Category Archives: 3 – Indifferent (might buy, probably drink)

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Epic Brewing Company, International Pale Lager, USA

Epic Los Locos

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Brewery: Epic Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 4.8%
Style: International Pale Lager
Other Notes: Mexican-style Lager, lager with lime and sea salt added

Brewer Description: (from can) Take the beach with you anytime, anywhere, and skip the LIMES. We’ve already done the work for you. A squeeze of natural lime juice and a touch of sea salt make this Mexican-Style Lager bright, a little tart, and perfectly refreshing.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.49
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.4

Intro: A 12 fl. oz. can with no canned on or best before date. The only thing I see is on the bottom of the can “5507, up in smoke”. Poured into an Epic pint glass.
Appearance: A very lightly hazy, golden straw pale yellow colour with a just less than one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Sweet malt, corn and a dash of lime.
Taste: Lightly tart, sweet malts, lime, corn and a hint of salt.
Mouthfeel: Crisp, light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Light and easy to drink. Another good hot summer thirst quencher.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Hong Kong, International Pale Lager, Moonzen Brewery

Moonzen South Cloud Lager

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Brewery: Moonzen Brewery
Country: Hong Kong
ABV: 4.5%
Style: International Pale Lager
Other Notes: Brewed with Yunnan Raw Pu’er tea

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Be blown away with this refreshingly crisp brisk lager brewed with southern hops and Yunnan Raw Pu’er tea. Be overflowed by its fragrance and soar like an immortal.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.85
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.6

Intro: A 330ml bottle, with a best before date of 27th March 2019. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden pale straw yellow colour with a just over one finger white head that had decent retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Grainy, floral, lemon, grass, pear and tea leaves.
Taste: Grainy, grass, lemon, Chinese tea leaves, with hints of floral and wood here and there.
Mouthfeel: Crisp, light bodied and highly carbonated.
Overall: Nice drinking for a hot summer day. Light and crisp, maybe a tad bit too carbonated, but easy flavours to quench thirst.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, Denmark, To Øl

To Øl Dangerously Close To New England

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Brewery: To Øl
Country: Denmark
ABV: 8%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: Brewed & canned by To Øl at De Proef Brouwerij, Belgium

Brewer Description: (from can) A new addition to our stupid hop adventure series; a modern east coast IIPA – fruity, floral & juicy, just the way we like it

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.63
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.5

Intro: A 330ml can, with a best before date of 25th January 2019. Poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden dark orange colour with a two finger white head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Underripe mango, pineapple, orange peel, grapefruit, pine and grass.
Taste: Sweet, mango, fuzzy peach, pineapple, bitter, orange, grapefruit peel and rind, and lime with a touch of grass.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium bodied and moderate carbonation.
Overall: A decent DIPA.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, Denmark, To Øl

To Øl Dangerously Close To Stupid Amount Of Peach

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Brewery: To Øl
Country: Denmark
ABV: 9.3%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: Imperial India Pale Ale brewed with peach. Brewed & canned by To Øl at De Proef Brouwerij, Belgium

Brewer Description: (from can) A new addition to our stupid hop adventure series; an Imperial IPA brewed with a close to stupid amount of peach.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.44
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.3

Intro: A 500ml can, with a best before date of 14th December 2018. Poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy golden orange colour with a big three finger cream head that had pretty good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Peach, herbal, lemon peel and some pepper.
Taste: Peach, peach juice, lemon peel, lime and alcohol.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: Aroma didn’t really have enough peach considering its name, and while there was nice peach in the taste, the booziness was quite apparent, and a little overpowering.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), 8 Wired Brewing Co., American IPA, Beer Reviews, New Zealand

8 Wired Superdank IPA

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Brewery: 8 Wired Brewing Co.
Country: New Zealand
ABV: 6.2%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes: Dank hop IPA

Brewer Description: (from bottle) American style IPA, brewed with the Dankest super hops we can find. Very aromatic – pungent, sweaty, grassy, and sticky. Massive grapefruit and zesty orange peel bitterness flavours cut through the hysteria to save the day.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.56
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.4

Intro: A 330ml bottle with a best before date of 6th March 2019. Poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass.
Appearance: It was a lightly hazy golden orange colour with a big four finger off white head that had good retention and left lots of lacing.
Aroma: Guava, honeydew melon, pine, grapefruit zest, pith and flesh plus some grassiness.
Taste: Guava, pine, melon, grapefruit and orange with hints of pine, grass, herbal, floral and funky notes.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: Carbonation was a bit too low for my liking, and the herbal, floral and funky flavours weren’t my favourite, but still a drinkable IPA.