Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours with a tan head fading over a hazed amber body. Aroma is straight high alpha American hop pellets (can’t remember at this point of the night if it is Centennial or Warrior, but I have smelled these pellets before). Caramel backing. Taste doesn’t have much bittering hop, but a decent amount of late boil hops. Seems very home-brew like...All extract IPA nearly. Light bubbles. The first "drinkable" Indian Wells beer that I have had.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. I hate Indian Wells beer, and I am shocked that this crap came to Texas. Pours with a small, tan head that fades over a dark brown body. Aroma of light banana esters, dark fruits, alcohol and plastic. Taste is alcohol, light malt and plastic...Not much else. Light bubbles and a dry mouthfeel for the ABV. I highly doubt the claimed ABV of this beer.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Lobotomy Bock from Indian Wells Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle. Pours a dark ruby color with a small frothy off white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is a sweet fruity malt with raisin and caramel. Decent spotty lacing on the glass. The taste is similar to the aroma with brown sugar and raisin. Easy to drink while hiding the alcohol very well. A very good doppelbock from Indian Wells.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Thanks to goldtwins for sharing - holy hell, this is one of the most bland 10+% beers I’ve ever had - sure, it’s smooth and drinkable, and I guess it should get credit for masking the alcohol, but come on - some raisin and nuts - creamy mouthfeel - a bit of date on the back - fairly thin for the strength - a little bit of burnt malt - meh.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle from Swalden28. Pours golden with some white fizz a-top. Aroma of Sunny-D and seltzer water. Taste is water, seltzer, congealed orange peel and a bit of spice. Nothing else. Fizzy. The commercial description sounds very unsanitary to me as a homebrewer.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle courtesy of swalden28. I can’t believe that Indian Wells followed me out to TX, I guess they can’t sell this crap in California. Pours a brownish color with a white ring. Aroma was offensive with rotting grapes (not yet raisins), and other dark fruits that are decaying. Weird off flavor in the taste with prunes. Very watery with some fruit and not much else. Fizzy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at Whole Foods in Sacramento. Very black color with an emphemeral tan head. Smells burntly toasty. About medium body with creamish carbonation. Flavor is really gritty burnt toast. Goes on to a touch of sweetness before finishing burnt, lightly smoky, bitter. It’s an ok thing, and reminds of the original Guinness from 40 years ago. Except the flavor leaves the mouth rather than staying. Arguably a bit short on ingredients.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from Whole Foods in Sacramento, CA. Darkly golden color with a slight white head. Aroma is definitely orange. Rather thin body with coarse carbonation. Flavor is primarily orange oil. Any bitter is the same. Ok, if orange is what you want. Maybe one of the better of this sort of thing. At least it’s not obviously lagery.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
bottle - Pours clear gold with a thin head that leaves a little lacing. It has a mild, grainy malt aroma. The flavor is of corn malt and some very light hops. It’s light bodied and just a decent quaff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
bottle - Pours clear red with a one finger head and some lacing. It has a light caramel malt aroma and the flavor is sweet caramel malt and not much of anything else. There’s a light to medium body. This beer is simple and smooth.