Ace In The Hole
Bad Beat Brewing

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From:
Bad Beat Brewing
 
Nevada, United States
Style:
Herb and Spice Beer
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.66 | pDev: 10.93%
Reviews:
1
Ratings:
11
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 07, 2016
Added:
Aug 13, 2014
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by Jasonrm72:
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Rated by Jasonrm72 from Colorado

4/5  rDev +9.3%

Aug 15, 2014
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Rated: 3.65 by Nightmare1972 from Maryland

Jun 07, 2016
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Reviewed by OrestesMethuon from Montana

3.31/5  rDev -9.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
A bit cloying, honestly. It pours nice—bright, amber-inflected golden color; some bubble-and-streak; smooth, fine-grain pillow of milk-froth white atop the pour—but the nose gives rise to pauses that are answered by confirmed suspicions. There is a strong basil-buoyant component to the bouquet, but it's weighed down by a syrupy-sugary aroma that ends up being this beer's albatross; it smells saccharine-sticky (as opposed to lupuline-sticky), and that's a sad harbinger for the blunt cudgel of its flavor-profile.

Indeed, perhaps Bad Beat thought they'd use the malting to "balance" the basil—in the way that some big IPAs end up being more heavy-handed with their malts than, ultimately, their hops—instead of letting that herb impart freshness, crispness, and herbaceous bite. What could have been a nice supplement to the hop-load instead—partnered with all that weighty, light-brown-sugary malt—effects a candied-basil valence, but not in a good way (like you want). Instead it's lumbering, reckless sweetness—with almost nothing either bitter, floral, citric to cut it—and even the herbaceousness seems less fragrant, cutting, and savory, and more vegetal, flat, and excessively rotund.

All in all, it's drinkable. I loved the idea—and think a "Pale Ale Brewed with Fresh Local Basil" could very well be made very good—but I question the execution here.
Jun 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4.03 by k3ve from Switzerland

Jan 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.43 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Oct 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.66 by WillieThreebiers from Connecticut

Jul 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.12 by JefferyLaGrow from Michigan

Apr 13, 2015
 
Rated: 4.35 by BrewTasting from Nevada

Nov 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by MonkeyBread from Nevada

Sep 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by ralphw56 from Nevada

Sep 10, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by GRG1313 from California

Sep 07, 2014
Ace In The Hole from Bad Beat Brewing
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 11 ratings