KevinReddirt
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
A sizeable 19.2 oz can bought from Half Time. As I begin, with a 9.9% abv, this is a challenging beer, more like a malt liquor. Snifter ready to go, I tilt the can inside. The liquid is surprisingly clear, bright yellow-gold in color, a steady cover of icy white foam and a healthy carbonation. The mango nose is obvious, I cannot detect anything else. The drink is more restrained, certainly all the mango one could want in an IPA, some hops background, white bread and grain. I will say that the sensation is rather full, an extension of the substantial alcohol content I assume. A beer with a lot of presence, will I buy another? Probably not. Will I complete this one? Yes, a challenge but doable I think.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A new brewery in Santa Fe, to me at least. I found a pint can at a Total Wine in Albuquerque in the fall this year, ready to give it a try. My Great Heights tulip glass receives the pour and I promptly smell apricots, grain and a light touch of hops. The color of the brew is sopapilla according to the brewery and there is no disagreement from me. I see a modest skim of absolutely white, very fine bubbles. I have a drink and find the taste to be modest also. Malt, yellow fruit, straw, a small hops bitterness and a likewise small honey sweetness. Decent enough, better than average in the style.
KevinReddirt
added a new beer
Bootlegger Blonde
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Beer Creek Brewing Company
1 month ago
KevinReddirt (2121) reviewed 10 Lords-A-Leaping from The Bruery 2 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Typically I am not enthusiastic about spices in a dark Belgian ale but I look forward to see what The Bruery does with this one. 12.7 oz bottle out of the 2024 edition of 12 Days of Christmas acquired direct from the brewery. The pour is a dark amber-brown body finished by a partial cover of silver-tan foam. A smell gives me plenty of ripe dark fruit, yeast and a touch of spiciness of some kind. I take a drink. Well, this is different but not bad. Dark plums, black raisins, malt and then I am guessing cardamom providing an unusual floral and mint effect to the brew. Curious, not exactly my thing but an appreciated sampling. Tasty in any case.
KevinReddirt (2121) reviewed Nightmare Fuel from Mason Ale Works 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
One more of the IPAs I steadily get from Half Time in NY. In front of me is a 16 can now opened and pouring inside of a SH Belgian glass. The appearance is an opaque, amber-yellow body carrying a skim of fully white foam. I smell tropical and citrus along with a hint of hops. The taste has grapefruit, orange peel, dry crackers and still that small hoppiness. Slightly sweet and bitter both. Decent beer, not shaking anything up. Interesting artwork on the label for sure.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
My 12 oz bottle was acquired from Half Time back in the summer. A Cowtown snifter awaits the pour. Very dark caramel brown with a limited head, promptly disappearing, of parchment brown foam. Oh, but the healthy carbonation. The nose is unique among imperial stouts, scorched coconut, oak barrels and chocolate to a lesser degree. The taste is dominated by coconut, an unusual turn for an adjunct in my experience to be so forward, vanilla, chocolate and booze. If anything I am reminded of a Mounds candy bar from back in the day. The ABV but not the booziness is concealed by all the other activity. A curious and interesting beer, unlike any I have had in recent memory. A true pastry imperial stout.
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Level 7 for IPA - New England / Hazy ticks with a total of 100 ticks of this sub style.
Out Of The Blue Clear Sky from Bow & Arrow Brewing Company was the one that did it!
2 months ago
KevinReddirt has a new country beer tick achievement
Level 25 for United States ticks with a total of 1500 from this country.
Out Of The Blue Clear Sky from Bow & Arrow Brewing Company was the one that did it!
2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
This 16 oz can was found at Total Wine in Albuquerque a few months ago. Bow & Arrow is an interesting brewery, lots of IPAs, some of them rather good. Cowtown tulip glass catches the pour, I determine a hazy pale yellow body topped by a powerful head of snow white foam. The nose is pleasant enough, citrus, tropical fruit and a whiff of hops, nothing extraordinary. But now the taste and I can say it is good. Dried apricots, guava, crackers, malt, plenty of hops and an accompanying bitterness, grain, a touch of pineapple and likewise with grapefruit. Hazy style is not my favorite but this beer is a proper example. And the label reflects the brewery's ownership, nice touch.
KevinReddirt
updated a beer:
Nightmare Fuel
brewed by Mason Ale Works
2 months ago