Bean Flicker | Odd Side Ales
Brewed by:
Odd Side Ales
Michigan, United States
oddsideales.com
Style: American Blonde Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.50%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
A light coffee note with gentle grains.
Added by TheBrewo on 08-02-2013
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Ratings: 447 | Reviews: 74
3.33/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
2.3/5 rDev -39.6%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
1.91/5 rDev -49.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1
It’s questionable beer night! Where we pull beers outta the fridge that just…don’t sound right. Maybe we’re wrong. Here’s our first entry, wearing a 12 oz. can.
The pour is a disconcerting pale blonde with plenty of micro-floaties. Smells like coffee with a ton of faux-milk additive & touch of chocolate.
Bean Flicker, unfortunately, is a weird as it sounds. The coffee comes out as twisted up in the malt & hops. A graininess, like eating a breakfast bar, brings a jarring mouthfeel, continuing creating an odd mishmash of texture & tastes. The aftertaste is what does it for me – I want to scrub my tongue with a Brillo pad. EEeeck. Four sips & done.
What starts out as interesting morphs into licking the fur of a rapid skunk in the aftertaste. Bad beer.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1
It’s questionable beer night! Where we pull beers outta the fridge that just…don’t sound right. Maybe we’re wrong. Here’s our first entry, wearing a 12 oz. can.
The pour is a disconcerting pale blonde with plenty of micro-floaties. Smells like coffee with a ton of faux-milk additive & touch of chocolate.
Bean Flicker, unfortunately, is a weird as it sounds. The coffee comes out as twisted up in the malt & hops. A graininess, like eating a breakfast bar, brings a jarring mouthfeel, continuing creating an odd mishmash of texture & tastes. The aftertaste is what does it for me – I want to scrub my tongue with a Brillo pad. EEeeck. Four sips & done.
What starts out as interesting morphs into licking the fur of a rapid skunk in the aftertaste. Bad beer.
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4.68/5 rDev +22.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
The Look of the beer was light. Never had a blonde ale with coffee and when I got it, I would've thought it was miller/bud light but besides the look was representative of a blonde.
The smell was good. It was very aromatic which was fine for me. I don't need to be able to smell the beer before I taste it. Taste matter much more to me.
The taste was awesome. It was smooth, the coffee flavor was definitely there and to fight off any coffee bitterness there was a sweetness at the end that still contained the coffee flavor.
The feel I saw was excellent. It was light and not heavy as I would expect to be with a lighter looking beer. I would've had several more if I didn't have so many different beers to try that night.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
The Look of the beer was light. Never had a blonde ale with coffee and when I got it, I would've thought it was miller/bud light but besides the look was representative of a blonde.
The smell was good. It was very aromatic which was fine for me. I don't need to be able to smell the beer before I taste it. Taste matter much more to me.
The taste was awesome. It was smooth, the coffee flavor was definitely there and to fight off any coffee bitterness there was a sweetness at the end that still contained the coffee flavor.
The feel I saw was excellent. It was light and not heavy as I would expect to be with a lighter looking beer. I would've had several more if I didn't have so many different beers to try that night.
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3.95/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.42/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.7/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.46/5 rDev +17.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
3.89/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pretty decent coffee taste with it. Not my favorite but was left after a party so worth a try. Definitely an easy drinker. 'Aybe a good morning boating beer.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pretty decent coffee taste with it. Not my favorite but was left after a party so worth a try. Definitely an easy drinker. 'Aybe a good morning boating beer.
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4.04/5 rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
The golden yellow color and light tan head mask the coffee in this beer, but it’s not a heavy coffee - very subtle, more of an espresso aroma, with cocoa notes.
Taste has the vanilla of a blonde ale, which combine nicely with the cocoa flavors. Very nice beer.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
The golden yellow color and light tan head mask the coffee in this beer, but it’s not a heavy coffee - very subtle, more of an espresso aroma, with cocoa notes.
Taste has the vanilla of a blonde ale, which combine nicely with the cocoa flavors. Very nice beer.
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3.75/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.34/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.75/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.29/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
3.73/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.28/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.5/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Light bread notes, and some cream soda flavors. Vanilla notes and coffee pair well. Light floral hops. Moderate carbonation and easy drinking with a semi dry finish.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Light bread notes, and some cream soda flavors. Vanilla notes and coffee pair well. Light floral hops. Moderate carbonation and easy drinking with a semi dry finish.
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3.74/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Up there with one of the best names I have seen on a label. Coffee-forward blonde ale. Really pops with coffee. Almost like smelling used coffee grounds in a filter. I don't particularly love the light colored coffee beers, though.
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look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Up there with one of the best names I have seen on a label. Coffee-forward blonde ale. Really pops with coffee. Almost like smelling used coffee grounds in a filter. I don't particularly love the light colored coffee beers, though.
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Bean Flicker from Odd Side Ales
Beer rating:
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447 ratings
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