Cohones Brewery

Microbrewery in Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria 🇧🇬
Associated Venue: Cohones Bar - Out of business


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6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 3.5
Pours unclear blonde. Soapy, instantly fading white head. Scent is surprisingly hoppy (truth be told, I waited to long for a session IPA to drink this, hence the surprise) No real pepper givewaway - and for sure not in this extremety. Floral, yellow fruits. Taste is ... quite damn spiced indeed. Don't be fooled, they aren't talking big here, they're quite serious. Overwhelming any and all other aspects, the pepper take the lead, as well as the backseat. A very nice heath, I may add, I really like the peppers they used here. But even than so, it's not really possible to take another sip - this is to intense to be drinkable. Lovely experiment, and if going for extremes, absolutely nailed it. WIthout it being bad, which is a very nice feature. However, this is a can to share with many, many people. Or, as I am currently doing, to pour in pasta souce / soup instead of peppers. The beer won't be lost ;) Happy to have tried it, but even with sufficient amounts of creamy cheese, the spicyness lingered for about 15-30 minutes. I would definately buy again, to serve in glasses to unexpecting people. You have been warned !

Also , don't take this score to seriously, it's hard to score. I genuinly think this beer deserves at least 7.5 on aroma (very well for a session IPA) and taste (lovely peppers used), so I tuned down the overall to come closer to the 6/10 I had in mind. But even with a 3.5 on Overall, it scores a 6.4... Anyway, overall, this beer would score far higher (succeeded in the extremeness of the experiment) . It's just that I can't rate this beer too high, since it was phisically impossible to take multiple sips. Just go ahead and try this (if still around) and ignore this score !
Tried on 01 Jun 2025 at 10:59

8/10
Tried from Can on 31 May 2025 at 14:11

8/10
Tried from Can on 30 May 2025 at 17:23

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Clean and highly drinkable. Moderate sweetness, pale bread, tangerine, angel food cake, a little rindy bitterness. Medium bodied with fine to average carb. Fairly bright and citrusy to finish.
Tried from Can from 100 Beers (100 Бири) on 20 Apr 2025 at 18:50

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5
Süffiger, weich herber Beginn. Cremig, ziemlich trocken, kaum hopfig. Bitter, mild süß, langweilig. 9/7/7/7/11/7
Tried from Can on 13 Apr 2025 at 16:48

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 7
Frischer säuerlicher Start, harmonische Beerenmischung. Spritzig, frisch, die Säure bleibt konstant, weich, langer Nachgeschmack. Gelungen. 9/11/9/11/11/10
Tried from Can on 13 Apr 2025 at 09:43

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Spritziger, frisch hopfiger Beginn. Würzig, kräutrig, trockene Bitterkeit. Gelungen. 9/11/11/11//12
Tried from Draft on 12 Apr 2025 at 13:45

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
Süffig hopfiger Beginn, kräutrig. Spritzig, frisch, milde Süße. Eher trocken, weich, kurzer Abgang. Gut. 11/9/10/11//11
Tried from Draft on 12 Apr 2025 at 13:44

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Canned at 100 Beers, Sofia. Cloudy golden with medium white head. Malty, bit yeasty, bready, sweetish with some bitterness. Medium bodied.
Tried from Can from 100 Beers (100 Бири) on 10 Apr 2025 at 22:00

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Canned at Little Magic Shop, Sofia. Clear golden with medium white head. Malty, grainy, sweetish, some bready notes. Light bodied.
Tried from Can at Little Magic Shop on 09 Apr 2025 at 22:00