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  • Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse
    rated 3.5 1 year ago

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

    Surprisingly light nose.... Floral and sour fermented pear. Some baking spice. Clouded copper / Amber body leaves a skim coat but not much lace. Creamy mouth full-bodied perhaps slightly under carbonated. Flavor is basically hefeweizen... Clove maybe some cardamom. Hops are tart perhaps slightly piney. Fairly low on the banana / bubble gum esters. Obviously wheat and in a good way. Drinkable but perhaps a little intense.

  • Clown Shoes Aurora Orangealis
    rated 3.7 1 year ago

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

    Orange peel dominates the nose with lighter floral notes perhaps lavender. And not quite clear deep golden body with some red overtones topped by a decent off-white head with decent retention and not much lace. Mouth has a real nice tingle good carbonation level moderate to full-bodied palate coating. Not particularly complex in the flavor world definitely some orange peel it's sweet for an instant and then goes a bit sour which is somewhat interesting and finishes really quite dry and clean. There is some pine in there. There's a unique flavor towards the end can't quite put my finger on it not sure if I like that unique flavor it's way high in the back of the mouth and maybe it's just a little bit like gym socks.

  • One Man Holiday
    rated 3.4 1 year ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Bread crust and ripe dark fruit in the nose. Dark copper body with low transparency minimal head with very little retention and little if any lace. Mouth is medium body slightly creamy slick and filling. Flavor is biscuit and blackberry syrup with some candy apple quite sweet but with a surprisingly clean finish.

  • Lucha
    rated 3.2 1 year ago

    Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

    Almost no nose. Pale gold body with almost no head no skim coat. Nice mouth meeting bodied slightly slick minimal carbonation but that's okay. Getting to the flavor I've given it minimal score so far which is kind of sad because they're deliberately trying to recreate a Mexican macro and in terms of look and knows they did a good job. Flavor is superior to say Corona or Pacifico. This would pass for a slightly sweetened pils. Easy drinking. Some grass. Some bitter lemon. Quite nice actually.

  • Clown Shoes Reindeer Games
    rated 4.0 1 year ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

    A fairly faint nose. Some biscuit and some floral .... Lavender? Clear medium copper body topped with a thin white head that has good retention and leave some foam if not lace on the sides of the glass. Mouth is slightly creamy and quite clean and nicely carbonated. Alcohol is pretty well masked but slightly warming. A very malty flavor not terribly complex but that's kind of okay. Old fashioned hops which is to say bittering and piney. Finishes with a hint of cotton candy but only just a hint and the finish is lengthy and at the end is a bit floral. This is a goddamn good beer.

  • Toadstool
    rated 4.2 1 year ago

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

    Vinous nose..... Prune cocoa bread orange peel. Deep brown opaque body topped with a nice caramel colored head. Leaves typical nitro skim code on side of the glass. Sick mouth is nicely carbonated somewhat slick and mouthcoating. Flavor quite similar to Murphy's. Chocolatey malt at the forefront, bitter in the middle, with a long finish that is slightly sweet. Notes of espresso throughout and also hints of tangerine. Quite drinkable.

  • St. Bernardus Abt 12
    rated 5.0 1 year ago

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

    Big nose .... raisins, brown sugar, vanilla, oak, whisky. Gentle pour produces a 3-4 finger head that is caramel colored with solid retention and great lace over a deep chocolate brown body that is nearly opaque. Mouth has great tingle with spot on carbonation...... medium bodied and nicely slick. So much going on flavor-wise. Plum, prune, coffee, bitter chocolate, followed by hints of fruit punch, ends with a hint of sour and, although alcohol well masked for 10%, a slight warming. Finish is long and quite clean. Neither sweet nor sour, with a hint of bitterness this is just perfectly balanced! Previous high score for some excellent brews from me is around 4.3 but if this isn't a 5 I don't know what could be. Simply perfection in a glass.

  • Paulaner Oktoberfest
    rated 4.0 1 year ago

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

    Mild toasty, malty nose with carmel/toffee tones, and a bit nutty; smells like dessert! A clear and very deep copper body with a dark beige head of medium size and retention and minimal lacing, it really looks like a beer! The mouthfeel is full and round with minimal carbonation. I can be a hop head but I really do like this flavor. It hits sweet but rapidly goes a bit more bitter then the nose predicts then goes candy sweet. Alcohol is fully masked. Finish is slow to develop but is nicely tart/sour. A brew of medium complexity with excellent balance for its type. And very sessionable.

  • Jack's Abby Copper Legend
    rated 4.0 1 year ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

    Maybe it's me but I'm getting only the faintest nose from this Brew. A hint of malt. What a marzen should look like medium copper body nice frothy head with fantastic retention and really good lace. Nice in the mouth with soft but thorough carbonation. Light malts predominate the flavor some bread some crust some biscuit. Hop level is spot on for type. Hint of sweetness towards the end with a very clean short finish. Just extremely drinkable and another fine effort from Jack's Abby.

  • Canal Street Kolsch
    rated 4.0 1 year ago

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

    Lemon and grass in the nose. Boys almost no head leaves almost no lace lovely light golden body. Nice tingle in the mouth clean medium to light body. Given this a pretty high grade for flavor there's not a lot of flavor there but it's a Kolsch. Tastes a lot like a classic pills there's some grassy field in there perhaps just a hint of lemon rind. Finishes totally clean this is totally crushable and just under 4%. It is what it is and what it is is well done.