I Love Lamp
Evil Genius Beer Company

I Love LampI Love Lamp
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From:
Evil Genius Beer Company
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Hefeweizen
Ranked #331
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
78
Ranked #26,929
Avg:
3.39 | pDev: 14.16%
Reviews:
27
Ratings:
164
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 25, 2023
Added:
Jun 06, 2014
Wants:
  8
Gots:
  58
Pineapple Hefeweizen
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Ratings by rlovitt:
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Rated by rlovitt from New Jersey

3.55/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Apr 03, 2015
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Reviewed by Brenden from Ohio

3.79/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
L: Deep clear gold in color with a rocky whitish cap. Little lacing, but a touch
S: Pineapple is clear on the nose, a bit of wheaty must and sweetness
T: Pineapple is a little difficult to pull out for some. Sits on the middle of the tongue and it's light, but it is there. The hefeweizen base makes for better than many attempts I've tried lately. Mostly clove, light but present banana, and that hint of bubble gum.
F: Light and crisp with a gentle smoothness to it; a touch spritzy and almost a medium body
Apr 25, 2023
 
Rated: 3.77 by sbradley41 from Pennsylvania

Apr 07, 2023
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Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England

3.5/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Canned in a stubbie little crafty craft can and presented from me by me Julie
pours a hazy pineapple flesh coloured body with light splatterings of white head
aroma is glucose and pineapple
flavour is pineapple cubes
Dec 25, 2022
 
Rated: 3.75 by paulish from New York

Nov 19, 2022
 
Rated: 3.68 by gbiello from Massachusetts

Aug 30, 2022
 
Rated: 3.73 by NastyNorseman from New York

Aug 13, 2022
 
Rated: 3.25 by trickynicky from Maryland

Jul 17, 2022
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Reviewed by vinicole from England

3.67/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Can. Hazy light orange with a thin dense head
Smells of pineapple with spicy cloves and hints of banana.
Tastes similar. Somewhat rustic.
Light body. Sprightly carbonation.
Mmm? Rather strange.
Jul 10, 2022
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Reviewed by Rug from Massachusetts

3.21/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Canned 4/13/21

Every now and then you just have to reach for some weird shit, and Evil Genius is in no short supply of said beers. Pineapple Hefeweizen? It doesn't sound like it'll work, but it'll be interesting nonetheless. I don't have much more to say so let's just crack it open and see what it's all about

Pours a mostly clear pale gold with 3 fingers of rocky white head that slowly fades to a thin cap and leaves no lacing

The pineapple makes this one feel oddly musty, at least in the nose. I'm picking up on aromas of overripe banana, clove, perfumey pineapple, and doughy malt

Taste wise, it turns from weird to not very good, really bringing out a stale character. I'm starting to think this one was a mistake. On the front end of the sip I'm tasting tart pineapple, wet hay, banana, crackery malt, and a touch of orange. The swallow brings notes of stale malt, musty pineapple, white pepper, wet hay, and doughy malt

A medium light body pairs with moderate tingling carbonation, resulting in a beer that hits a sharp peak on the swallow then thickens up. Finishes off dry with a weird sweetness

This one was all over the place but I can't really say that it was bad. Super weird and probably worth skipping, but oh well
Oct 31, 2021
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Reviewed by VoxRationis from New York

3.93/5  rDev +15.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Decanted from a 16 oz (473 ml) can into a Captain Lawrence muffin top pint glass; canned 04/13/21.
A: Pours a hazy, golden color with a one to two finger, white head, more modest retention, but solid rings of lacing.
S: Subtly acrid with a barnyard aroma, at first, giving way to banana and cloves as it warmed.
T: Semisweet. Flavors almost entirely banana and cloves with a touch of fruit which I would have characterized as lemon, but presume is actually pineapple. Light bitterness present leading to the very clean finish.
M: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
O: A nice, light but full flavored, Hefeweizen. No pineapple really in evidence, but solidly drinkable and enjoyable.
Jun 19, 2021
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Reviewed by rudiecantfail from Pennsylvania

3.92/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
12 ounce can poured into a tulip glass. Canned 04/13/21.

L---Hazy, medium gold color. Puffy white head faded fairly quickly and left very nice lacing.

S---Smells like a proper Hefe (banana, wheat) with a touch of pineapple.

T---Banana, clove, wheat and some backing pineapple.

F---Medium/light bodied with good carbonation.

O---It's a proper Hefe with some pineapple in the background. I like it more than everyone else, I guess.
May 24, 2021
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

3.51/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Canned 3/11/20
Pours a large fizzy 2 finger head that fades semi quickly, low retention, very hazy cloudy orange-golden wheat straw color

Nose brings lots of doughy yeasty hefe out front, creamy doughy wheat, a bit of baking bread and yeast, then tropical kicks in, it brings lots of pineapple and an almost Brett C like funk, generic fruity esters mixed in, with some light phenol spices, a little candy sweetness and touch of banana

Taste brings tartness with some citrus, lemony like, with a bit of acidity, then pineapple, tart pineapple and again hints at like Brett C character, a little yeasty with more bread, doughy wheat, some citrus acid, pineapple rind, more fruity esters with citrus and a touch of banana, actually more banana as it warms, hint of phenol spices, dry, very dry finish with more acid notes and tropical fruit mixed with banana

Mouth is med bod, carbonation is strange, at first is seems like almost none, then a lot comes out and gets tingly, a bit of acidity

Overall interesting beer, not a huge hefe profile as it almost seems like they found Brett C and then decided to add pineapple to mask it, pineapple doesn't come off too strong either but the acidity really goes up which is not something I want in a soft creamy hefe
Jul 09, 2020
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Reviewed by DIM from Pennsylvania

3.44/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
As advertised, but pineapple doesn't necessarily mesh well with a hefeweizen. It was a well made beer but tropical fruit just doesn't jibe with bananas and clove for me
Jun 09, 2020
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Rated by wac9 from Pennsylvania

2.99/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Very nice would be good in the summer
Apr 18, 2020
 
Rated: 4.95 by T66tah from Pennsylvania

Aug 13, 2019
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.59/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a bright golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is full of bananas, some pineapple. Taste is banana up front, pineapple in the background. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a refreshing and solid beer.
Aug 08, 2019
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Reviewed by IronLover from Pennsylvania

3.7/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Orangish yellown in color with a hazy hazy. Poured with a moderate off-white foam with low retention. Light wheat, sweet bubble gum and sweet pineapple syrup aromas. Medium bodied with effervescent, high carbonation. Wheat malt and fruity, sweet pineapple flavors with bubble gum and sweet banana. Acidic, assertive carbonation through the middle followed by sweet banana and bubble gum. Finished with lingering sweetness and light wheat malt flavors that slowly fade. Decent esters that are balanced by assertive, lighly acidic carbonation. Pineapple character comes across as artificial and syrupy, but adds a bit of character nonetheless. Pretty easy drinking and flavorful.
Jul 22, 2019
 
Rated: 3.49 by PJCarnell from Massachusetts

Apr 18, 2019
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Reviewed by DrMullet from Florida

3.35/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours a slightly hazy yellow/orange with significant head.
Smell is citrus/pineapple with a hint of wheat.
Taste is sweet pineapple followed by a very faint hint of hefeweizen.
Nov 18, 2018
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