6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
I have found Ex Novo to be a New Mexico brewery with beers I like quite a bit. This tall boy can came from my local beer place although I do find them in Santa Fe mostly. Can opened and pour shows a fully cloudy yellow-gold liquid completed with a skim of completely white foam. Oh, I do like the scent. Full tilt yellow fruit, mangoes, perhaps guava, some orange juice and a hint of grain. The taste takes a step backwards, not bad but not to the level of the nose. Guava certainly, orange rind, white bread, a bit of grapefruit and some hoppiness fortunately. Not bad but not what I anticipated from the nose. And the name of the beer does nothing to elevate it.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2026
at 22:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Draft. Black beer with a brown head. Figs and spice aroma with chocolate. Chocolate and spice flavor with figs and light bourbon. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and spice linger with figs.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2026
at 20:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Blackish beer with a tan head. Chocolate and spice aroma with light chili. Bourbon and chocolate flavor with spice. Medium-plus bodied. Bourbon and chocolate linger with spice and light vanilla.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2026
at 20:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. orange aroma. Orange and light grapefruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Orange and light grapefruit linger.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2026
at 20:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and light orange aroma. Grapefruit and light pine flavor. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and light pine linger with light orange.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2026
at 20:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
A little lighter, less malty than a true German example. OK.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2025
at 00:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz can, one of many New Mexico IPAs found at a Total Wine in Albuquerque about a month ago. I have my Cowtown tulip glass ready for this tasting, can is opened and I proceed. The body is an indistinct yellow-gold followed up by a strong head of almost-white foam. I get a nose of lots of fruit, some tropical and a lesser amount of citrus. The drink finally, my first impression is a good one. Lemons and limes, white bread, a hint of tangerines, malt and a fine little hops bitterness. Nicely decent in a style I like less than the WC alternative. NM has a surprisingly strong presence in IPAs. Ex Novo in Corrales produces some good beers and La Cumbre is really good.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2025
at 23:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can at Mugishutei. Bright golden color. Fresh, fruity nose, mainly citrus. Honey malts. Crisp fruit flavors with biscuit sweetness. Decent.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2025
at 01:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 8
12 oz. can. Pours a clear, amber color, with a big, foamy, beige head. The aroma is pumpernickel, pine, cane sugar and grassy rum, and toast. Sweet and malty, with a mellow, grassy bitterness. Light to medium body, sticky, and grainy. Quality and tasty.
Tried
from Can
from
Coaltrain Wine and Liquor
on 04 May 2025
at 14:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Can: Poured a golden clear with a white head. Aroma is light and grain. Taste is sweet and grainy.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2025
at 18:11