Animal Friends
HenHouse Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Crooked Goat BrewingIPA Regular
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Score
6.99
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jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Animal Friends from HenHouse Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Very hazy golden and straw yellow coloured body with a very soapy, three to four centimetre tall off-white head that fades slowly and leaves an ugly lace on the sides. Aroma of lactose, cream, vanilla, light oranges, some blueberries and a noticeable kick of oats and wheat as very easy-going malts - very nice nose throughout, but no real hop or alcohol scents at all. Medium-bodied; Fairly lactosey and creamy vanilla-y flavours show at first with a smooth oaty and biscuity malt backbone here with some enjoyable fruit notes as well, that show more blueberries and oranges than anything tropical, all with a little bitterness from the alpha acids, especially near the end. Aftertaste shows a good balance of the malts here with a smooth, fruity hop complexity with a good level of sweetness here from the fruit and seemingly the vanilla and it goes down easily without much alcohol noticeable. Overall, a very nice, funky beer that shows enough of hops and bitterness to be acceptable to list 'IPA' on the label, but even this is a stretch - it's more of a deeper cream ale, and the complexity is nice and adds to the richness. Great to sample, even almost one year after brewing! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Whole Foods in San Francisco (SoMA), California on 08-March-2022 for US$3,99, canned on 28-September-2021 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 17-September-2022, almost a full year after canning.
bb (18428) reviewed Animal Friends from HenHouse Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. Summer fruit and citrus aroma. Tropical fruit and citrus flavor with light mineral notes. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and citrus linger with spice and light mineral notes.