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Femme Fatale Brett
Evil Twin Brewing
- From:
- Evil Twin Brewing
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Brett Beer
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.94 | pDev: 10.66%
- Reviews:
- 81
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 21, 2018
- Added:
- Jun 18, 2012
- Wants:
- 19
- Gots:
- 59
To take up the challenge and make a 100% true Brett beer can very easily become a fatal attraction for the Brewmaster. Once you get acquainted with Brett's irresistible, seductive, alluring and very charming nature, it will ensnare you and drive you to the point of obsession to create the desirable tangy, funky, tart flavor in ya mouth
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Ratings by deadonhisfeet:
Reviewed by deadonhisfeet from Kentucky
3.97/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a bottle into a New Belgium snifter. The beer is a hazy light orange-yellow with practically no head whatsoever. The nose is really nice. I get notes of ripe tropical fruits like sweet oranges, peaches, and pineapples. I could occasionally detect the brett, but could never convince myself that I was getting it every time. Usually, it was after the beer had sat undisturbed for several moments. Swirling just brought forward hoppy notes and buried the brett. Brett or no brett, this is a nice-smelling IPA.
The beer has a medium body and a firm, slick mouthfeel. The flavor is one of the most unique I have come across. It has the typical flavors one associates with IPAs, and it also has a mild, tart acidity. On the front of the palate, there is a bready, biscuity sweetness that is quickly joined by a smack of hops in the form of lemon, grapefruit, and orange flavors. The hop flavors intensify across the palate, and become mildly vinegary on the back of the tongue. The resulting finish is dry, yet acidic, refreshing, and lasting. The beer is quite drinkable with all that citrusy hop flavor and relatively low ABV.
After I had tasted this beer a few times I found myself wishing there was someone else drinking it with me that I could talk to about it. I highly recommend this beer (as a palate-educating experience if not as a pleasant beverage). It's not the most enjoyable IPA out there, I wouldn't want to drink it regularly (the only reason I'm not giving it higher marks), and I'm sure many people will not like it, but it does suggest that a lot more can be done with the style. There are interesting combinations of flavor and character here that I have not encountered before.
Sep 24, 2012The beer has a medium body and a firm, slick mouthfeel. The flavor is one of the most unique I have come across. It has the typical flavors one associates with IPAs, and it also has a mild, tart acidity. On the front of the palate, there is a bready, biscuity sweetness that is quickly joined by a smack of hops in the form of lemon, grapefruit, and orange flavors. The hop flavors intensify across the palate, and become mildly vinegary on the back of the tongue. The resulting finish is dry, yet acidic, refreshing, and lasting. The beer is quite drinkable with all that citrusy hop flavor and relatively low ABV.
After I had tasted this beer a few times I found myself wishing there was someone else drinking it with me that I could talk to about it. I highly recommend this beer (as a palate-educating experience if not as a pleasant beverage). It's not the most enjoyable IPA out there, I wouldn't want to drink it regularly (the only reason I'm not giving it higher marks), and I'm sure many people will not like it, but it does suggest that a lot more can be done with the style. There are interesting combinations of flavor and character here that I have not encountered before.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by kitch from Hong Kong
3.5/5 rDev -11.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.5/5 rDev -11.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
A 22 fl. oz. bomber with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy golden orange colour with a big three finger white head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Citrusy orange juice, orange rind, lemon, tangy, lightly tart and a touch of brett.
Taste: Similar to the aroma, citrusy, orange juice, orange, lemon, lemon zest, tangy, grass, brett with hints of tropical fruit, pineapple.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Not bad at all, but not as good or complex as the Femme Fatale Blanc that I had just tried a day earlier. Still worth a try though.
Oct 21, 2018Appearance: A lightly hazy golden orange colour with a big three finger white head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Citrusy orange juice, orange rind, lemon, tangy, lightly tart and a touch of brett.
Taste: Similar to the aroma, citrusy, orange juice, orange, lemon, lemon zest, tangy, grass, brett with hints of tropical fruit, pineapple.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Not bad at all, but not as good or complex as the Femme Fatale Blanc that I had just tried a day earlier. Still worth a try though.
