My Neighbour's Inflatable Decoration Addiction
Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- From:
- Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Munich Dunkel
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 18, 2026
- Added:
- Feb 17, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Okay, admittedly this beer was meant to be released before Christmas when your neighbour Jeff was still hogging half the power grid to run his 73 inflatables. It's an intervention beer meant to make 'the talk' go a little smoother.
The liquid itself is a 4.5% Dunkel that uses Vienna and dark Munich malts to create classic characteristics of caramel and toasted bread and a light amber colour. 30 IBU
The liquid itself is a 4.5% Dunkel that uses Vienna and dark Munich malts to create classic characteristics of caramel and toasted bread and a light amber colour. 30 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.52/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
473 mL can from the brewery; no canning date. Served barely chilled.
Pours a clear orange-amber colour, sporting an inch-thick layer of bumpy, foamy, bone white head that lasts for three minutes or so. A snaking ring of lace clings tenaciously to the perimeter, with a creamy collar of froth left encircling a patchy cap. Wholesome aroma of bread crusts, toasted grains & caramel, with added notes of biscuit and earthy, leafy hops.
Fairly flavourful for only 4.5%. Malty forefront with caramel, biscuits and honeyed sweetness, though the profile becomes toastier by mid-sip. A bit nutty, too, and relatively bitter for the style, with a firm dose of earthy, herbal hops finishing the sip. Concludes with an earthy, toasty, persistent aftertaste with hints of almond skin, or maybe filbert. Light-ish in body, with gentle carbonation that rolls softly along the tongue, contributing to this lager's smooth mouthfeel. Fair drinkability, but dunkels are an infrequent session option for me.
Final Grade: 3.52, a B grade. My Neighbour's Inflatable Decoration Addiction is a serviceable dunkel lager with some room for improvement. Specifically, that bitterness on the back end is rather assertive for a dunkel - and coming from me, that's more of an observation than a complaint, because I often find this style to be too sweet and/or one-dimensional. If nothing else, at least the noble hops provide a robust counterpoint to its otherwise malty flavour profile. A mixed bag; worth a shot if you enjoy ambers and the like.
Mar 18, 2026Pours a clear orange-amber colour, sporting an inch-thick layer of bumpy, foamy, bone white head that lasts for three minutes or so. A snaking ring of lace clings tenaciously to the perimeter, with a creamy collar of froth left encircling a patchy cap. Wholesome aroma of bread crusts, toasted grains & caramel, with added notes of biscuit and earthy, leafy hops.
Fairly flavourful for only 4.5%. Malty forefront with caramel, biscuits and honeyed sweetness, though the profile becomes toastier by mid-sip. A bit nutty, too, and relatively bitter for the style, with a firm dose of earthy, herbal hops finishing the sip. Concludes with an earthy, toasty, persistent aftertaste with hints of almond skin, or maybe filbert. Light-ish in body, with gentle carbonation that rolls softly along the tongue, contributing to this lager's smooth mouthfeel. Fair drinkability, but dunkels are an infrequent session option for me.
Final Grade: 3.52, a B grade. My Neighbour's Inflatable Decoration Addiction is a serviceable dunkel lager with some room for improvement. Specifically, that bitterness on the back end is rather assertive for a dunkel - and coming from me, that's more of an observation than a complaint, because I often find this style to be too sweet and/or one-dimensional. If nothing else, at least the noble hops provide a robust counterpoint to its otherwise malty flavour profile. A mixed bag; worth a shot if you enjoy ambers and the like.
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