Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught @ First Draft, Chicago IL (Jan 2026). Opaque dark brown with a small frothy tan head, medium carbonation, tart and funky with dark roasted malt, light woodsy flavor, whiskey undertones, smooth body, long finish. Very complex flavor profile.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Dark pour. Thin foam around the rim. Dark chocolate with hints of vanilla. Palate of oak and vanilla
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Wood, brown sugar nose. Dark brown, medium tan head. Wood, soil. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On draught at Gaslight Social Club in Casper.
Pours straw gold, finger of foam, very good retention and lacing. This place also uses a nitro mix.
Smell is hoppy tropical fruity bitterness, something unusual in there. Can't put my finger on it.
Taste is tropical fruit, dry hopped bitterness, hints of relation to a German Pilsner but deviates, imho, by quite a bit. Might be picking up some lemon.
Mouthfeel is fine, I would drink this again.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: light copper to yellow color with a sly transparency about it; finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: clean malts - somewhat like corn sweet-ish, maybe something cracker-like tones; faint citrusy hops - light lime and/or lemon-ish
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas somewhat sweetly; finishes the same way
Texture: light bodied; sessionable; pretty smooth along the tongue
Overall: I can see it as a Mexican lager - I guess that's what Crooked Stave was going for with this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: copper color with a slight transparency about it; one finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: grassy to citrusy to piney and subtle earthy hops; light clean malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine semi-sweet to subtle bitter character; finishes semi-earthy to citrusy
Texture: light to medium bodied; somewhat sessionable; light smoothness but also some hop assertiveness
Overall: mostly a nice easy going IPA worthy of coming back to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: golden yellow to slightly copper color with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which took it's time to dissipate then leave some light lace
Aroma: grapefruity to orange hops up front; sweet grassy hops in the middle; light clean malt base
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet quality; finishes grapefruity and semi-grassy
Texture: medium bodied, seems to lean into being a sipper slightly; some smoothness along the tongue; subtle hop assertiveness
Overall: nicely done DIPA worthy of returning to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: golden yellow color with a stiff transparency and a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light citrusy to floral hop notes, subtle lime deeep down in there, delicate grassy hop spice and a swift clean malt bill
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine malty sweet to slightly hop spiced character; finishes citrusy to hop spiced with a clean malty vibe
Texture: light bodied, sessionable; fairly smooth along the tongue, no hop distraction anywhere
Overall: nice easy drinking pilsner that would be nice while grilling this Summer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: red to dark brown color with a quickly dieing white foamy head (no fizziness), no lace
Aroma: mixed berry-ish tart to sour to sweet whiff; Belgian-like sweet caramel malts, some oak tart to sweet accents; then seems to pop open with more of a blueberry sweet and tart scent (that seemed a bit long to get to, but at least I got there)'
Flavor: sour to tart to semi-sweet through the prior noted aromas; finishes with the blueberry tart and sweet aspects
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper as plenty of funky tart to sour character seems to be semi-invasive and ends up becoming fairly dry along the tongue
Overall: I liked it for me and can see why it's added to Brewver as a a Flemish red but I'm not entirely sure if that's what Crooked Stave was going for? Maybe they did. I'm just going to say I don't know enough.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: semi-clear copper to purple-ish color with a quickly dieing white foamy head which didn't leave any lace
Aroma: cherry sweet to tart whiffs, sweet to tart oak scents; subtle lactic-ish sour character, slight lemon, some funky tones; light vinous accents
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine funky sour to tart and sweet quality; finishes woody to funky to tart and cherry-ish
Texture: medium bodied, good as a sipper; light smoothness but also some tart puckering tones moreso just noticeable, nothing offensive
Overall: I say a very nicely done AWA with some remnants of Belgian golden ale qualities.