Secret Mezzanine
Kane Brewing Company
- From:
- Kane Brewing Company
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.4%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 7.49%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 23, 2024
- Added:
- Dec 15, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
7.4% IPA brewed with American Two Row, lots of wheat and a small amount of British caramel and hopped in the whirlpool with Simcoe, Chinook and Mosaic then dry hopped with a bunch of Eureka, Chinook and Simcoe.
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Reviewed by mdfb79 from New York
4.05/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.05/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Overal a good IPA but not my favorite from Kane; they probably have 6-8 APA’s and IPA’s I’d rather have than this. Not as hoppy as a lot of their other stuff.
Dec 27, 2018
Reviewed by DaveMaciolek21 from New Jersey
4.54/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.54/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
A lot more to this delicious IPA than meets the eye. Three hop varieties in the kettle, three others for the dry-hop, plenty of wheat liveliness, even British caramel. The result? A complex, flavorful, delightful golden IPA.
Dec 25, 2018
Reviewed by TheGent from New Jersey
4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Kane Secret Mezzanine
Canned on 12/12 and released on 12/15
Commercial Description:
7.4% IPA brewed with American Two Row, lots of wheat and a small amount of British Caramel Malt. Hopped in the whirlpool with Simcoe, Chinook and Mosaic then dry hopped with a bunch of Eureka, Chinook and Simcoe.
A comparative review with the Kane Digital Sea beer that I posted earlier.
Appearance: This beer pours an opaque golden amber color. It lacks some of the deep orange tones of the Digital Sea Kane IPA I just reviewed and therefore comes across as less murky to me. A rocky beige head that sticks around with a finger and leaves a lot of sticky lacing along my glass and I drink the beer. Minute, sporadic bubbles flowing up along side the glass.
Smell: My first impression of this beer is the more earthy hop aroma than the Digital Sea with notes of unsweetened iced tea and hints of green onion and garlic, perhaps the green side of Mosaic shining through. Lemon citrus and pith, with a prominent grassiness. Some cattiness. Hints of tropical fruit including mango and pineapple. The malt profile comes across as a bit more dark and spicy to me. As if there were rye, even though there’s not.
Taste: Sweet orange, and mango, lemony citrus pith, bitterness and dryness on the finish. Catty. Pine and grass. Not getting any green onion Mosaic notes here that break through on the nose.
Mouthfeel: Soft carbonation. A touch sweeter than the Digital Sea, but a relatively dry beer. Bitterness also lingers but to a lesser extent.
Overall: Another nice IPA from Kane. These two beers present a great side by side. Pithy bitterness driven grapefruit on one hand and lemon on the other. Notes of tropical fruit in both, but definitely the back seat. Some more earthy and catty notes in this beer. Both defined by bitterness. A nice departure from your standard juice bombs.
Dec 24, 2018Canned on 12/12 and released on 12/15
Commercial Description:
7.4% IPA brewed with American Two Row, lots of wheat and a small amount of British Caramel Malt. Hopped in the whirlpool with Simcoe, Chinook and Mosaic then dry hopped with a bunch of Eureka, Chinook and Simcoe.
A comparative review with the Kane Digital Sea beer that I posted earlier.
Appearance: This beer pours an opaque golden amber color. It lacks some of the deep orange tones of the Digital Sea Kane IPA I just reviewed and therefore comes across as less murky to me. A rocky beige head that sticks around with a finger and leaves a lot of sticky lacing along my glass and I drink the beer. Minute, sporadic bubbles flowing up along side the glass.
Smell: My first impression of this beer is the more earthy hop aroma than the Digital Sea with notes of unsweetened iced tea and hints of green onion and garlic, perhaps the green side of Mosaic shining through. Lemon citrus and pith, with a prominent grassiness. Some cattiness. Hints of tropical fruit including mango and pineapple. The malt profile comes across as a bit more dark and spicy to me. As if there were rye, even though there’s not.
Taste: Sweet orange, and mango, lemony citrus pith, bitterness and dryness on the finish. Catty. Pine and grass. Not getting any green onion Mosaic notes here that break through on the nose.
Mouthfeel: Soft carbonation. A touch sweeter than the Digital Sea, but a relatively dry beer. Bitterness also lingers but to a lesser extent.
Overall: Another nice IPA from Kane. These two beers present a great side by side. Pithy bitterness driven grapefruit on one hand and lemon on the other. Notes of tropical fruit in both, but definitely the back seat. Some more earthy and catty notes in this beer. Both defined by bitterness. A nice departure from your standard juice bombs.
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