Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can from House of Trembling Madness, 2 weeks past BBE. Pours a hazy/murky dark gold with small white head. Aroma has quite a funky hemp aroma with a tangy pineapple and some spice notes. Taste has more of the pineapple fruitiness with a herby lighter skunkiness compared to aroma, quite tangy with some yeast notes and a solid malt profile. Interesting, never had a hemp IPA before. Jury is still out for me on the concept although the pineapple gives a nice contrast to it and works well.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
S: fresh limes - tart lemons - brine A: very clear golden body - thinnish white head T: tequilla - salt - green apples P: honey - tart-ish - fresh citrus O: grassy - clean-drinking - nice throughout 16 ounce can - MOM's Organic Market: Alexandria, Virginia - purchased: 14-October-2023 - 'bbe': 19-June-2024 - US$4,49 - sampled: 07-April-2024
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Brett Noir from Area Two Experimental Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
S: tart - funk - raspberries A: beautiful clear ruby body - no head at all T: dry - brett - cedar P: polished - elegant - complex O: enjoyable - interesting - good blend of styles (wild & fruits) 16 ounce can - Glen Ro Spirit Shoppe: Monroe, Connecticut - purchased: 25-November-2022 - us$3,99 - canned?!?!?: '2007A2BN' on bottom - sampled: 03-March-2024
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Super hazy golden and bright yellow coloured body with a three centimetre tall off-white and tan head that fades fairly quickly, but leaves a nice lace on the sides. Aroma of super funky resinous and dank grassy notes (the hemp?), some dry malts with flowers, but all ending with a funky canned pineapple note - definitely not fresh fruit here. Medium-bodied; Very rich lactose and icing sugar notes here with a big malt presence and a kick of papaya and melon, but again, the funkiness from the yeast and especially the hemp notes dominate, but lead the palate to non-IPAy flavours. Aftertaste is rich, especially with sugars and lactose, but the canned pineapple is here as well, and leaves a bit of tart notes with all the sugars, but the funk from the hemp is by far the strongest, and not the best in my book. Overall, a very funky and rich beer with a fairly cloying sweetness that shows the pineapple, but the lactose and hemp are way too strong and odd-tasting for me. Neat to try, but definitely not worth searching for or getting unless you love hemp? I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from The Beer Store in Philadelphia (Franklin Mills), Pennsylvania on 17-January-2022 for US$4,99, canned on 17-August-2021 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 27-January-2022.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From a pint can. Pours a cloudy orange with an off white head. Aromas of mango and peach. Flavors are more sweet than bitter, dominated by mango.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can, from the brewery. Faintly cloudy reddish brown with foamy tan head that flops down immediately, woodsy acidic aroma, medium carbonation, sour woodsy malt taste, thin body, long sour finish. Interesting brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can, from the brewery. Pours clear copper-red with very small frothy beige head that sizzles out fast, high carbonation, woodsy-funky aroma, medium bitter woodsy taste with funky, basement flavors, thin body, long finish. Quite nice and tasty.