War Monger
Austin Beerworks

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From:
Austin Beerworks
 
Texas, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
Ranked #507
ABV:
5.1%
Score:
88
Ranked #15,285
Avg:
3.91 | pDev: 11%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
26
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 25, 2023
Added:
Dec 20, 2014
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  6
Dry hopped extra pale ale
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Rated: 3.73 by Gagnonsux from Texas

Aug 25, 2023
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Rated: 3.75 by kkarimi from Texas

Jul 01, 2023
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Rated by Jentex from Texas

4.45/5  rDev +13.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I like this better than the regular Peacemaker!
Feb 05, 2017
 
Rated: 3.8 by cgrunin from Texas

Feb 05, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by BEER88 from North Carolina

Dec 08, 2016
 
Rated: 4.56 by gilgar from Texas

Nov 09, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by BGsWo22 from Texas

Feb 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.87 by acbe from Texas

Dec 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.59 by sd123 from Georgia

Aug 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.94 by Roybert from Texas

Jul 03, 2015
 
Rated: 3.85 by Jame515 from Texas

Jun 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.97 by pnelting from Texas

Jun 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.88 by ChuckHardslab from Texas

Jun 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.93 by Dicers from California

Mar 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4.18 by Nightwish1094 from Texas

Feb 18, 2015
 
Rated: 4.12 by greenspointexas from Texas

Feb 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by jborgschulte from Texas

Feb 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.71 by zonker17 from Texas

Feb 10, 2015
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

2.83/5  rDev -27.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
64oz brown glass screw-top growler filled yesterday at The Growler Room here in Austin, TX.

Served cold into a pilsner glass. Reviewed live as a pale ale per The Growler Room's chalkboard. Expectations are below average given the brewery.

The weight of the growler necessitates a rather vigorous pour.

No bubble show forms as it's poured.

HEAD: 3 fingers wide. Creamy as hell, with a sticky fluffy consistency. Bone-white colour. It's quite appealing, and the retention is good - about 5 minutes. Leaves messy inconsistent lacing on the sides of the glass as it recedes.

BODY: Clear translucent pale copper of average vibrance. Clean; no yeast particulate or hop sediment is visible. But it's so light and empty it almost looks like a helles lager.

Appears well-carbonated. Overall, it's definitely a subpar appearance for a pale ale, though the head looks nice.

AROMA: Fresh floral hops. Pale malts. Clean barley. Pilsner malts. Golding hops. There's some vague unevocative fruit hop character. It's also a biteen dank and herbal, with mild resins. I guess there's some tangerine?

It's largely an uninspired and uninteresting aroma. Average aromatic intensity.

No yeast character, off-notes, or yeast is detectable.

Suggests an overhopped blonde ale at best, and an estery pilsner at worst.

TASTE: An odd blend of blonde malts and pilsner malts with a generic hop profile of floral character, vague unevocative fruit, and some grassiness. Sure, the balance is decent, the build isn't bad, and it has fair depth of flavour, but the fundamentals just aren't there. It's not enjoyable to drink, lacks sufficient flavour, and just has a mundane generic feel to it. Why brew this?

Flavour intensity and duration are average. Ultimately, this is simple at the expense of the style and its quality, and offers nothing for the discerning drinker. The malt backbone is weak, and the hop profile isn't interesting in any way. It's hard to dislike in that it's very approachable, but it's so pedestrian it's hard to get on board with. As it warms, a faint graininess emerges - not a great flavour in a pale ale.

TEXTURE: As generic as the taste. It's smooth, wet, overcarbonated, slightly refreshing, and light to medium-bodied. Clean, to its credit.

Fails to elevate the beer. It suits the taste decently, I guess.

Not oily, gushed, hot, boozy, astringent, harsh, rough, or scratchy.

OVERALL: This may well be the most generic uninspired pale ale I drink this year, and it's not even February. I don't know what they're going for with this one, but I won't be buying it a second time. Austin Beerworks continues to disappoint. I think pretty much every non-contract brewery in Austin that offers a pale ale (save for Namaste) has a better pale ale than this. As average as they come, but not undrinkable. I'll finish the growler, and will promptly forget this beer even exists.

C
Jan 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.44 by JohnBender from Texas

Jan 24, 2015
War Monger from Austin Beerworks
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 26 ratings