No, But That's a Real Nice Ski Mask
Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- From:
- Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Hefeweizen
- ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.45 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 16, 2022
- Added:
- Dec 28, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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This muddled orange 6.2% Chocolate Orange Hefeweizen features massive chocolate and citrus additions, flavours that mingle perfectly with the trademark Hefe notes of banana and clove. Pairs best with a Christmas sweater and a group of friends that will provide uproarious laughter, no matter the joke quality.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.45/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
Bomber from the brewery; no packaging date. Served slightly chilled.
Pours a foggy golden amber colour, with more than two fingers of puffy, foamy, sparkling white head erupting from the surface. It lasts for a little over five minutes, gradually seeping down to a lumpy quarter-inch cap and collar, leaving behind glorious rings of lace as it recedes - it's a beautiful beer, there's no arguing that. It smells of wheaty bread and graininess; rather yeasty too, with hints of clove, orange and banana. Not really noticing the chocolate, but my sense of smell has been off lately (I've heard there's a bug going around).
Upon the initial sip, my immediate observation had nothing to do with flavour - rather, it was the over-carbonation that grabbed my attention. This is one of those beers that froths up in the mouth to the point where it's kind of a nuisance - it's a problem that lessens as the session goes on, but it's worth complaining about. The chocolate flavours are exceedingly subtle, and mostly present early on in the sip, alongside bready wheat and grainy sweetness. Orange is more prominent on the back end, lasting through a spicy finish with hints of clove and pepper; maybe a whisper of milk chocolate in the aftertaste, but the orange is what sticks. Light in body, very frothy, with a harsh, prickly bite that limits its drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.45, a B-. No, But That's A Real Nice Ski Mask has its ups and downs, but overall I don't mind it. I was expecting something a little more gimmicky to be honest, but it drinks more or less like your standard hefeweizen, augmented with some orange and a few molecules of chocolate. Oh, and it's super over carbonated. Let's be clear - I'm actually fine with the chocolate being a minor presence (in the case of a hefe, at least), but there are people who will buy this expecting something at least a little 'chocolatey', and they're probably going to be let down.
Feb 16, 2022Pours a foggy golden amber colour, with more than two fingers of puffy, foamy, sparkling white head erupting from the surface. It lasts for a little over five minutes, gradually seeping down to a lumpy quarter-inch cap and collar, leaving behind glorious rings of lace as it recedes - it's a beautiful beer, there's no arguing that. It smells of wheaty bread and graininess; rather yeasty too, with hints of clove, orange and banana. Not really noticing the chocolate, but my sense of smell has been off lately (I've heard there's a bug going around).
Upon the initial sip, my immediate observation had nothing to do with flavour - rather, it was the over-carbonation that grabbed my attention. This is one of those beers that froths up in the mouth to the point where it's kind of a nuisance - it's a problem that lessens as the session goes on, but it's worth complaining about. The chocolate flavours are exceedingly subtle, and mostly present early on in the sip, alongside bready wheat and grainy sweetness. Orange is more prominent on the back end, lasting through a spicy finish with hints of clove and pepper; maybe a whisper of milk chocolate in the aftertaste, but the orange is what sticks. Light in body, very frothy, with a harsh, prickly bite that limits its drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.45, a B-. No, But That's A Real Nice Ski Mask has its ups and downs, but overall I don't mind it. I was expecting something a little more gimmicky to be honest, but it drinks more or less like your standard hefeweizen, augmented with some orange and a few molecules of chocolate. Oh, and it's super over carbonated. Let's be clear - I'm actually fine with the chocolate being a minor presence (in the case of a hefe, at least), but there are people who will buy this expecting something at least a little 'chocolatey', and they're probably going to be let down.
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