NotABeerProfessor
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
hmm, a rare swing and miss from Sierra Nevada. Seemed OK at first, a very pale yellowish color, bright hop nose, plenty of citrus and lightly floral. Very dry and attenuated here, malts are almost not there at all, just a light breadiness, dry finish. What doesn't work then is the strong bittering hop presence, which is at the levels you might want for a less attenuated standard IPA. The bitterness overwhelms, and its citrus and floral elements shift to a soapiness that really isn't working at all. It feels ultimately like a flawed recipe.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
This is from 2016 correct? Sample NYE 2025 (that is, 12/31/25, heading into 2026). Poured a brown cloudy murky color but managed a small short lived head. The crown popped revealing there was still some pressure in the bottle. However, the carbonation was quite soft and minimal in drinking so I think it had lost something there. Had it held up otherwise? Not quite. Definitely some sherry and cardboard notes in here, mixed with a a general malt forward beer, some fruitiness, leaning toward bruised apples, figs. Not sour or funky at all. Strength was apparent, there was a light booziness at the finish and trying to drink all of the 750 was not gonna happen! I think there was something good in here, but perhaps it was never great?
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Weird, so its listed here as a hazy, and I expected a hazy because I thought the Mortal Bloom beers were hazies...but this was clearly not a hazy?! Poured at most with a light chill haze but otherwise mostly clear golden to amber color, full 2 finger+ head. Pronounced bitterness despite the list 45 IBU (but also not super bitter). A lot of aromatic and flavoring hops, leans towards pine, resin, but hints also at unripe grapefruit rind, and a little sweat sock. Fairly clean and semi-dry to balanced malt profile, hints at crackers, white bread. I like it as a sort of standard DIPA from the oughts era. Cans from Publix Oviedo FL
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled Christmas 2025! It's a fair question whether this thing can hold up for 8 years. Did it? Well, at first pass its fine, but is it at its best? Most likely not, and unfortunately I haven't had it before so I couldn't compare to any other experiences. Vinuous notes are pretty hard to come by here, instead it features a strong doughy funky and acetic character, somewhere in the gueuze realm but a bit sweeter. It's not especially subtle or complex, rather just a semi-sweet and strongly sour whack. Mild cloudy at first pour, to more murky once some sediment escapes into the final pour. Golden to orange-ish color, light carbonation, thin and quickly fading head. 750ml bottle from Shamrock Liquors near UCF, Orlando FL
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5
It's a brown ale! And for that I'm thankful, thankful to find a nice balanced beer that tastes like a classic style. Light chocolate and nutty elements. Not quite semi-sweet, more balanced. Low bitterness but has a slight herbaceous hop flavor. Soft, light carbonation and very drinkable. Can from Publix Oviedo FL
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Nice, a very Britishy-American red ale. Biscuit malts hint at caramel just a touch but the beer leans dry to semi-dry, with a nice herbal bitter finish, they report using EKG and Pahto hops. I'm not too familiar with the latter but I understand its a bittering hop so the flavors here lean hard into EKG and that's pretty cool, its been awhile! I can just barely get them in the nose too, lightly herbal and earthy to go with light caramel and dough. I can't quite pin down the fermentation profile here, its mostly pretty clean, maybe just a tiny bit of ester. Real easy drinking. Summary: dry bitter profile with biscuity malts and British hops. Nice dark red to copper color.
NotABeerProfessor
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Rollin' Derby
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Florida Avenue Brewing Company
2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
My bottle is in English (Grande Reserve Barrel Fermented) but I assume its the same beer. Kinda fun to have Chimay again for the first time in maybe 20 years! Also, nice they have something new out! This is very similar to how I remember the old bleu, except this has a lot more doughy apple character. Quite yeasty, semi-sweet malts with dark fruit flavors that are almost obscured by the peppery yeastiness and peppery carbonation. Is there a hint of phenol? No I think thats the oak - yep I'm really understanding it now, the oak really sits in the transient middle between the yeasty fizz at the start and the boozy and mildly bitter finish. Mild bitterness at finish works as a nice complement to the estery and yeasty profile. Nose is caramel, sourdough, barrel aged spirits and more oak. ABV starts to come through halfway through the bottle, as I can just feel the ethanol vapors across my palate and retronasally. Plus it doesn't take long to feel it either. Still pretty remarkably balanced for such a big beer. Cloudy brownish, large foamy head lasts the whole time with full lacing.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Love it! Though the hops were not as noticeable as I maybe expected, but I wasn't sure what to expect. When was it hopped? before barrel aging? There beer was also 8 months old when i tried it (bottled Feb 25, tasted Oct 25). Real nice sour presentation though - doughy and lemony flavors, with mild grain and funk on the nose. The tartness was "right thar". Semi-sweet, light bodied and easy drinking. Funky and fun. Cloudy yeasty yellow car with light short lived head.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Hard to read the date on the can, possibly brewed May 2025, so its 5 months old now. Not bad but I'm not sure if I'm getting a stale element in this. Nose features some dark grains, a very mild vinous element, a tiny hint of chocolate, maybe paper. Flavor is also grainy, fairly balanced, it seems semi-sweet at first but finishes semi-dry. Choc and caramel flavors linger alongside a light earthy and herbaceous bitterness. Maybe some paper in the aftertaste too. On the whole its a pretty drinkable, light to medium bodied, balanced dark lager.