Category Archives: 4 – Good (buy)

4 - Good (buy), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Bellwoods Brewery, Canada

Bellwoods Runes Simcoe & Mosaic

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Brewery: Bellwoods Brewery
Country: Canada
ABV: 6.7%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes: DDH IPA w/ Simcoe & Mosaic Lupulin Powder

Brewer Description: (from website & menu) A pale malt bill with a healthy addition of oats, this beer received a massive dry hop addition of Mosaic and Simcoe lupulin powder. A proprietary hop product, lupulin powder is a concentrated hop powder that contains all he acids and oils from a hop cone that you want without the excess vegetal matter that you don’t. Strong aromas and flavours of blueberry, Mandarin orange and peaches lead into a soft, round mouthfeel with a pleasantly dry finish.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.41
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.3

Intro: On tap at Bellwoods Brewery, Toronto, a 16oz pour into a goblet glass.
Appearance: It was a hazy yellow orange colour (like pineapple juice) with a thin white head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Tropical mango, peach, yoghurt-y with hints of mandarin orange on the finish.
Taste: Juicy mango, peach, apricot and mandarin. Only lightly bitter.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: Very nice, juicy and so easy to drink.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Omnipollo, Stout - Imperial, Sweden

Omnipollo Noa Pecan Mud Cake Double Barrel

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Brewery: Omnipollo
Country: Sweden
ABV: 11%
Style: American Imperial Stout
Other Notes: Brewed by Omnipollo at Brouwerij De Molen in the Netherlands

Brewer Description: (from website) The pinnacle of our first run barrel project. An Islay and Cognac Barrel Aged Pecan Mudcake Imperial Stout. Brewed with aromas.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.23
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 330ml bottle with a best before date of 7th July 2020. Poured into a snifter.
Appearance: It was black in colour with a half finger mocha head that dissipates quickly while leaving some sparse lacing.
Aroma: Chocolate, pecan, caramel and whisky with hints of vanilla and cognac.
Taste: Sweet milk chocolate with a nice pecan nuttiness. There are also hints of oak, cognac and peat.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: This particular bottle was nice and tasty, but I don’t think that the barrels improved the base beer. It should be noted that this beer has had it’s share of infection. This is my third bottle now, of which I’ve had two good and one infected. The infected bottle clearly tasted sour and was just not pleasant to drink. You will know if you have an infected bottle, so I guess it’s a bit of the luck of the draw at this point.

4 - Good (buy), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Pipeworks Brewing Company, USA

Pipeworks Mango Guppy

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Brewery: Pipeworks Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 4.6%
Style: American IPA

Brewer Description: (from can) Session IPA brewed with mango and honey.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.28
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 17th April 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A slightly hazy golden orange colour with a two finger white head that had decent retention and left some lacing.
Aroma: Mango, honey and some nice citrus rind, pine and mandarin to balance.
Taste: Tropical mango sweetness with some bitter mandarin peel and rind, pine, plus maybe a hint of honey, but not much.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: It’s a very tasty and enjoyable Session IPA. Easy to drink and extremely crushable on a hot summer day.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Denmark, German Berliner Weisse, Mikkeller ApS

Mikkeller Hallo Ich Bin Berliner Weisse Raspberry

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Brewery: Mikkeller ApS
Country: Denmark
ABV: 3.7%
Style: German Berliner Weisse
Other Notes: Brewed & canned by Mikkeller at De Proef Brouwerij

Brewer Description: (from can) Berliner-style Weisse beer brewed with raspberries.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.22
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 500ml can with a best before date of 1st March 2018. Poured into a stemmed Mikkeller tasting glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy light ruby cherry red colour with a just over one finger light pinkish colour head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Wheaty, sweet candy raspberry with a hint of tartness.
Taste: Tart-ish, lightly sour lemon and sweet candy jammy raspberry.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: A very nice and refreshing beer especially for the summer. A good raspberry Berliner.

4 - Good (buy), American IPA, Beer Reviews, O/O Brewing AB, Sweden

O/O Narangi

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Brewery: O/O Brewing AB
Country: Sweden
ABV: 6.8%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes: Brewed by O/O Brewing at Stigbergets Bryggeri in Gothenburg, Sweden. Pronunciation guide: O/O Brewing = Oh! Oh! Brewing

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Our Narangi is an IPA brewed without any fruit. Only pure hop juice. Made primarily with Mosaic with support from Citra and Columbus.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.16
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 330ml bottle with a best before date of 3rd November 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy murky straw yellow colour with a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly but left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Juicy tropical but unripe mango and papaya with citrusy orange rind and lemon with maybe a hint of grapefruit.
Taste: Bitter orange rind and grapefruit to begin, followed by breadiness, mandarin, pineapple and mango.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to light carbonation.
Overall: A balanced and enjoyable IPA that is easy to drink.