Hypocrisy
Renegade Brewing Company

good smell, malty flavor, not too bitter

32 oz. crowler from Beertopia.

Smell is light roast, chocolate (cocoa), and crackers.

Taste is coffee (light like one of those flavored roasts), lactose-like sweetness, with a crisp and slightly buttery finish. Although this is billed as a pale stout it drinks much more like a lager with stout characteristics. I don't get much in the way of pale ale flavors, but I think I like it better this way.

 

 

 

 

im not sure i get the hype. these blonde stouts are popping up all over the place, and while i have to say i would take this one over stones latest, its still a weird experience, not a stout to me at all. lots of body here though, probably oat heavy, and there is a seeming roasted character to it, chicory or drip coffee or something, and a sweet milk sugar taste as well. it has all the elements, but if i hear one more bartender tell me to close my eyes and tell me its a blonde beer, im going to lose it. it is very much a blonde beer, a robustly flavored and unique one, but its not a stout in my book, as much as its good beer overall. i dont like the relying on a gimmick here to sell it, its a great winter blonde though, with all the roast character to it and the body, its quite warming, and the sweetness helps the finish linger, a cool aspect for cold weather too. its almost better at room temperature than it is cold, also uncommon. i like the beer a lot, i dislike the branding of it, take it for what it is, but its definitely worth a try.

 

This is actually a "pale stout", a cross or hybrid beer. It's unusual, for sure, and might not be for everyone. But it's not hoppy like a lot of pales, and it's not bitter or sweet like some stouts. It really is its own thing. It's very pale and a bit cloudy, almost like a wheat in appearance. If you're in the mood for something different, here you go.