Reviewed by garymuchow from Minnesota
3.61/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.61/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Boy this was interesting. Not sure how old it was as there was no bottle dating on it. Initially it was fully brett and not much else. Really dry at first too. But as it warmed and opened up the underlying ale began to show. More malt than hops, that's why I wonder if there was a little age on it. The bitterness of the hops was evident in the bottom, but I drank that separately. While starting harshly it finished as a reasonable drinkable beer.
Sep 16, 2017Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand
4.3/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Copper and gold with almost no haze but a firm stream of bubbles rising in the middle of the glass. Topped with 2 fingers of yellow hinted head.
Brett on the nose immediately. Horse blanket, dusty cellar reminiscent of Cantillon, light floral quality like daisies after the rain.
Big bitterness on the front of the nose, a light marmalade bitter sweetness, Brett again, dry hoppy quality reminiscent of Duvel's yearly hop releases, light, flowery aromatics in there as well.
Feels light and dry for the ABV, smooth, refined tannins and light, dry carbonation.
Big bitterness I wasn't expecting but great balance. Very funky but refined brew that would be extremely versatile with food. Memories of Duvel one offs and Orval all come to mind as I sip this masterpiece. Got on Wishbeer, drank July 25th, 2016.
Jul 25, 2016Brett on the nose immediately. Horse blanket, dusty cellar reminiscent of Cantillon, light floral quality like daisies after the rain.
Big bitterness on the front of the nose, a light marmalade bitter sweetness, Brett again, dry hoppy quality reminiscent of Duvel's yearly hop releases, light, flowery aromatics in there as well.
Feels light and dry for the ABV, smooth, refined tannins and light, dry carbonation.
Big bitterness I wasn't expecting but great balance. Very funky but refined brew that would be extremely versatile with food. Memories of Duvel one offs and Orval all come to mind as I sip this masterpiece. Got on Wishbeer, drank July 25th, 2016.
Reviewed by ocelot2500 from Maryland
4.25/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a hazy golden orange color with a soapy white head that leads little chunks of lacing.
Smells of funky brett with some underlying bright hops.
Tastes of the funk layered over the hops and a solid malt backbone. Brett leads off with funk and earth notes mostly. This gives way to some grainy malts with a fair amount of sweetness. Hops come next with notes of citrus. tropical fruits, and pine. Finishes with a lingering brett note.
Mouthfeel is medium with a slightly assertive amount of carbonation.
Overall, this is a tasty brett IPA that hits all the right notes.
May 29, 2016Smells of funky brett with some underlying bright hops.
Tastes of the funk layered over the hops and a solid malt backbone. Brett leads off with funk and earth notes mostly. This gives way to some grainy malts with a fair amount of sweetness. Hops come next with notes of citrus. tropical fruits, and pine. Finishes with a lingering brett note.
Mouthfeel is medium with a slightly assertive amount of carbonation.
Overall, this is a tasty brett IPA that hits all the right notes.
Rated by Kounkel from Iowa
3.48/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.48/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A lot of funk, some citrus and bitterness. Unique flavor and taste.
Apr 12, 2016Reviewed by Flounder57 from Massachusetts
4.15/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Served in a snifter at the Union Brewhouse in Weymouth.
Appearance: A two finger billowy head was poured that reduced to a thin layer. It is a hazy yellow orange color with light vision of bubbles coming up through the glass. Super frothy lacing down the glass as the beer was drank.
Smell: Funk, barnyard, rubber tires, tropical, citrus, grassy, bready, toasted, and pale malts.
Taste: Have to admit that there is some balance to the brett, hops, and malt. Some chewy and bitterness in there too.
Mouthfeel: Funky, medium bodied, chewy, bitterness, a little dry, and medium to high carbonation.
Overall: This is actually an enjoyable funky IPA. I'll grab another.
Jan 28, 2016Appearance: A two finger billowy head was poured that reduced to a thin layer. It is a hazy yellow orange color with light vision of bubbles coming up through the glass. Super frothy lacing down the glass as the beer was drank.
Smell: Funk, barnyard, rubber tires, tropical, citrus, grassy, bready, toasted, and pale malts.
Taste: Have to admit that there is some balance to the brett, hops, and malt. Some chewy and bitterness in there too.
Mouthfeel: Funky, medium bodied, chewy, bitterness, a little dry, and medium to high carbonation.
Overall: This is actually an enjoyable funky IPA. I'll grab another.
Femme Fatale Brett from Evil Twin Brewing
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
437 ratings
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