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Boxer Bubbly
Minhas Craft Brewery
- From:
- Minhas Craft Brewery
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Bière de Champagne / Bière Brut
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 2.71 | pDev: 6.27%
- Reviews:
- 3
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 30, 2016
- Added:
- Apr 13, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by TMoney2591 from Illinois
2.82/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.82/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Served from the can in an Ohio State shaker pint glass.
Another round of catsitting for friends, another liquor store run for random beers, and, boy howdy, we've got one here! The can has a few stickers on it, redacting certain information: I can't peel off the biggest on, on which is printed the Surgeon General's warning and whatnot, but the smaller ones cover up the words "Flavoured Strong Beer". Apparently, this stuff was mostly Canada-exclusive. Okay. It pours a clear, well, clear: Usually it's a clear straw or a clear something, but this is very reminiscent of Crystal Pepsi, complete with initial visual shock. On closer inspection, there is a very subtle yellow-iish hue, but it mostly just makes my glass look like I haven't cleaned it in a while (not the case, this is fresh from the wash). No real head present, just an ephemeral tonsure that vanishes without a word. Rude. The nose comprises plastic raspberry, backed by a general sweetness not unlike corn syrup. The taste is relatively similar, the berry flavor a touch tarter, drier than before, and the overall background sweetness less prevalent than expected. The body is fairly light, with a moderate carbonation and a pretty dry, effervescent finish. Overall, this is a bit of an oddity for me, what with the completely clear and colorless appearance and vaguely fruity flavor. I'm not fond of it in any particular way, but it doesn't really offend, either. I would tell you to pass unless curiosity controls you as much as it does me.
Oct 30, 2016Another round of catsitting for friends, another liquor store run for random beers, and, boy howdy, we've got one here! The can has a few stickers on it, redacting certain information: I can't peel off the biggest on, on which is printed the Surgeon General's warning and whatnot, but the smaller ones cover up the words "Flavoured Strong Beer". Apparently, this stuff was mostly Canada-exclusive. Okay. It pours a clear, well, clear: Usually it's a clear straw or a clear something, but this is very reminiscent of Crystal Pepsi, complete with initial visual shock. On closer inspection, there is a very subtle yellow-iish hue, but it mostly just makes my glass look like I haven't cleaned it in a while (not the case, this is fresh from the wash). No real head present, just an ephemeral tonsure that vanishes without a word. Rude. The nose comprises plastic raspberry, backed by a general sweetness not unlike corn syrup. The taste is relatively similar, the berry flavor a touch tarter, drier than before, and the overall background sweetness less prevalent than expected. The body is fairly light, with a moderate carbonation and a pretty dry, effervescent finish. Overall, this is a bit of an oddity for me, what with the completely clear and colorless appearance and vaguely fruity flavor. I'm not fond of it in any particular way, but it doesn't really offend, either. I would tell you to pass unless curiosity controls you as much as it does me.
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Reviewed by GoBearsWalter34 from Illinois
2.84/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 2.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
2.84/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 2.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Looks like seltzer water. Smells like candy. Actually tastes like a sweet champagne. Alcohol comes through in end. Actually quite refreshing. Would be a great sipper or shooter between multiple beer nights. I'm thinking the lady's would like this one, increasing the likely hood of a good night for me. Actually a good move by Minhas. Could infuse fruit.
Jun 06, 2015Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
2.47/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
2.47/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
710ml can, available only in Canada, huzzah! Cue the champale wishes and pork rind dreams jokes. Don't laugh at the category, though, each to their own.
This beer pours a sort of white or silver-tinged mineral water colour, with three fingers of super-fizzy dirty white head, which leaves zero lace as it races out of sight before my eyes.
It smells of sugar-free, fruity chewing gum, diluted apple juice, sickly, neutered pale malt, and poor decisions. The taste is more of the same - musty apple juice, not-quite chewed-out berrylicious bubble gum, a wan underlying grainy sweetness, and just a soupcon of earthy, and not at all disgusting yeastiness - huh.
The carbonation is quite effervescent throughout, providing an active swirling fizziness, the body starting to show some chinks in the armour, as a solid medium weight belies a certain clammy pithiness. It finishes sweet, sure, and somewhat fruity, but plain as can be, which, as you know, makes me die a different way inside, as far as these guys are concerned.
Scoring this one was tough, because I had to keep yoyoing between being on the lookout for yer typical Minhas skanky notes, and treating this as the style it purports to be. Turns out that it falls more into the latter than the former, and I couldn't be more, um, apathetic. Good for them, they have a brew that might give Baby Duck a run for its rupees, and with a packaging format great for the beach, camping, and of course, drinking in the shower - preferably in the morning.
Apr 13, 2015This beer pours a sort of white or silver-tinged mineral water colour, with three fingers of super-fizzy dirty white head, which leaves zero lace as it races out of sight before my eyes.
It smells of sugar-free, fruity chewing gum, diluted apple juice, sickly, neutered pale malt, and poor decisions. The taste is more of the same - musty apple juice, not-quite chewed-out berrylicious bubble gum, a wan underlying grainy sweetness, and just a soupcon of earthy, and not at all disgusting yeastiness - huh.
The carbonation is quite effervescent throughout, providing an active swirling fizziness, the body starting to show some chinks in the armour, as a solid medium weight belies a certain clammy pithiness. It finishes sweet, sure, and somewhat fruity, but plain as can be, which, as you know, makes me die a different way inside, as far as these guys are concerned.
Scoring this one was tough, because I had to keep yoyoing between being on the lookout for yer typical Minhas skanky notes, and treating this as the style it purports to be. Turns out that it falls more into the latter than the former, and I couldn't be more, um, apathetic. Good for them, they have a brew that might give Baby Duck a run for its rupees, and with a packaging format great for the beach, camping, and of course, drinking in the shower - preferably in the morning.
Boxer Bubbly from Minhas Craft Brewery
Beer rating:
2.71 out of
5 with
3 ratings
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