Consilium
Renegade Brewing Company

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From:
Renegade Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5%
Score:
82
Avg:
3.58 | pDev: 12.57%
Reviews:
17
Ratings:
69
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 06, 2018
Added:
Oct 07, 2014
Wants:
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Gots:
  19
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Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado

3.52/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 oz. Can

Poured into a tulip a pretty nice hazy dark yellow color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger off-white head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, with a nice little citrus complex (orange, tangerine), slight pine. The taste is nice, hoppy, malty, with a nice little citrus complex (orange, tangerine), pine. Medium body, ABV is hidden nicely, with a little dry/bitter finish. Overall, a tasty brew.
Jun 06, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Sevinup07 from Colorado

Mar 06, 2018
 
Rated: 3.4 by ccozzi from Colorado

Aug 01, 2017
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Reviewed by schoolboy from Ohio

3.28/5  rDev -8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
I'm not in a silium mood. Maybe Consilium will help.

It is pretty on pouring, with good foaming action and fairly cloudy. The aroma is weak and faintly odd and funky. The taste is unique. It's mostly dry but not bitter and slightly watery.

This is a well made ale but a disappointing one. Not recommended.
Jul 30, 2017
 
Rated: 4.05 by mpolewan from Ohio

Jul 29, 2017
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

3.93/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce can into pint glass, no can dating. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy medium golden/yellow color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Dense foamy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, light pepper, pine, cracker, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/earthy/pine hops, orange peel, and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, light pepper, pine, cracker, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus rind, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon/orange peel citrus rind, pepper, pine, cracker, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy/pine hops, orange peel, and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, increasing thorough the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/creamy/sticky, and slightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a delicious American pale ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy/pine hops, orange peel, and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Very well balanced and flavorful, with a nice body from the oats/lactose for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Jul 15, 2017
 
Rated: 3.89 by WVbeergeek from West Virginia

Jun 13, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by thinwhiteduke from Illinois

Sep 07, 2016
 
Rated: 4.11 by TonyTwins from Nebraska

Jul 09, 2016
 
Rated: 4.02 by brauseboof from South Carolina

Jul 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.66 by JeffSK from Wisconsin

May 29, 2016
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Reviewed by hoptheology from California

3.84/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a beautiful sunny egg yolk yellow, srm of 7. Head is 2 fingers and settles at 1. Delightful haze and 100% opacity.

Smells like OJ, pulp, and juicy hop.

The flavor is oddly very piney, with the oats making an appearance as well. Some juicy orange peeks out alongside some mineral character, and the lactose makes a brief appearance at the end, with some bread following. Pine primarily accompanies everything and wins out.

Feel is spot on with creaminess and carbonation.

Not a bad pale ale, though i wish more of the oj was incorporated into the flavor.
May 08, 2016
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Reviewed by OrestesMethuon from Montana

3.82/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Really nice, brilliant, sunset-kissed orange hue; mild sedimentary layer, when poured into my Junkyard Brewing tulip. Solid head, but quick dissipating, leaving only a thin cloudy ring around the edges. All-in-all, looks quite nice, given style—and the can is quite sleek, as well.

Aromas are slightly underwhelming, with minimal impression, releasing only faints vectors of orange-peel, hay, and dry honey. Flavors are much more intense, however: nice, grassy bite from the hops assert first, but are followed with pleasingly-smooth layers of candied-orange-peel, frothy cereal sugars—which are nonetheless delicate, never approaching cloying—finished by the ultimate return of some bite. This last flourish shoots a kind of bergamot-and-thyme spiciness that caps the Consilium's arc nicely.

The oats and lactose have obviously had a beneficial smoothing effect on the mouthfeel, sanding down some of the rougher edges of that aforementioned spiciness, permitting a very pillowing finish and restraining the bite to appropriate dimensions. The end result is a beer I enjoyed a lot more than I expected to: a quite fine APA with good, combining refreshing citric and spice elements, balanced malt textures, and both adherence to and variation upon the style.
Apr 16, 2016
 
Rated: 4.11 by carteravebrew from Colorado

Apr 16, 2016
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Reviewed by RockAZ from Arizona

4.48/5  rDev +25.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Odd beer, glad to have tried it. This is not a fruit beer, not an IPA either, so Renegade picked pale ale to style it. Anyway, tangy orange to it with oat sugar sweetness that is subtle. Hops are hiding, but the bitter finish leaves them on the palate.Would like to try this with a more fragrant hop, but that is just me. This will do for a hot day, and I think a lot of people will like it that ordinarily shy away from bold IPA's.
Mar 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.86 by Tlloyd417 from Colorado

Mar 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.72 by mojohawk21 from Missouri

Feb 14, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by InfragilisBrew from Illinois

Feb 06, 2016
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Reviewed by bnachtig from Colorado

2.51/5  rDev -29.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bizarre combination of almost every ingredient you can put in beer. The label is misleading until you read the fine print. English hops really in an American pale ale with orange peel oats and lactose?!

This beer could work. Drop the English hops and use more fruity tropical America hops and lower the bitterness and this would kill.

Good idea but poorly executed.
Jan 23, 2016
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Reviewed by HoppyBastard from Nebraska

3.89/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12 ounce can into a Shaker pint glass, there is no "best by" date that I can find.

APPEARANCE: pours a hazy, burnt-orange color with larger bits of sediment floating about, one-finger off-white head that slowly dissipated until a thin, broken layer of bubbles remained, lighter carbonation, there is significant lacing on the glass.

SMELL: bread, orange citrus, faint to the nose.

TASTE: initially sweet orange citrus and bread then a piney hop blast that lingered in a good way.

PALATE: somewhat creamy, lighter carbonation.

OVERALL: this is a very good pale ale, almost the hop profile of an IPA, really enjoyed the orange citrus, it even looked good in the glass, I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys pale ale or IPA , I would buy this again no problem.
Dec 13, 2015
Consilium from Renegade Brewing Company
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 69 ratings