I DON’T WANNA LOOSE HEART!!!!!!!!!!’
FREEEEEEEEEEEEDOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
So rate to get a smokey thing with a refreshing base. Hits the spot.
Tastes like a fairly refreshing lager infused with the smoke from over done sausages.
Flavorful and yet somehow insipid at the same time, like a watery macro version of a malty northwest amber ale.
Boozy and sweet, lots of vanilla and oak. A significant hoppiness comes in at the end. Still maintains a light mouthfeel. Pretty good!
Malty, metallic, hay, tingly on the tongue. I like it because it tastes slightly electric.
Sweet, vanilla, coffee, a little prickly. A very milk stout milk stout… I suspect would be better off the vanilla was slightly toned down. Should appeal if you’re in a dessert mood.
Sweet, chocolate, hints of cinnamon. The chili is very subtle but there’s a very woody bitterness on the finish that’s a little less than awesome in the overall flavor profile.
A mellow, lightly sweet + roast stout. Very pleasant to drink... although I kind of almost wanted something more prickly given the name!
I'm a little congested from allergies today so I didn't really get the whiff of lime that I'm told is there. Without being told what the fruit was I actually got a lot of tart apple in the flavor, along with some sweet cereal. Maybe it's just lime, but I really enjoyed this.
A brackish, rich blonde ale that’s a little dark in flavor. Dry, uric, which... It was sunny and warm out, I think I wanted something more refreshing?
Pretty tasty, mellow (especially for an IPA from this brewery). The flavor gets a little more pungent through the glass but it's very drinkable.
Black Raven La Mort Rouge (unknown release)
Comparing this directly to La Petit Mort, this is at once sharper and fruitier, with the caramel (and tannins) coming later. Whatever was lacking in the wine front before is back.
Citrus/grapefruit, cloudy, but with a super-mild follow-through. Stays juicy rather than transitioning to cereal. Coats the tongue.
A clean rice lager, fragrant, clear, with a little sharpness up front. Fruitier than typical - apple? pineapple? Slightly tart finish.
Very sour. There's a decent guava flavor and it ends with a bit of sweet cereal but it's too sour for me to really enjoy. Compare to Lokahi's, which I really enjoyed.
Maibock-type, sweet and brackish with alcohol poking through. The most cereal out of the three lagers, but it's still subtle.
More strawberry and less mango, but still quite sour. I like the fruit forward stuff here, but I did prefer the guava.
Recognizably guava, quite tart, but really quite appealing. I had a second!
Still a bit salt-forward although some of that might be residual from the Pickled Mango. Otherwise this is a nice clean sour, even if it’s got the kind of nondescript fruitiness of dragonfruit.
Yup. Nope. See my comments on the Ice Cake; still no love of Li Hing, and the mango is definitely evoking something familiar even if it’s something I don’t like. The saltiness sits on the tongue.
Nutty and strawberry, lightly tart and creamy, but I don’t necessarily feel the chocolate here, nor anything especially pistachio.
Caramel, plum, hops. A little prickly, a little raw.
Part pale, part strawberry syrup. Not in a cloying way. This probably shouldn’t work, but I quite liked it (maybe because women rock)
Juicy, opaque, dry up front but with a very nice mango/citrus flavor and a sweet cereal finish.
Feels similar to my previous description except… I didn’t really like it this time. Feels very sour, a little funkier than I’m comfortable with; I’d call the flavor off.
Prickly, dry, coffee. Lightly acidic. Bitter backbone but finishes clean. I liked this!
Brackish, super dry. You’d be forgiven for calling this almost tart. Finishes on some mild cereal, which is nice.
Hoppy, dry, high alpha bitterness. A callback to hop bombs of 20 years ago.
It’s not bad but if you’re going to advertise mango, coconut, mochi, you’re going to have to deliver on that. Instead you have a mellow but otherwise unremarkable tropical IPA.
Caramel, malty, pine, jalapeño, bitter, drying, lightly spicy. Waikiki took over the old Aloha Beer location.
Vague stone fruit, perhaps a bit of nuttiness, a little sour, a little funky, but not too much in either direction.
