Shirtless In the Mufflerman Waiting Room
Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- From:
- Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 8.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.48 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Feb 26, 2020
- Added:
- Jan 13, 2020
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.48/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
650 mL bottle from the brewery received as an Xmas gift; no bottling date. Served at cellar temperature. Their marketing blurb describes this as an imperial brown ale aged in freshly dumped bourbon barrels, with almond & hazelnut extracts added during fermentation.
Pours deep chestnut brown with ruby red highlights, producing more than a finger of foamy, light beige-coloured head that dissipates within a couple of minutes. A creamy-looking collar and thin cap remain in place amidst sparse lacing; looks fine to me. On the nose I'm getting toasted nuts, caramelized malts, red licorice candy and dark fruits such as date and raisin; that's in addition to the understated bourbon booziness and subtle hints of oak.
Its flavour profile is like a long, winding road that takes you all over the map. It starts off simply enough - hints of toffee and hazelnut at first, with fruitier notes of raisin and fig developing shortly thereafter. A maelstrom of amaretto, bourbon, oak and vanilla flavours then cut across the taste buds, followed up by an oddly tart/funky note towards the finish; this note carries on into the aftertaste, which is slightly warming, with just a touch of oak tannin astringency. Medium in body, with relatively low carbonation levels that weakly brush against the palate, resulting in a smooth, somewhat slick texture.
Final Grade: 3.48, a B-. Have you ever tasted a beer and had it completely defy your expectations? I pretty much had that experience with Shirtless in the Mufflerman Waiting Room - though I suppose I should've expected something at least a little strange, based solely on the silly name. I wouldn't recommend ageing this beer: it's already got a bit of a tart, almost wine-y kinda flavour to it, which is an aspect I'm concerned would only intensify over time. Was this intentional, or is it something for the QA folks to follow up on? I can't say, but at least it didn't ruin the experience completely - it merely came off as out of place in an imperial brown ale. Passable, but not something I'd be real eager to return to.
Feb 26, 2020Pours deep chestnut brown with ruby red highlights, producing more than a finger of foamy, light beige-coloured head that dissipates within a couple of minutes. A creamy-looking collar and thin cap remain in place amidst sparse lacing; looks fine to me. On the nose I'm getting toasted nuts, caramelized malts, red licorice candy and dark fruits such as date and raisin; that's in addition to the understated bourbon booziness and subtle hints of oak.
Its flavour profile is like a long, winding road that takes you all over the map. It starts off simply enough - hints of toffee and hazelnut at first, with fruitier notes of raisin and fig developing shortly thereafter. A maelstrom of amaretto, bourbon, oak and vanilla flavours then cut across the taste buds, followed up by an oddly tart/funky note towards the finish; this note carries on into the aftertaste, which is slightly warming, with just a touch of oak tannin astringency. Medium in body, with relatively low carbonation levels that weakly brush against the palate, resulting in a smooth, somewhat slick texture.
Final Grade: 3.48, a B-. Have you ever tasted a beer and had it completely defy your expectations? I pretty much had that experience with Shirtless in the Mufflerman Waiting Room - though I suppose I should've expected something at least a little strange, based solely on the silly name. I wouldn't recommend ageing this beer: it's already got a bit of a tart, almost wine-y kinda flavour to it, which is an aspect I'm concerned would only intensify over time. Was this intentional, or is it something for the QA folks to follow up on? I can't say, but at least it didn't ruin the experience completely - it merely came off as out of place in an imperial brown ale. Passable, but not something I'd be real eager to return to.
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