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  • Clown Shoes Burnt Caramel
    rated 3.6 1 year ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Nose of toasted grain, cookie dough, raisins, brown sugar. Very deep copper body is quite clear with a tan head that leaves a skim coat and no lace. Strong tingle and a fairly creamy mouth medium bodied. Flavor reminds me a lot of Lagunitas Brown Shugga. Starts with dark fruit overripe, then a big hit of sweet cotton candy followed quickly find a hint of bitterness and ends up fairly dry. I touched too sweet overall but not a bad brew.

  • Zywiec
    rated 1.8 1 year ago

    Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

    Pale in color and flavor this euroPale is so so. Not much nose, a bit of malt. Decent head over moderate amber body, no lacing to speak of. Mouthfeel is medium. Pale skunk balanced by a dribble of hops and corn.

  • Clown Shoes Swagger
    rated 3.9 1 year ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

    Rye and floral hops in the nose it's a really nice noise. Dark copper clear body topped with an off-white head with decent retention and good lace. Full body then slightly creamy on the mouth with decent carbonation. Flavor is straightforward one-dimensional but tasty definitely quaffable. Super clean finish. Starts a little bit sweet the malt kicks in finishes just a hair bitter and drying.

  • Armada Brewing Mermaid Cove
    rated 4.2 1 year ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

    On draft at the local. Long-lasting nose. I think there's some weed in there definitely tropical notes pineapple guava Clementine. Decent head medium retention leaves a skim coat pretty good sudsy lace. Mouth is just a hair creamy great tingle.... carbonation spot on it's a bit slick and a bit drying. I'm totally digging the flavor on this and it reminds me a bit of Bell's Two Hearted but hazy. There's just a hint of sweet tart maybe a little touch of sour pineapple at the end some nice high orange-colored citrus notes in the middle. Really well balanced. Astringency right near the end that goes away fast leaving a really clean slightly sour aftertaste. I'll have another please. They also have a really fun website maybe the best website I've seen for a Brewer so far except they could give us a little more information on the actual recipes.

  • Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

    Well they kicked it up to 8% but the rest of this review is still pretty accurate 8 years later.Moderate nose of pine and orange, fairly standard. Medium amber body topped by nice white head with goo lace. Mouth is medium, nothing special. As the brewer says, not much malt, lots of hops., kinda lacking in flavor but strongly unflavored bitterness. Fairly neutral in taste, not much flavoring hops, not citrus or floral in flavor. A bit buttery for an IPA. Finish is super dry and slightly medicinal. this brewery is close to making good beers (I've had their Saison) but they just miss. need to work the recipe and get serious. At 7.2 "Double IPA is a bit of a stretch, alcohol present but mild.

  • Victory Sour Monkey
    rated 3.6 1 year ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

    Nice nose, sweet tarts! Floral...no malt. Clear medium gold body topped with a white head that quickly leaves a skim coat and a touch of sudsy lace. mouth is thin and VERY tingly. Flavor is again all Sweet Tarts! Alcohol totally masked which is a bit scary. No complexity...this is a one note brew. Would be a 6 but kicking it up for masking that very high abv.

  • Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Huge nose leaps out of the can. Pineapple, orange, and tropical fruit along with a serious dankness and some wildflower honey. Pale apricot colored body fully hazed topped with a white frothy head with moderate retention and decent lace. Mouth is slightly thin, just a bit slick, and carbonation is minimal but adequate. Flavor has some sour perhaps some sticky terpenes with some astringency towards the end that I associate with a lot of Kent falls IPAs. A little grass and perhaps a touch of barnyard funk in the taste I find myself wondering about the yeast.

  • Royal Standard Wee Heavy Ale
    rated 2.8 1 year ago

    Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Remarkably undetectable nose. Hazy copper body with a head that disappears almost instantly and leaves no lace no skim coat. Mouth is thin the decent tingle perhaps slightly under carbonated. Flavor is sweetish moderately toasted malt. Alcohol will masked, not complex, it's actually pretty tasty.

  • Cosmic Waffle
    rated 4.0 1 year ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

    Big old barnyard funk in the nose Belgium all the way Plus cloves plus cardamom they're calling this a Belgian IPA but it's really a Hefe. Slightly hazed amber body with fantastic lace and a good head and it leaves a great skim coat with retention. Mouth is creamy carbonation is good. I don't know how to score the flavor.... I'm in a tastes like I said someone or a heffe so what the hell is a Belgian style IPA supposed to taste like? If this was a hefe or SSO and I'd probably give it an 8 on flavor so what the hell I'll give it an 8.

  • Maine Mean Old Tom
    rated 4.4 1 year ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

    Gentle nose of coffee chocolate and vanilla slightly burnt. Poison opaque almost black body with slightly warm brown overtones and a beige head with good retention and little lace. Pretty sick mouse creamy and foamy but in a good way. Damn this tastes good! Fairly complex and with a long finish. Hits with chocolate coffee combination some vanilla bean playing in the middle along with deeply roasted malts. Perfectly bittered great balance The vanilla bean almost plays as lactose really dry clean finish one of the best stouts I've ever had. (Amazing grain bill: Maris Otter Pale, Chocolate, Caramel 40L, Roasted Barley, Midnight Wheat, Caramel 80L, Flaked Oats.