mcberko (47456) reviewed Beva Lager from Beva Brewing & Blending 7 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Beva, pours a clear pale blonde with a small white head. Nose has grassiness, straw, and a bit of herbaceousness. Flavour is clean and crisp, with straw, crisp grassiness, and dry biscuity malt. Dry, crisp, and clean. Nothing special but it’s competent.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Alpino from Beva Brewing & Blending 7 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Beva, pours a clear bright golden with a small white head. Nose is not particularly expressive, with gently tangy citrusy hops, a touch of pine, and dry bready malt. Flavour isn’t much more expressive: it’s got the bittering hops, some pine, some citrus, and a dry bready malt to back, but not much hop vibrance. The body is lean, not too malty, but there’s just not a lot to love in the hop expression, which is surprising given that this has two of my favourite hops (Nelson and Chinook).
mcberko (47456) reviewed Mutzadel from Beva Brewing & Blending 7 months ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
On tap at Beva, pours a cloudy bright yellow with a small white head. Aroma has lots of hopburn, oniony notes, and cabbage — this is pretty off-putting. Flavour is less off-putting, with oniony hops, moderate hopburn, and a chalky palate. That’s not a nice hop expression nor mouthfeel. Not good at all.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Gabagool from Beva Brewing & Blending 7 months ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Beva, pours a cloudy bright yellow with a small white head. Aroma is pretty muffled and chalky, with light hop tang, earthy chalkiness, and a touch of stone fruit pith. Flavour has gentle hopburn, some tropical stone fruits, and moderate chalkiness. Typical hazy with the hopburn and chalk, but not as egregious as some. Not great.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Sprezza from Beva Brewing & Blending 8 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Steamworks Mount Pleasant. Pours hazy pale blonde with a white head. Nose has a rustic yeast background with grape must and Nelson tang in the fore. Flavour has tons of grape must, tangy white wine grapes, and a rustic, peppery yeast character. This is very nicely done.
pictoman (9684) reviewed Cabbage Head from Beva Brewing & Blending 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 473mL can (pkg Apr 08, 2025). Clear gold with white head. Mild dank oily hops with pine on the backend and a clean malt underlay. Maybe a touch too oily for me, but decent.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Cabbage Head from Beva Brewing & Blending 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at The Magnet, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a medium white head. Aroma has plenty of piney hops, some dankness, and resinous hop oils. Flavour is wonderfully hopped, with big piney hops, plenty of dankness, some oily resins, and just enough biscuity malt to back. Dank, piney hop bomb — I’d never guess this was lagered. Excellent — essentially a WCIPA.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Figurati from Beva Brewing & Blending 10 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can pour at East Side Beer Fest. Pours hazy yellow with white head. Gentle citrus and saison yeast on the nose. Flavour is floral, slightly tart, citric. A bit phenolic on the finish. Not super complex, but okay enough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Poured from 473mL can (pkg Mar 06, 2025). Hazy gold with white head. Stone fruit and light floral hops, a touch citrusy, decent.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Il Volino from Beva Brewing & Blending 10 months ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5
Dull, murky. Thin head. This looks like a beer that nobody took seriously. Aroma has that sharp nail polish remover thing from failed kettle sours, combined with an underwhelming hop character that fails to match the level of 1982 SNPA, despite all the knowledge that the brewing world has gained since that time. On the palate it's a mess of rockets, brett c, fucked up phenols, and a bitter that would be okay if the sour part of the ferm was even in the ballpark of clean. This was fucking awful. I had a can, so maybe the packaging? But still, it wasn't free.