Russian River Brewing Company Mind Circus

Mind Circus

 

Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - New England / Hazy Regular
Score
7.38
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 31
This beer acknowledges everything that keeps us up at night. Maybe is work, the kids, a project you have been procrastinating or building a brewery. We all have or own version of the mind circus.
 

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510ml bottle. Bottled on 09/10/25. Pours a cloudy yellow color with a big sudsy white head that has decent retention and ample lacing. The aroma is mostly grapefruit with a bit of lemon. The taste, like the aroma, features grapefruit, limes and lemons. Bitterness is medium (for an IPA) and provided by the grapefruit. The palate i full and creamy with soft carbonation. Finishes somewhat short and clean. Overall: Very smooth drinking IPA, not big and bold like their other IPAs, but still quite lovely. much enjoyed.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2025 at 17:47


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Via Bottlecraft North Park. Bottled 07.09.25, so less than a month old. Stemless wine glass back at the hotel first thing after work.

Nice initial cascade. It settles into a hazy, uniform, pale orange pour. Tall, sticky, lathery head.
Smell is bitter tangerine, sweet lemon, booze & some weed whacking.
Soft creamsicle orange, strong herbal & muted pine hops, a little menthol cooling, mild to moderate lingering astringency, overall bittersweet. Really amazing, concentrated tangerine burps will happen.
Extra frothy, slurry, a little dense, a touch boozy, high acid.
Tis a better than average hazy, with less candied fruit & more pith.

Decent enough. 3.6

Tried from Bottle from Bottlecraft - North Park on 06 Aug 2025 at 17:59


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Via Bottlecraft North Park. Bottled 07.09.25, so less than a month old. Stemless wine glass back at the hotel first thing after work.

Nice initial cascade. It settles into a hazy, uniform, pale orange pour. Tall, sticky, lathery head.
Smell is bitter tangerine, sweet lemon, booze & some weed whacking.
Soft creamsicle orange, strong herbal & muted pine hops, a little menthol cooling, mild to moderate lingering astringency, overall bittersweet. Really amazing, concentrated tangerine burps will happen.
Extra frothy, slurry, a little dense, a touch boozy, high acid.
Tis a better than average hazy, with less candied fruit & more pith.

Decent enough. 3.6

Tried from Bottle from Bottlecraft - North Park on 06 Aug 2025 at 17:59


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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Tap at Bottle Craft, Little Italy, 15th February 25. Pours a hazy yellow, aroma is hoppy, aromatic, fresh. Taste is dry, citrus, medium bitter another goodie from Russian River

Tried from Draft on 05 Mar 2025 at 21:22


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

16oz can - shared with friends. Solid NEIPA - good tropical notes - definitely thick and juicy

Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2024 at 12:05


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Opaque, thin head. Pale yellow. Soft fruity hops, muddled, apricot, malts a bit weak. It'�s okay.

Tried on 14 Apr 2024 at 17:12


Grassy, little pineapple, solid haze from RR. Mac and cheese and chicken sandwich was really good, too.

Tried from Draft on 01 Mar 2024 at 15:16


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours a very hazy orange hue with a medium white head. A big sweet melon and citrus nose. Big time hazy flavors, sweet, husky, lemons, mint, some tropical elements.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2024 at 08:04


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at Eureka! in Santa Barbara. Poured a very hazy yellow-orange color with a very small white head. Aroma was citrus hops - tropical fruits, more bitter orange than I expected, more like bitter orange juice than like an orange slice if that makese sense. Earthy, some pineapple. A touch odd.

Tried from Draft on 12 Oct 2023 at 06:08


7

On tap@Churchill's Pub & Grille, San Marcos. 30/09/2023. Color amarillo opaco corona de espuma blanca aromas y sabores frutales tropical, mango.

Tried from Draft on 01 Oct 2023 at 04:12