Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
From $2 can from vintage. Big bold taste and it don't taste old even with a end date of 11/15/2019. Difficult fruity malt medicine in the middle, certainly a big fest brew. Big banging ballzie blast bloke. Rich creamy beery brew. Yes, good example of a domestic ocky fest time. Yggy miester yiggy miester yeig, yig yig - hoi hoi pahloy.
cheap (9533) reviewed Shandy - Lemon from Market Garden Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Yellow can. Fairly clear pale eye. Smell is stronger than most shandies. Taste is rather pleasant. Yes, lively. Quite nice uptake, taste is better than expected. Enjoyable but has a slight processed feel about it.
superspak (10160) reviewed Shandy - Lemon from Market Garden Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce can into pint glass, best before 6/28/2019. Pours lightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 2 finger dense and rocky white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of lightly tart/tangy lemon juice, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red apple, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of herbal, floral, wood, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of lemon juice/peels, fruity yeast, pale/wheat malts, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big lightly tart/tangy lemon juice, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red apple, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of herbal, floral, wood, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness; and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy lemon juice, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red apple, wheat, cracker, white bread, herbal, floral, wood, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of lemon juice/peels, fruity yeast, pale/wheat malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and tart/tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and sticky/acidic/tangy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is an excellent shandy. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of lemon juice/peels, fruity yeast, pale/wheat malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the mellowly bitter/acidic/tangy/drying finish. very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome balance of vibrant lemon juice/peels, American wheat yeast, pale/wheat malts, and earthy hops. Minimal residual sweetness from crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. Perfect balance of fruit and American pale wheat ale. Not overwhelming on any aspect.
cheap (9533) reviewed Beastie from Market Garden Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Nice looking deep blue can. $2 at vintage. Pour is not pitch black with a beauty of a head, very nice approaching a guinness pour. Typical beery nose. Stronger, almost imperial, but never quite gits thar. Taste is burned stuff and some unsweetened burnt bitter choco. Good, solid. Gets a little medicine near the end. Not bad for a $2 almost impy stout. On the finish there's still a creaminess from the decent slithering CO2. You got to fight for your right to parteeeeeeeeeee.
cheap (9533) reviewed El Jugoso from Market Garden Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 1 | Overall - 1
Pour is thick and viscous.Smells sharply of unripened grapefruit rinds. Clear almost pale. Oh my my, this is the hoppiest bitterest freaking brew I have had in a long long time, it is so wah wah wow. I hate ipa so the lower my numbers and the worse I hate it, the better for you! Yasssss, long pointy toenails dig in just when you think you gonnah like it. El jugoso is kicking my ass, all the way round to the front of my face, whew. So big and so nasty nellie freaken bad ass mah fah whacker. I have just ruined my palate for an hour or so. If you like kick ass IPA, please put this on yer bucket list. I need to get a sixer of these to use for trade bait! BTW, pretty cool label too! date code 4/5/19.
superspak (10160) reviewed Beastie from Market Garden Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 4/18/2019. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky tan head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crusts; with lighter notes of licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, citrus peel/rind, wood, grass, peppercorn, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/black/roast/bready malts; light-moderate citrus/earthy hop, and fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crusts; with lighter notes of licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, citrus peel/rind, wood, grass, peppercorn, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, grassy, peppery hop; and roast/charcoal bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of ark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark bread/crusts, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, citrus peel/rind, wood, grass, peppercorn, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts; light-moderate citrus/earthy hop, and fruity yeast flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no acrid/astringent hop/roast flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky/bready, fairly sticky/chalky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.2%. Overall this is an excellent American stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts; light-moderate citrus/earthy hop, and fruity yeast flavors; very smooth easy to drink with the modestly bitter/charred/drying finish. Very rich and well rounded stout malt complexity; with balancing citrusy/earthy Cascade hops. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Was a little too bitter at first, but got smoother as it warmed up.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Prosperity Wheat from Market Garden Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap a Local Cantina. Hazy orange-tan body. Bright banana clove notes. Well brewed, true to style. Bright, clean, no sweet or dulled. Solid offering.
superspak (10160) reviewed El Jugoso from Market Garden Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, best before 4/5/2019. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy medium golden/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, watermelon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, watermelon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, watermelon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Mildly increasing warmth of 9.5% after the finish. Overall this is an awesome DIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV, with the moderately bitter/resinous/drying finish. Not overly aggressive. Amazing El Dorado, Citra, Azacca profile. Awesome mix of juicy, vibrant, dank, and earthy hop complexity; with a nice sized bready malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness from lingering resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example as expected.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Apple Saison from Market Garden Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at Market Garden during the CBW Collaboration Kickoff on 10/12/2018. Clear amber-orange color with a medium white head that diminishes quickly to an outer ring. Sparse strings of lace. Aroma of apple, yeast and malt. Medium to full body with flavors of sweet apple brandy, earthy yeast and malt. The finish is fruity with an apple aftertaste. Decent overall.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Pumpkin Giant from Market Garden Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at Market Garden during the CBW Collaboration Kickoff on 10/12/2018. Clear amber color with a medium thin off-white head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lace. Aroma of malt, pumpkin spice and fruit. Medium to full body with flavors of caramel malt, cinnamon, nutmeg and a bit of fruit. The finish is sweet with a pumpkin spice aftertaste. Above average overall.