Evil Twin
Heretic Brewing Company in Fairfield, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Red Regular|
Score
7.23
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This blood-red ale may not be what you expect from a malty and hoppy craft beer. Evil Twin has a rich malt character, without being overly sweet. It has a huge hop character, without being overly bitter. It is a great example of a bold, rich, balanced craft beer, without being heavy and hard to drink in quantity. Our Evil Twin is only bad because it is too good to resist.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rich hazy deep amber coloured body with a thick, four centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of alcohol, caramel, toffee, grain, bright earthy hops and some pine as well. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich grain flavour with a lot of alcohol, some pine and caramel, earth, toffee, grapefruit and a lot of malt and burn on the end. Aftertaste shows some malt and grain flavours with a lot of alcohol, a ton of hop bitterness and some good sweetness. Overall, a nice and rich beer with a lot of flavours and some rather well hidden alcohol notes, but shows strong on the end. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from the Kona Wine Market in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii [Island], Hawaii on 10-August-2016 for US$8,10 sampled in my hotel/condo on 12-August-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2016
at 19:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Clear, dark red brown, thick offwhite head. Hoppy, piney aroma, some caramel. Smooth, caramely flavour with decent hoppy bite. Quite drinkable.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2016
at 17:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Pours hazy ruby dark brown with airy light tan head. Clear aroma of fruit and malt, with notes of hops and yeast. Botyer, hoppy flavour with sweetish notes of malt, caramel and fruit. Bitterish and malty aftertaste with grassy hints. Decent. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2016
at 17:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can, 6.8%. Good fruity aroma. Clear dark amber colour. Small off-white head. The flavour is fruity with a good grapefruit hoppiness. Good mouthfeel, too.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2016
at 17:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle sample tasted at BBF Lab Madrid 2016 on the 02/07/2016. Dark reddish brown colour with a medium off white head. Aroma of roasted malts and caramel. Taste has some spices, lots of caramel and some honey. Next one please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2016
at 12:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours dark mahogany, reddish chestnut. Bit of beige foam that reduces into thinner film. Aroma has some malty happiness, rowan berries and red currants. Taste reveals nice red IPA character where you have strong malty backbone that contributes with berry-like flavours but also bread crust and bitterness. Hops are strong at the end, long ensuing dry bitter finish. Feels quite clear and relatively light, yet flavourful. Good one.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2016
at 09:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Clear deep amber colour, mid-sized macropore off-white to beige head, half-way lasting, good lacing. Aroma toasted malts, caramel, orange, tangerine, pine. Mild taste, medium sweet and bitter, malty, light toffee, citrus. Aftertaste mild bittersweet, piney, light spicy notes. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, very smooth and drinkable, good.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jun 2016
at 12:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A nice mildly hopped dark ipa. Good balance of roasted malts and hop bitterness. Very slight astringent taste to my palate. Overall slightly above average for the style. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
on 05 Jun 2016
at 14:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Good beige head over hazy dark chestnut beer; Very fruity & hoppy nose. Black IPA flavour, faintly roasted, grapey and fruity hops. Bitter flavours, even wry in the finish. Dry, wry MF, dry bitter aftertaste. Quite nice dark IPA!
Tried
on 10 Apr 2016
at 12:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Canned at Malmö Öl & Whisky Festival 2016.Clear dark reddish brown color, tan head. Malty, caramel, hoppy scent. Malty, bitter, hoppy taste. Grainy, hoppy aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Apr 2016
at 04:53