Prediction
Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- From:
- Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 07, 2021
- Added:
- Mar 29, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.59/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
650 mL bottle from the brewery; no packaging date. Served barely chilled.
Pours a cloudy, turbid pale yellow colour; situated atop is one finger of frothy, sudsy white head that falls apart within a couple of minutes. A modest collar of soapy bubbles remains in place, alongside a thin cap of film; minimal lacing - looks like your average hazy pale ale. It smells of passion fruit, apricot and mango, with hints of grapefruit, orange, white grape and grainy, bready pale malts.
It's not bad - I'm tasting lime, apricot and passion fruit, backed by grainy pale malts and a light oatmeal sweetness. Notes of pithy, grassy, peppery hop bitterness develop towards the back end of the sip, with suggestions of tropical fruit and grapefruit peel lingering briefly prior to a dry aftertaste. Light-ish in body, with moderately lively carbonation levels that feel prickly on the tongue, giving a crisp bite to this brew's smooth mouthfeel. Easy enough to drink quickly; not really interesting enough to take your time savouring.
Final Grade: 3.59, a B grade. I don't want to burst any balloons, because I did chuckle at the joke on the label, but 3.7 might've been aiming a tad too high. Prediction is a borderline serviceable NEPA, one that is categorically not worth the 8 dollars/bottle - in all honesty I'd much rather be drinking their Pouch Envy or Rip Zip Skip, both of which are much more well-rounded, satisfying pale ales, in addition to being more affordable. Even if they knocked the price tag down to a more reasonable 6-7 bucks a bottle, I don't think I'd bite again - this one is just kinda thin and dull, and missing that certain je ne sais quoi.
Apr 07, 2021Pours a cloudy, turbid pale yellow colour; situated atop is one finger of frothy, sudsy white head that falls apart within a couple of minutes. A modest collar of soapy bubbles remains in place, alongside a thin cap of film; minimal lacing - looks like your average hazy pale ale. It smells of passion fruit, apricot and mango, with hints of grapefruit, orange, white grape and grainy, bready pale malts.
It's not bad - I'm tasting lime, apricot and passion fruit, backed by grainy pale malts and a light oatmeal sweetness. Notes of pithy, grassy, peppery hop bitterness develop towards the back end of the sip, with suggestions of tropical fruit and grapefruit peel lingering briefly prior to a dry aftertaste. Light-ish in body, with moderately lively carbonation levels that feel prickly on the tongue, giving a crisp bite to this brew's smooth mouthfeel. Easy enough to drink quickly; not really interesting enough to take your time savouring.
Final Grade: 3.59, a B grade. I don't want to burst any balloons, because I did chuckle at the joke on the label, but 3.7 might've been aiming a tad too high. Prediction is a borderline serviceable NEPA, one that is categorically not worth the 8 dollars/bottle - in all honesty I'd much rather be drinking their Pouch Envy or Rip Zip Skip, both of which are much more well-rounded, satisfying pale ales, in addition to being more affordable. Even if they knocked the price tag down to a more reasonable 6-7 bucks a bottle, I don't think I'd bite again - this one is just kinda thin and dull, and missing that certain je ne sais quoi.
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