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I located a tall boy can at a Total Wine in Albuquerque last week. Nice brewery, a recommended visit at their Railway location in Santa Fe. A Great Heights snifter is ready to catch the pour for this beer. A clear pale yellow in color with a nice and proper head of absolutely white foam. I smell grain, hops and a touch of citrus. The taste is actually quite decent in the style, more depth than expected. Lemons, hay, malt, a good bit of hops and bread. There is a small bitterness and an even smaller hint of sweetness. I will definitely purchase again next time in northern New Mexico.

Tried from Can on 30 Oct 2025 at 22:24

KevinReddirt added a new beer Sloppy Sloth Hazy IPA - Simcoe by Second Street Brewery
3 months ago

KevinReddirt updated a beer: Kolsch brewed by Second Street Brewery
3 months ago

7.4

KevinReddirt (2121) reviewed DKML (2025) from Founders Brewing Co. 3 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

I was happy to learn Founders was re-releasing DKML. The 2017 version was and is the best malt liquor I have tasted. And I do have some experience with the style, a blessing or a liability I am not sure. I found a four pack at a mom-and-pop liquor store in Santa Fe recently and have held off drinking one until I am ready to do a rating. The same taste as the original version? I have no idea what the plan is with the brewer. Meanwhile I have a 12 oz bottle significantly cooled off and ready to go into a glass. Very much your normal beer appearance, I see a clear gold with some red to it in the body and a slender skim of white foam to decreases to a ring around the glass. Plenty of carbonation. I smell grain, bit-of-honey candy and some barrel effect. And now a drink. I believe the taste is similar if not the same as it was several years ago and this is a good thing of course. Grain, bourbon, a candy sweetness, malt, some oak and a small bitterness completing. The mouth feel is quite full, a lot of depth, well done in my opinion. This beer remains the best malt liquor of all time with number 2 way, way behind. Congrats to Founders for bringing this one back and not thinking they had to change it up. I call this a powerful, tasty, fulfilling beer. It was worth the wait.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2025 at 01:13

KevinReddirt added a new beer DKML (2025) by Founders Brewing Co.
3 months ago

7.8

KevinReddirt (2121) reviewed Fat Elvis from Martin House Brewing Company 3 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Martin House in Ft. Worth is an interesting brewery, generates a wide spectrum of beers in many styles and some are world class. Back in the RB days there were a couple of people in the DFW area that generated a lot of reviews on Martin House beers along with myself. They did not come over. So now when I find a new MH beer, I am prepared to be the only one to rate it. Only two other Brewver raters in Texas from what I can determine, maybe three, this is a sad state of affairs. I move along now. 12 oz can found at the only real local beer shop and it was priced quite reasonably. Sometimes you win. A globe glass is waiting for the pour and so I do. I view a really dark brown liquid sporting a thin head of tan foam that quickly departs to just a ring around the glass. I take a sniff and I think it is good and also not so good. Dark chocolate, vanilla, grain and a perplexing metal entry. Rest easy, the taste is significantly better than the nose. Scorched toast, malt, chocolate, marshmallows, a hint of bananas and no bacon to be found anywhere. Considerably sweet but not horribly so. Decent enough, I have had many from the brewery that are better.

Tried from Can on 29 Oct 2025 at 22:45

KevinReddirt updated a beer: Symphonic Chronic - Double Juicy brewed by Deschutes Brewery
3 months ago

6.9

KevinReddirt (2121) reviewed Symphonic Chronic - Double Juicy from Deschutes Brewery 3 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

I have a 19.2 oz can picked up our of the singles cooler at the most visited HEB supermarket in town. Stamp on bottom of can says Pkg on 06/17/25. Honestly, I am more of a West Coast style fan than the juicy but sometimes I get a pleasant surprise. I have a globe glass in place, tab is lifted and the pour is made. The appearance is an amber-orange body finished by a slim but steady skim of pure white foam. The scent covers a lot of territory. Juice, mango perhaps, straw and a small presence of hops. The taste is, well, it is okay. Oranges, guava, hay, white bread and a touch of grapefruit bitterness. I'll finish the can but doubt I will purchase again.

Tried from Can on 29 Oct 2025 at 22:10

gave a cheers!