Obscurity Brewing and Craft Mead
Brewpub in Elburn, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
16 oz can from Beerbox. Pours hazy copper with a one finger bone white head that falls into a ring fairly quickly. Aroma is toasty, vanilla, caramel. Taste has flavors of sweet vanilla and toasty caramel malt with some mild hop bitterness in the background. Could use more carbonation in my opinion. Tasty beer though, especially for a red ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cloudy, Cold Haze, Brownish Amber Color, Big Bubbly White Head, Creamy Top, OK Retention, Runny Ring Of Lacing, Few Spots Left Behind. Sweet, Bready Malt Aroma. Sweet, Bready Malt, Dusty Hops. Watery, Sweet, Bready Malt, Dusty Hops Aftertaste. Easy Going. Good. Enjoyed It. Recommended...
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Aroma is vaguely fruity, vegetal, soda pop. Taste is moderately to highly sour (8/10) and is reminiscent of sugary soda pop like Mountain Dew or Surge. Gimmicky, but tasty and thirst quenching.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Part of 4-pack from Jewel. Golden ale pour under a thick white head. Beer underneath shows a slight bit of haze. The nose offers a bit of banana, bubble gum, and just a side of clove. Full hit of Belgian golden malt in the taste, and the banana and bubble gum are on the palate as well. Slightly thick mouthfeel and some of the alcohol is there as well.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can from the 2024 variety pack at Jewel. Pours with a nice toasty malt smell. Red ale color with some puffy foam. Taste is a nice, enjoyable red ale, texture is slightly thicker like caramel. Mild hoppiness. This series has been kind of hit or miss, but since it has no "Yule" spices or adjuncts, it'd be a good regular beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Single can from Trader Joe's. Big, foamy pour over a hazy golden ale color. Can't pick up much nose beyond some mild ale malt. Taste is just nice; a slightly sweet golden ale with little bitterness. Also jusrt a slight tinge of cherry. Just enough to be interesting.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Single can from Trader Joe's. Big, foamy pour over a hazy golden ale color. Can't pick up much nose beyond some mild ale malt. Taste is just nice; a slightly sweet golden ale with little bitterness. Also jusrt a slight tinge of cherry. Just enough to be interesting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
16 oz. Can at The Dapper Dog. Aroma is very light strawberry and vanilla. The flavor is very similar to soda. Mild strawberry, grain, mild vanilla. It makes you question if it’s beer at all. Mouth feels light with a fizzy carbonation. Very weird.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Can. A- Weak, gourd, mild pie spice. A- Copper color, slightly hazy liquid, minimal head. T- Gourd, nutmeg, earthy, watery. P- Medium body, average texture, slightly flat carbonation, astringent finish. O- The pumpkin is very vegetal and the spice is heavily nutmeg forward. Fairly watery tasting as well. Granted this was not terribly fresh, I would still call it a miss.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can, from Trader Joe's, Chicago (Nov 2023). Pours cloudy dark yellow with a foamy off-white head, faint vanilla aroma, adequate carbonation, mildly bitter vanilla malt taste, faint grassy hops, thin body, long vanilla finish. Vanilla dominated but drinkable.