fonefan (85107) reviewed Bravo Tango from Connecticut Valley Brewing 2 weeks ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
EB - Can 355ml. @ [ Trinntorp 🇸🇪 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 🍀 ☁️☂️ [ As Connecticut Valley Bravo Tango ]. ABV: 11.0%. [20260316]. 8/-4/7-/4/16
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: burnt orange haziness with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: orange to lime hop scents; some piney hops in the middle then some apricot-like hops under the piney hops; light sweet cracker malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet juicy quality; finishes piney to apricot-like with orangey hop notes
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper; some smoothness but also some light hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: pretty nicely done NEIPA I would return to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thanks Drew.
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: thick orange haziness with a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: pine, pineapple, tangerine, nectarine and a touch of peach; light clean sweet cracker malts
Flavor: bittersweet combo through the prior noted aromas with some juiciness; finishes piney to tangerine and peachy
Texture: medium bodied, almost sessionable; light smoothness but also some hop assertiveness
Overall: it's on it's way of being a really good one; I'd come back to this in hopes of knowing it got tweaked a bit.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a quickly dissipating tan foamy head that didn't leave any lace
Aroma: dark chocolate, milk chocolate, caramel/toffee whiffs, subtle coffee roast, sweet wood and some vanilla
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to roasty woody and chocolatey blend; finishes somewhat chocolate, caramel-like and woody dry
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper; some smoothness but also some woody dry assertiveness on the tongue
Overall: I feel like it's on it's way to being something extraordinarily good but maybe a little tweaking of the woody tones to possibly scale back some of that dryness in this might do this beer to be a great one
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Crowler to tulip.
Appearance: thick orange haziness with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: grapefruit, floral, tangerine, papaya and mango hop notes; some light clean cracker malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet juicy character with a clean grapefruity to tangerine-like and mango finish
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper; good smoothness, low hop bitterness; nice low carb
Overall: hits all the specs for a nicely done NEDIPA I would return to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: golden copper to orange color with a quickly dieing white foamy head which didn't leave any lace
Aroma: peachy sweet and subtle tart tones; some grapefruit sweetness; then some sweet grassy whiffs
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine tart to sweet tone with an underscore of lime and some sour character arranging itself in there; finishes peachy sweet and sour
Texture: light to medium bodied; becoming sessionable as the sour is there but seems to be semi-tame
Overall: nicely done as a peach tart ale I would be willing to have again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in color with a one and a half fingers of off-white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: black coffee, roasted malts, woody spices and some citrusy/piney hops
Flavor: intertwines the prior noted aromas to a fine roasty to hoppy sweet and underscored by some spicy to bitter tones of the hops and woody character; finishes roasty, semi-spicy with appropriate bitterness
Texture: medium bodied, this is a sipper; light smoothness but also some bitterness harshness which doesn't lay back in this one (as I hoped and expected it would)
Overall: nicely done black IPA I would return to as it seems to fit and on it's way to being the palate wrecker this style tends to be.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to pokal.
Appearance: soft yellow color with some transparency and noticeable bubbles arising to a fairly quickly dissipating foamy head that didn't leave any lace
Aroma: key lime tart and sweet whiffs, subtle sour-ed wheat, sweet cracker tones
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine tart to sour to sweet arrangement with some salt in there; finishes soured - wheaty with the tart and sweet cracker and a touch of salt
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; some smoothness but also an ample amount of tart assertiveness to the tongue
Overall: yeah, I can see this as a gose and a worthy one to return to in Summer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: red in color in the glass with a two and a half fingers of pink foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: kiwi, pear, dragon fruit, watermelon and guava with a light whiff of the lacto/yogurty character
Flavor: fabulous blend of the tart to sour tones of those prior noted fruits with an ample amount of sweetness coming in for a great balance; finishes tart, sour & sweet through the dragon fruit & guava vibes
Texture: light to medium bodied, good sipper, some smoothness but some tart stabs on the tongue
Overall: nicely done fruited sour ale well worthy of returning to.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: pours dark brown and leaves more of a black color in the glass. Two and a half fingers of khaki foamy head dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: dark bread, toasted nuts, some sweet ash, earthy tones and some caramel malts
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to an earthy sweet blend with toasty vibes; finishes sweet earthy and a little bit of caramel
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, some smoothness but also some grainy tickling to the tongue
Overall: nice enough dark lager, maybe come back to.