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2 - Maybe (likely wouldn't buy, might drink), Beer Reviews, Prairie Artisan Ales, USA, Wild Ale

Prairie Vape Tricks

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Brewery: Prairie Artisan Ales
Country: USA
ABV: 5.9%
Style: American Wild Ale
Other Notes: Brewed and canned by Krebs Brewing Co., Krebs, Oklahoma

Brewer Description: (from can) Sour ale aged on cherries.

My rating: 2
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.34
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.1

Intro: A 12 fl oz can with no canned on or best before date other than a stamp of ‘VAPE TRICKS#18071’. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark purplish red colour with a big two finger pinkish head that dissipated quickly and left no lacing.
Aroma: A little bit weak, but it’s wheaty, tart, cherries.
Taste: Lightly tart, grainy, cherry, grape juice with hints of band aid.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A bit too one dimensional for me. A rare miss by Prairie.

4 - Good (buy), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Prairie Artisan Ales, USA

Prairie Imaginary Friends

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Brewery: Prairie Artisan Ales
Country: USA
ABV: 7%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes:Brewed and canned by Krebs Brewing Co., Krebs, Oklahoma

Brewer Description: Could not find much info about this beer on their website.

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

Intro: A 12 fl oz can with no canned on or best before date other than a stamp of ‘FRIENDS#22871’. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden straw colour with a just over one finger fluffy white head that had pretty good retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Grapefruit and orange rind, mango, peach, pineapple, grass and pine.
Taste: Orange and grapefruit pith, pineapple, grass, pine, dank, lightly lasting grapefruit bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate prickly carbonation.
Overall: Aroma and taste don’t match, but both are good and refreshing in their own way. Nice and enjoyable.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Pasteur Street Brewing Co., Vietnam

Pasteur Street Jasmine IPA

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Brewery: Pasteur Street Brewing Co.
Country: Vietnam
ABV: 6.5%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes: India Pale Ale with Jasmine

Brewer Description: (from can) This craft beer is a classic American style IPA. Citra hops imbue the taste with a citrus blast and jasmine flowers from Sapa, Việt Nam make for a wonderfully distinct aroma.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.71
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.6

Intro: A 330ml can, canned on 23rd October 2017. Poured into a Moonzen teku glass.
Appearance: A nice clear golden orange colour with a one finger off white head that had decent retention and some lacing.
Aroma: Mango, orange rind, grapefruit, grass, floral and tea.
Taste: Biscuit malt, apricot, orange rind, grapefruit, grass, pine and floral.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: Quite good, especially the aroma.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Evil Twin Brewing, Stout - Imperial, USA

Evil Twin Even More Jesus

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Brewery: Evil Twin Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 12%
Style: American Imperial Stout
Other Notes: Produced and bottled for Evil Twin Brewing at Westbrook Brewing Co., USA.

Brewer Description: (from bottle) A few times in the history of craft beer it has happened that a highly praised beer rises beyond mortal stardom into a higher godly league. Usually the recipe to make such heavenly drops is thick fudge-like body, pitch black color, amazingly overwhelming aromas of chocolate, coffee, dark fruits and muscovado sugar, obviously only made in limited amounts and most crucial of all – it must taste rare!

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.24
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 22 fl. oz. bomber with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a snifter.
Appearance: Deep slick motor oil black with not much head despite an aggressive pour and some sparse spotty lacing.
Aroma: Roasty dark malts, molasses, chocolate, coffee, dark fruits and a hint of char.
Taste: Roasty, chocolate, molasses, caramel and coffee. On the back end, at times there is this light lingering smoked honey glazed bacon flavour. Interesting!
Mouthfeel: Creamy, full bodied with low carbonation.
Overall: A nice sipper for a cool day.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Evil Twin Brewing, Stout - Imperial, USA

Evil Twin Liquid Double Fudge

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Brewery: Evil Twin Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 12%
Style: American Imperial Stout
Other Notes: Brewed at Two Roads Brewing Co., CT, USA

Brewer Description: Could not find any real description about the beer.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.58
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.4

Intro: A 22 fl. oz. bomber with no clear bottled on or best before date other than Batch #02. Poured into a snifter.
Appearance: Black in colour with a half finger brown head that had decent retention and left some spotty lacing.
Aroma: Roasted malts, chocolate, liquorice and some booze.
Taste: Chocolate, liquorice, caramel and booze with a hint of char.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: This was ok cold out of the fridge, but as it warms up a bit, which is when Imperial Stouts usually thrive, it actually became more boozy and perhaps overly harsh. Also, while there is some chocolate in the flavour, it is nowhere near what we are led to believe in the name ‘Liquid Double Fudge’.