Wait A Minute, This Isn't A Denny's
Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- From:
- Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 23, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 23, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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This 6.8% West Coast IPA is our newest Tiny Batch Series release. It pours light amber with a nice soft bitterness accompanied by a mix of citrus, peach, blueberry and grapefruit aromas. Pairs well with portals to alternate dimensions. Also salami.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.78/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
473 mL can from the brewery; no canning date and served barely chilled.
Pours a clear brassy golden colour, kicking up an inch of frothy, foamy white head that seeps away within three minutes or so. A modest collar and a filmy patch on the surface are its only remnants; some spotty lace deposition occurs after each sip. Unimpressive aroma without any particular focus - vaguely citrusy, e.g. grapefruit, with muddled suggestions of stone fruit, bready malts and berries.
A very unassuming strong IPA, masking its abv quite effectively; the flavour profile is balanced and fairly low-key, with minimal bitterness for a WCIPA. Citrusy flavours of grapefruit and blood orange come through early on, joined by hints of nectarine, bready malts and passionfruit. I do get a little bit of blueberry and/or blackcurrant on the back end, with pithy, earthy hops and over-steeped tea bitterness at the finish; grapefruit lingers into the aftertaste. Medium in body, with low carbonation that meekly rolls along the surface of the palate, resulting in a smooth, almost tepid mouthfeel. Surprisingly drinkable, but I feel like two tallboys would be pushing it.
Final Grade: 3.78, a B+. You wake up in a motel room in an unfamiliar town, craving a Grand Slam breakfast, so you stagger half-drunkenly into the nearest Denny's. Then, just when the psychedelics kick in, you realize you're actually in a Waffle House, and the two-headed waitress with snakes for hair is threatening to smother and cover you. Who amongst us hasn't found themselves in this situation? There's a lot that I like about this IPA, but I didn't find it all that distinctive or memorable. Worth trying if you're stopping by the brewery in the immediate future, or if it shows up in one of the Fools' many mixed packs.
Sep 23, 2025Pours a clear brassy golden colour, kicking up an inch of frothy, foamy white head that seeps away within three minutes or so. A modest collar and a filmy patch on the surface are its only remnants; some spotty lace deposition occurs after each sip. Unimpressive aroma without any particular focus - vaguely citrusy, e.g. grapefruit, with muddled suggestions of stone fruit, bready malts and berries.
A very unassuming strong IPA, masking its abv quite effectively; the flavour profile is balanced and fairly low-key, with minimal bitterness for a WCIPA. Citrusy flavours of grapefruit and blood orange come through early on, joined by hints of nectarine, bready malts and passionfruit. I do get a little bit of blueberry and/or blackcurrant on the back end, with pithy, earthy hops and over-steeped tea bitterness at the finish; grapefruit lingers into the aftertaste. Medium in body, with low carbonation that meekly rolls along the surface of the palate, resulting in a smooth, almost tepid mouthfeel. Surprisingly drinkable, but I feel like two tallboys would be pushing it.
Final Grade: 3.78, a B+. You wake up in a motel room in an unfamiliar town, craving a Grand Slam breakfast, so you stagger half-drunkenly into the nearest Denny's. Then, just when the psychedelics kick in, you realize you're actually in a Waffle House, and the two-headed waitress with snakes for hair is threatening to smother and cover you. Who amongst us hasn't found themselves in this situation? There's a lot that I like about this IPA, but I didn't find it all that distinctive or memorable. Worth trying if you're stopping by the brewery in the immediate future, or if it shows up in one of the Fools' many mixed packs.
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