bready malt in finish. Taste is ho pcentered with citrus hops, grapefruit, zest, pines. Medium bready malty body.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2025
at 22:54
2.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1
Cheap can, pour is cloudy IPA pale. Smell is dull aged IPA hops, I believe this date code (230314) means may of 2023, not sure, but that would account for the poor nose of the hops. Nice foamy head, but it fades after a few minutes to a pond scum. First taste is intensely bitter IPA hops, way over the top. Barely any co2. Comes across quite medicinal. Yepper, if I imagined hops as being used as a preservative, this would be it. Strong in the alky department, seems more than 7% to me. Mouthcoating and bitter as a bastardly bitch. Armadillo, broad-banded water, Coral, Eastern hognose, Fort Bend County pit viper, Texas rat, moccasin or Yellow-bellied water snake; not sure which one is providing the bite in this palate rototilling wrecking brew. I was thinking, since this was shiner, it may be a lighthearted IPA brew, but this spares no quarter for any IPA lover. Somebody please give me an insanely cheap, ice cold pale amercan macro lager to wash this down with, simply as a chaser, whew. There, you have it. IPA Lover? You will not be disappointed in this one. Maybe its the cactus water, not sure.
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2024
at 18:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
s: crisp - grapefruit - pine a: clear golden body - thin white head t: grassy - resin - bitter p: alpha acids - pungent - stone fruits o: balanced - still bitter - enjoyable - best of three! 12 ounce can - Brookshire's (grocery): Shreveport, Louisiana - 19-April-2024 - US$12,99/mixed six pack - Enjoy By: 27-May-2024 - sampled: 19-April-2024
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2024
at 06:49
8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Pineapple, lime, biscuit malt, and grapefruit peel aroma. Hazy golden yellow with moderate white head. Moderately sweet pineapple/cactus fruit, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Apr 2023
at 01:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at Naviagtor Taproom. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma combines pine and pineapple with a bit of sweet onion underlying. Flavor has earthy pineapple and sweet onion with a bit of dank citrus and sweet grain underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jul 2022
at 01:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce can from Niemuth's, 5/27/22. Hazy amber, large frothy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of caramel, candied citrus, pale malt. Taste is agave, citrus, melon, pale malt. Juicy, low bitterness, well balanced. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2022
at 01:40