bhensonb (22726) reviewed Monkey Pods from Phase Three Brewing Company 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Can from Tavour. Pours hazy gold with a large creamy/foamy white head that tried to persist. Aroma is earth, citrus, resin. Med body. Juicy but not very sweet. Pale malt slightly overwhelmed by hops. Flavor is the aroma plus some green melon. Nice drink.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Her owners are really interesting blend of pineapple, citrus, mushrooms, malt, resin. Flavors are similar to nose losing the mushrooms and gaining a little mango. Excellent balance between bitter, sweet and carbonation. Just right texture. Very nice beer.
gave a cheers!
bb (18607) reviewed Bold from Phase Three Brewing Company 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. Summer fruit and peach aroma. Summer fruit and peach flavor with light yeast and light malt. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Summer fruit and peach linger with light yeast.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Uklar gul med hvitt skum. Lukter barnål, grapefrukt og sitrus. God bitterhet. Fruktig og bitter avslutning.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
The aromas are kind of simple - pine resin and a hint of malt. Flavors are similar to nose. Bittersweet and maybe some tropical fruit. Not a lot going on.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
16oz can. Deep red body, stained pink head quite steady. Pretty much like adding apple and cherry juice to a beer. Tasty beverage on one level, but a pretty lame beer too.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
2024 500mL bottle drunk 2/22/26.
Warm, chocolatey, gooey goodness. A bit cakey, but the apparent bourbon spice helps balance. Nonetheless, it remains extremely rich, dense, seemingly sweet. Yet it's not a caramel or raisin bomb, and there is some variety of malt character, ranging from toasted brown bread to toffee and molasses. No alcohol noted. I could definitely use a bit more barrel/bourbon to balance all this malt, though.
Sweet, of course, given the absolute barrage of intense malt. Though not cloying, as the bourbon arrives to balance with big spice and wood tones. Raisin, prune, creme brulee...all intense, rich, dessert-like flavors. Definitely pushing it on everything here, but that's sort of what these contemporary monstrous BA beers do. To its credit, I get neither overt nor particularly warming/peppery alcohol whatsoever.
An excellent dessert beer, for sure, neither boozy, nor too syrupy-sweet (though very sweet, make no mistake). That said, this seems like exactly the kind of beer that could use adjuncts to add complexity. As is, I don't really get much of the complexity mentioned in the description. The barrel and bourbon do a lot of work, but the malt gets a bit monotonous. Still, respect for choosing to not use adjuncts in a world where like 85% of BA stouts and barleywines are adjuncted.
bhensonb (22726) reviewed Breach from Phase Three Brewing Company 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Can from Tavour. Pours hazy grapefruit color with a decent white head that laced lightly. Aroma has a lot of citrus. Med body. Juicy and not dry, but not sugary either. Definitely bitter. Flavor of grapefruit zest, pale stone fruit, green melon and arguably passionfruit. Quite tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Tavour. Pours gold with a moderate white head. Aroma is lightly grainy/bready with a good amount of grass/spice. Quite dry. Nicely bitter. Flavor pretty much matches the aroma. Very nice.
bhensonb (22726) reviewed P3 Lager from Phase Three Brewing Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from Tavour. Pours gold with a large white head that persisted. Aroma is lightly bready with some citrus. Med body. Malty/bready but reasonably towards dry. More than lightly bitter with floral, citrus and hints of pale stone fruit. Crisp with good flavor.