How To Pretend You Are A Normal Human Family
Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- From:
- Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 7.4%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 15, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 06, 2024
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
NO SCORE
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This middle of the road IPA (slighty bitter like a Westy, and slightly hazy/juicy like an Easty) features notes of orange, grapefruit, and peach. 30 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
4.25/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, 473mL in a pint glass. From the University Ave. West LCBO in nearby downtown Windsor. My sixth beer from the Sarnia, Ontario brewery, and second for 2025...
Aug 15, 2025
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.75/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Aug 7 2025
Aug 07, 2025
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.87/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.87/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
473 mL can from the brewery; no packaging date. Served barely chilled.
Pours a relatively clear, sunny golden yellow colour, producing an inch of soapy, sparkling white head that fades within two to three minutes. A meandering swath of messy lace clings to the glass, with a sudsy collar and patchy cap remaining afloat - looks fine so far. I'm getting tangerine and lemon on the nose, with hints of pineapple candy, melon, sour apples and ripe peach.
It's a tasty pale ale - starts out like an East Coast IPA, but leans westerly on the back end. I'm getting peach, cantaloupe and pear at the forefront, with grapefruit and berries developing later on. Grapefruit/lemon pithiness at the conclusion, with resiny, slightly floral hop bitterness continuing into a citrusy aftertaste. Light-medium in body, with moderately low carbonation that brushes softly against the tongue; smooth mouthfeel with good drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.87, a B+. A strong effort from Refined Fool, How To Pretend You Are A Normal Human Family threads the needle between left and right coasts with skill and efficacy. Starts with sweet fruits, finishes with citrus, offering enough bitterness to remind you that this is no NEIPA - I rather liked this beer, and would argue it's one of their better Tiny Batch IPAs of 2024, at least to date. I'd drink this again, and encourage other BAs to also give it a shot.
Sep 06, 2024Pours a relatively clear, sunny golden yellow colour, producing an inch of soapy, sparkling white head that fades within two to three minutes. A meandering swath of messy lace clings to the glass, with a sudsy collar and patchy cap remaining afloat - looks fine so far. I'm getting tangerine and lemon on the nose, with hints of pineapple candy, melon, sour apples and ripe peach.
It's a tasty pale ale - starts out like an East Coast IPA, but leans westerly on the back end. I'm getting peach, cantaloupe and pear at the forefront, with grapefruit and berries developing later on. Grapefruit/lemon pithiness at the conclusion, with resiny, slightly floral hop bitterness continuing into a citrusy aftertaste. Light-medium in body, with moderately low carbonation that brushes softly against the tongue; smooth mouthfeel with good drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.87, a B+. A strong effort from Refined Fool, How To Pretend You Are A Normal Human Family threads the needle between left and right coasts with skill and efficacy. Starts with sweet fruits, finishes with citrus, offering enough bitterness to remind you that this is no NEIPA - I rather liked this beer, and would argue it's one of their better Tiny Batch IPAs of 2024, at least to date. I'd drink this again, and encourage other BAs to also give it a shot.
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