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Chaotic Insecure Delusions
2nd Shift Brewing
- From:
- 2nd Shift Brewing
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Saison
- ABV:
- 7.4%
- Score:
- 95
- Avg:
- 4.3 | pDev: 6.51%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 12, 2020
- Added:
- Jul 11, 2014
- Wants:
- 14
- Gots:
- 21
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Ratings by SocalKicks:
Rated by SocalKicks from California
3.75/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Oct 28, 2015
3.75/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Oct 28, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri
4.41/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a golden-copper with a hint of fogginess to the transparency. Head is a finger of white foam, even from this well aged bottle (see below for dates). Aroma is cellar stone, dark fruits, grassy, lemony hops, clove and oak. It's smooth and well refined, with a little lactic sourness cutting over the top, but not enough to disrupt balance. Flavor profile is cellar stone, lemon zest, grassy hops, grapefruit, cracked black pepper, papaya, and bready, earthy malts. Balance is sublime, touring it's way from lightly sweet to lightly sour in one fluid motion. Mouth feel is medium in thickness with a light crispness. While it starts moderately effervescent, the beer expands and folds out on the tongue, developing a much bubblier finish. Overall, balance is just fantastic with lovely playful notes of grapefruit and zesty lemon and grass. It's held up exceptionally well.
Served in a 15.5oz Speigalau tulip from a 750mL bottle. Brewed & barreled May 2015, packaged January 2016, consumed April 2020. Bottle conditioned.
Apr 12, 2020Served in a 15.5oz Speigalau tulip from a 750mL bottle. Brewed & barreled May 2015, packaged January 2016, consumed April 2020. Bottle conditioned.
Reviewed by TH28 from Florida
3.85/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
750ml bottle. Bottled July 2014 (29 mths old). Appearance: Light golden, hazy, with minimal foam head that dissappeared immediately. Aroma: Lemon rind most noticeable, with a perceptible acidity. Light brett barnyard funkiness. Taste: Light maltiness, a moderately strong lemon and grapefruit juice acidity, low bitterness. Brett character is fruity, not funky. Mouthfeel: Light bodied with a low carbonation. Finish: Leaves a tart lingering lemony citrus flavor and acidity. Overall: A nice wild ale that has more of a citrus and sour character than a funky brett note. A tad undercarbonated, but is overall bright and refreshing
Nov 27, 2016Reviewed by bnes09 from Illinois
3.85/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Light yellow and transparent. Minimal to no head. Nice citrus and white wine aroma. Mild acidic lemon flavor, minimal funk. Light, dry body with plenty of bubbles. I feel this beer would be a better berlinerweisse than a saison. Not bad, just lacking complexity and body in my opinion.
Nov 07, 2016Reviewed by 4DAloveofSTOUT from Illinois
4.55/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.55/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
750ml bottle sealed with orange pressure cap.
batch 3; bottled January 2016.
poured into Jester King wine stem.
Appearance: Straw yellow body with thin cap of bone white head.
Smell: Lemon and citrus mix with white wine. Light funk and moderate oak barrel.
Taste: Moderate tartness. Lemon and stone fruits. Nice white wine character. Minimal funk, but its there. Moderate oak as well. So very similar to the nose.
Mouthfeel: light body with low moderate carbonation. Refreshing and bright; crisp and clean. Semi dry finish. Such a light bodied beer for being 7.4% abv.
Overall: This is a fantastic barrel aged saison. Easily the best beer that I have drank from 2nd shift brewing. This beer would be a whale if it was brewed by Hill Farmstead , Side Projects, Casey, or Saint Adarius. For perspective, I think that Chaotic Insecure Delusions is hands down a much better beer than HIll Farmstead Flora. I used Flora as the example because both beers are saisons aged in white wine barrels with microflora (brett); therefore it is a legit comparison on the premise of similarity. An extremely well executed beer by 2nd Shift.
Jun 30, 2016batch 3; bottled January 2016.
poured into Jester King wine stem.
Appearance: Straw yellow body with thin cap of bone white head.
Smell: Lemon and citrus mix with white wine. Light funk and moderate oak barrel.
Taste: Moderate tartness. Lemon and stone fruits. Nice white wine character. Minimal funk, but its there. Moderate oak as well. So very similar to the nose.
Mouthfeel: light body with low moderate carbonation. Refreshing and bright; crisp and clean. Semi dry finish. Such a light bodied beer for being 7.4% abv.
Overall: This is a fantastic barrel aged saison. Easily the best beer that I have drank from 2nd shift brewing. This beer would be a whale if it was brewed by Hill Farmstead , Side Projects, Casey, or Saint Adarius. For perspective, I think that Chaotic Insecure Delusions is hands down a much better beer than HIll Farmstead Flora. I used Flora as the example because both beers are saisons aged in white wine barrels with microflora (brett); therefore it is a legit comparison on the premise of similarity. An extremely well executed beer by 2nd Shift.
Reviewed by bennyman12 from Missouri
4.49/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Crider rules!
The guy is a wild man. His brewing has always been more about cocksurity than consistency. When they're good, though, they're very good.
The first time I had chaotic insecure delusions, it was still ropey even though they had bottled it in released it. Loving their lager!?!, technical ecstacy, a Few months ago, I decided to embrace the chaos again.
Much better experience from the get-go. Slightest cloudiness. Straw color. Lemon tartness on the nose joined by coriander and a nice interplay of Marco, Brett and Pedio nuances through the drink. Would have liked a little more carb. Something like an imperial bier du pays or transient pentameter. Great stuff!
Jun 30, 2016The guy is a wild man. His brewing has always been more about cocksurity than consistency. When they're good, though, they're very good.
The first time I had chaotic insecure delusions, it was still ropey even though they had bottled it in released it. Loving their lager!?!, technical ecstacy, a Few months ago, I decided to embrace the chaos again.
Much better experience from the get-go. Slightest cloudiness. Straw color. Lemon tartness on the nose joined by coriander and a nice interplay of Marco, Brett and Pedio nuances through the drink. Would have liked a little more carb. Something like an imperial bier du pays or transient pentameter. Great stuff!
Chaotic Insecure Delusions from 2nd Shift Brewing
Beer rating:
95 out of
100 with
89 ratings
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