Brass Knuckle
Four String Brewing Company

Solid punch in the face. Great Pale ale.

 

ABLE 2018. Dark gold with a strong head. Modest citrusy floral nose. Medium malt body with a creamier mouthfeel than some APAs. Good hoppiness.

 

 

Dark orange color with good foam and light lacing pretty good flavor but I can't tell as much of the Citrus as I'd like to more of a caramel malt with some Pine and grass notes little happier than I would like to not a bad beer but I had some other expectations that weren't met.

 

 

Pours gold. Foamy, medium, white head lasts a while with good lacing.

Smells pale and caramel malt, citrus and light pine. Light off scent.

Tastes light toasted, grain, citrus peel and hint grassy. Followed by light caramel Malts and pine. Finish is dry with citrus peel linger. Lighter body and creamy medium carbonation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sparkling clear bright amber at first, but quickly filling to a snowglobe of chunky off-white specks, with a massive off-white foamy head.

Smell is metallic pine forest with light orange rind and biscuit. Pungent sweaty cat pee and rotting peach come in at full pour.

Taste is spicily hopped melon with apple, biscuit, orange, and pine. Toffee and bread fill in at full pour with pungent, funky wet rug. It actually can be quite complex at times, but is just not hitting the right notes, and the full pour makes this actually taste worse.

Medium to thin fizzy body with a dry finish.

 

 

Pour this one hard. If you don't you'll get very little head, but with a hard pour, you'll be rewarded with a large fluffy head on top of a golden yellow body, with lighter shades to be found in the light. Lacing is good, but head retention isn't, fading quickly to a thin cap. I get a lot of sweet malt in the nose, with the barest hint of citrus, alcohol, and grass. The flavor is very one note. It's all sweet malt, all the time. You get hints of caramel, a little bit of resin, and then more malt. This one could really use some more hops, and that's coming from someone who isn't a huge fan of IPAs. The sweetness isn't overwhelming, but there is just nothing to distract you from it. Mouth feel is watery and overly carbonated for the body of the beer. It's more like a can of soda than it is a beer.

When it comes down to it, this is a fine beer to get your mouth wet, and cool down with, but if you want a drinking experience, look else where. This beers biggest sin is being inoffensive, and in doing so, sacrificing any personality it could have had.