Peculiar
Alternate Ending Beer Company in Aberdeen Township, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Odd Bird BrewingMild - Dark Special
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Score
7.03
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English-style Mild Ale 3.7%
This collab beer with Odd Bird is a love letter to balance, with soft notes of toasty malt, subtle caramel, and an impossibly smooth finish.
This collab beer with Odd Bird is a love letter to balance, with soft notes of toasty malt, subtle caramel, and an impossibly smooth finish.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Canned 2/20/26, drunk 4/2/26.
Fairly roasty with some sticky caramel/toffee behind it and a bit of fruit and vanilla notes, as well. Nice and round, with even the roast playing nicely (no acrid, or big acidic notes). Hard to get a feel for how big the base malt is, and it could be a bit too toasty/roasty, but the aroma is mostly balanced.
Very dry and moderately roasty with some burnt toast character but no harsh acidity/tannin chipping at the palate. Pretty good body for its size, though in today's low abv world, I'd say it's a bit under where it should be. So many brewers doing incredible things with low abv beer nowadays. Still, no slouch here, and it's quite clean, polished, satisfying. Some dark fruits, light vanilla, hint of tobacco, linger.
Fairly roasty with some sticky caramel/toffee behind it and a bit of fruit and vanilla notes, as well. Nice and round, with even the roast playing nicely (no acrid, or big acidic notes). Hard to get a feel for how big the base malt is, and it could be a bit too toasty/roasty, but the aroma is mostly balanced.
Very dry and moderately roasty with some burnt toast character but no harsh acidity/tannin chipping at the palate. Pretty good body for its size, though in today's low abv world, I'd say it's a bit under where it should be. So many brewers doing incredible things with low abv beer nowadays. Still, no slouch here, and it's quite clean, polished, satisfying. Some dark fruits, light vanilla, hint of tobacco, linger.
Tried
from Can
from
Half Time
on 02 Apr 2026
at 22:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at AE, 3/16/25. Medium brown, beige head. Drippy lace. Smooth and toasty / roasty. A little dry, very clean. Solid overall.
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Photo: Can from 6/3/25
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Photo: Can from 6/3/25
Tried
from Draft
at
Alternate Ending Beer Co.
on 16 Mar 2025
at 18:03