39 1/2 Foot Pole
Yukon Brewing

39 1/2 Foot Pole39 1/2 Foot Pole
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From:
Yukon Brewing
 
Yukon, Canada
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
6.7%
Score:
82
Avg:
3.49 | pDev: 10.89%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
20
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 30, 2017
Added:
Oct 21, 2013
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by JeanDuteau:
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Reviewed by JeanDuteau from Canada (AB)

3/5  rDev -14%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
A nice looking beer but it lacks any foam or lacing. It smells nice with a sweet smell, presumably from the currants. The taste is very bitter with an underlying sweetness. It would have been better to not have so many hops so that the sweetness could come through better. It does explode in the mouth but it is not a beer that I would have again nor recommend.
Dec 07, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.43 by kelvarnsen from Canada (ON)

Jan 30, 2017
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Reviewed by Dsage604 from Canada (BC)

2.63/5  rDev -24.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Deep blood orange pour; looks promising. Smell is faint. Taste is flat. Very average impact. Hard to believe this weighs in at 6.7%. Novelty, seasonal gift for someone with an appreciation for the Mean One, but not something I'd repeat nor recommend.
Jan 14, 2017
 
Rated: 3.71 by joemcgrath27 from Canada (AB)

Dec 04, 2016
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Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)

3.75/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Another seasonal from Yukon entitled "39 1/2 Foot Pole Black Currant India Pale Ale"

Appearance - Pours an amber with a finger of bubbly white head.

Smell - black currants, bready caramalts, hint of leafy hops.

Taste - Hit right away with ripe black currants followed by the bready caramlts and the leafy hops.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes with a sweetness from the black currants and a light bitterness from the leafy hops.

Overall - An interesting concept by using black currants in the IPA style (if that is what this beer is trying to be). The black currant flavour is well showcased in this brew. The hops could of been a tad more pronounced but still an enjoyable brew.
Dec 08, 2014
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Rated by Mlkluther from Canada (AB)

4/5  rDev +14.6%
What a great surprise in my Advent Beer Calendar! I was expecting to dislike this beer but in the end it was my favourite in the whole calendar.
Nov 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by northof60hops from Canada (YT)

Nov 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.72 by Tivlavrie from Canada (AB)

Oct 20, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Jeff8ham from Canada (AB)

Aug 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Erik-P from Canada (BC)

Dec 13, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by rogerdandy from Canada (AB)

Dec 10, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by JasonLovesBeer from Canada (BC)

Dec 06, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by Yanka from Canada (BC)

Dec 05, 2013
 
Rated: 4.03 by ZachT from Canada (BC)

Dec 05, 2013
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.56/5  rDev +2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
341ml bottle, day 4 of the 2013 Craft Beer Advent Calendar. Nice reference in the name and on the label to 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch', from one of the few holiday tropes that I don't mind seeing dragged out each and every year. Oh, the beer - it's a Black Currant Ale, apparently.

This beer pours a clear, pale purple-tinted medium golden amber hue, with two fingers of puffy, densely foamy, and slightly creamy off-white head, which leaves some decent avalanche face lace around the glass as it evenly subsides.

It smells of semi-sweet, fruity, and sort of wine-like black currants, bready caramel malt, mild orange and lemon citrus notes, and further musty, leafy hops. The taste is more dark currant and grape juice fruitiness, soft crackery caramel malt, a twinge of citrus, a subtle metallic booziness, and weirdly bitter floral, somewhat soapy hops.

The carbonation is light, but peppy enough to carry on through the fruitiness, the body a sturdy enough medium weight, more than a tad clammy, and not particularly smooth. It finishes off-dry, the malt and waning pithy black fruit still not given free rein by the vegetal bitterness of the hops.

A nice idea - but what black currants have to do with the Grinch (maybe he was a fan of mince pies?), I don't really know. The follow-through is a bit wanting, however, the fruit a bit, well, old seeming, yet the bitterness of the hops, while not my preferred kind, persists. Might be good to give this another go with a fresher sample next time.
Dec 05, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Westvleteren12 from Canada ()

Dec 04, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by schopenhauerale from Arizona

Nov 19, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by smekermann from Canada (BC)

Oct 26, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by KStark from Canada (BC)

Oct 24, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Kmat10 from Canada (AB)

Oct 21, 2013
39 1/2 Foot Pole from Yukon Brewing
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 20 ratings