Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Finders Keepers from Freak Folk Bier 1 week ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Batch 1 bottled 08/10/2020, drunk 3/21/26.
Still shows an enormous amount of dense, fluffy head.
Smells wonderful. Zero oxidation and virtually zero acetic acid; only as much as necessary for the style. Deep base malts mix with medium malts to produce light caramel and toffee, while the wood is woven in to add slight oak, raisin and vanilla.
Fluffy, malty, tart but not sour with tight carbonation and excellent funky earth and mineral alongside oaky vanilla and dry raisin. Cherry-like flavors abound and the malt just keeps coming, balancing the beer perfectly. Reminds of pre-Palm Rodenbach, when that was the gold standard for this style. Just enough round acidity, that you want, with no excess, no vinegar, no cringe. Beautiful stuff; strange that it's so vastly different from the Cascara version I had quite a while ago (which was too thin and acidic).
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Double Fantasy from Freak Folk Bier 1 week ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: hazed over orange color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy hops with orange juicy/pulpy character; some mango and/or papaya hop notes in there with a nice clean sweet wafery malt far underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet juicy to creamy quality; finishes the same way
Texture: medium bodied, nice as a sipper; clean smoothness along the tongue with nothing distracting any where; nice low hop bitterness and the carb level is exactly where it's supposed to be
Overall: what an absolutely wonderful NEDIPA I would definitely come back to.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Drifter from Freak Folk Bier 1 week ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Reviewed from notes. Consumed 12/01/2019.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: pale golden yellow color with no head and obviously no lace.
Aroma: sweet lemon pulp with a touch of tart; light funk, clean oak; musty/clean basement scents; light honey, hay/straw; subtle sweet vinous with some sweet grains
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine tart to sweet to sour quality; finishes mostly with a lemon tart to semi-dry and vinous to hay/straw quality
Texture: medium bodied, great as a sipper!; clean smoothness but also a little bit of vinous acidity nipping at the tongue ever so slightly in a non-offensive way
Overall: a very nicely done sour ale I was going to have with my girlfriend at the time but she died before we could have it together.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Pronghorn from Freak Folk Bier 1 week ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to mug.
Appearance: glossy burnt yellow/almost copper color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: herbal to floral to slightly earthy with some mineral water and super light clean malts; slight peppery/spice tones further under
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet hoppy to malty refined quality; finishes the same way
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; very smooth along the tongue - and nothing distracting at all
Overall: a very nicely done Helles lager very worthy of coming back to.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Shapeless from Freak Folk Bier 1 week ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy burnt orange haziness with a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated at a nice pace and left just some light touches of lace
Aroma: peachy to apricot to mixed tropical fruity hop tones; clean malts seems extremely light almost non-existent to be found
Flavor: takes the prior noted aromas and melds them to a refined sweet to bittersweet full on and well ratio-ed hop to malt quality; finishes the same way
Texture: medium bodied, leaning into being a sipper (more or less as the alcohol seemed to equate to the sips partaken so the alcohol was being felt in my consumption and not on the tongue); so this is very smooth all along and still felt like beer as this was not a kiddy juice drink
Overall: what an absolutely wonderful NETIPA extremely worthy of coming back to.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Poser from Freak Folk Bier 1 week ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: burnt yellow cardboard haziness with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely and left just a little bit of lace
Aroma: pineapple sweetness, lime zest; light mixed citrusy hop notes with a little bit of vanilla sweetness in the underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to light zesty mixed citrusy vibe; finishes the same way
Texture: medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; great smoothness along the tongue as the vanilla does a great job of canceling out any possible lime zest that might have wanted to nip the tongue
Overall: another wonderful fruited IPA by Freak Folk! Definitely would come back to this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: thick orange haziness with a finger's worth of white foamy head which took it's time to dissipate then leave some light lace
Aroma: mango sweetness with tangerine sweetness up front; light piney hops in the middle; sweet vanilla in the underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet to sweet quality with the fruits taking a good hold of the full flavor; light finish of the tangerines and vanilla
Texture: medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; great smoothness with an even keeled vanilla tone smoothing out any hops that might be trying to act assertively
Overall: a very nicely done fruited IPA that I would love to come back to.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Witchhammer from Freak Folk Bier 1 week ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: glossy burnt yellow to almost copper color with a three finger white foamy head which settled off at a nice pace to leave some light lace
Aroma: herbal to earthy hops up front with a light honey and biscuity maltiness underneath
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine malty sweet to a herbal and crisp earthy quality; finishes crisp through those noted flavors
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; very smooth along the tongue; carb level seems good
Overall: yeah, I can see this as a Czech lager and definitely one I would return to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Reviewed from notes. Consumed 03/23/2024.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy amber with a slight transparency about it; finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely and left some light lace
Aroma: wonderful blend of sweet piney to mixed citrusy to light grapefruit hoppy bittersweet notes; super light on the malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a full bittersweet hoppy to malty quality; finishes clean through a superb balance of the hops and malts
Texture: medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; smooth like a West coast IPA and a nice expected hop bitterness assertiveness where you notice it but you know it's nothing overbearing
Overall: awesome WC styled IPA very worthy of coming back to.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Tribal Instinct from Freak Folk Bier 1 week ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: dark maroon/red color with a quickly dissipating head which didn't leave any lace
Aroma: red raspberry and blueberry sweet and tart qualities; good funkiness; nice sour backing
Flavor: intertwines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to sour to light tart and funky quality; finishes with a variety of blueberries and raspberries
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper; some smoothness and a touch of acidity that seemed barely noticeable, to be honest
Overall: what a wonderful fruited sour ale more than worthy of coming back to.