Mind Bullets
Drekker Brewing Company

Mind BulletsMind Bullets
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From:
Drekker Brewing Company
 
North Dakota, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
Ranked #680
ABV:
7.1%
Score:
88
Ranked #18,272
Avg:
3.96 | pDev: 13.38%
Ratings:
25 | reviews: 9
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 26, 2023
Added:
Apr 26, 2018
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
This sour, 7.1% ABV IPA is brewed with 2-row barley, oats, spelt, and lactose, and then hopped with Magnum, Mosaic, Huell Melon, and Hallertau Blanc. Yeast employed is Lactobacillus culture and house IPA yeast.

The tart, sour character really brings out the fruity notes in the hops for a bright citrus flavor that’s balanced by the soft, creamy body from the oats and lactose.
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.5/5  rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
16oz can at share. Hazy yellow pour, wispy head. Light citrusy aroma with mild tartness, zesty. Taste is lemon and grapefruit peel with minor tartness.
Nov 26, 2023
 
Rated: 3.5 by RBorsato from Virginia

Sep 23, 2023
 
Rated: 3.94 by Boone757 from Virginia

Aug 11, 2023
 
Rated: 3.75 by Ristaccia from Nebraska

May 10, 2021
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Reviewed by JayQue from Virginia

4.18/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
My first beer from North Dakota. A real winner. Pours a very hazy dark straw yellow color from a colorfully decorated pint can into a pint glass. Medium size white head with some lacing and average retention. The brewery calls this a sour IPA, but Beer Advocate has it right as an American Wild Ale. The aroma and taste are bitter, but strictly from the grapefruit juice, not hops. The Brett sourness is the strongest element in the aroma, but mostly in the taste. Very enjoyable mix of brett and grapefruit. Mouthfeel is rich and. Complex with bitterness and sour. I was shocked to see 7.1 ABC. Drinks s lot lighter than that. A great beer.
Feb 09, 2020
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Reviewed by bbtkd from South Dakota

4.21/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Drekker Mind Bullets Sour IPA, 7.1% ABV. Pours hazy orangish yellow with a middle-finger of white head that left no lacing. Nose is citrus and pine. Taste is orange, slight pine, lemon, with moderate sweetness, slight tartness, and no perceivable bitterness. Decent mouthfeel, overall excellent to outstanding.
Dec 19, 2019
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Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

3.99/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on August 16, 2019. Brewed with oats, spelt and lactose sugar. Hopped with Mosaic, Huell Melon and Hallertau Blanc hops. The tart sour character blends perfectly while also enhancing the soft fruity notes of the hops.
Aug 29, 2019
 
Rated: 3.99 by bigpoppa67 from Wisconsin

Jun 28, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Danmullens1 from Wisconsin

Jun 15, 2019
 
Rated: 3.67 by LXIXME from New Mexico

Feb 10, 2019
 
Rated: 4.13 by MTKATL from Georgia

Jan 23, 2019
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Reviewed by Czequershuus from Minnesota

3.98/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This beer pours a mostly clear gold with a solid head. The aroma features notes of sour orange, chalky minerality, an a vague floral quality. The flavor starts with berry tones of freeze did blueberries and raspberries, followed by watermelon, white flowers,and white peach. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with abundant, large bubbly carbonation. Overall a really nice beer, with plenty of pleasing flavors - though as a sour IPA, it really lacks any IPA qualities - however, as an American Wild Ale, quite tasty.
Jan 09, 2019
 
Rated: 2.5 by Hopstout from Minnesota

Jan 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4.49 by MrUse from Minnesota

Nov 01, 2018
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: hazy yellow under a 1/2" blanket of cream colored foam with poor to fair retention. Streams of bubbles continually rise to the top

S: big fruit aromas, especially citrus, lemon, and tangerine with some lactose, tart and traces of pie crust.

T: Bright, crisp citrus dominates the flavors supported by oats, biscuit, cookie, lemons, pineapple, orange, a hint of pear, a trace of lime, and apple

F: body is medium light, the carbonation medium high, the tartness medium plus and the sweetness medium minus

O: very refreshing, delightfully creamy beer that works well.
Oct 30, 2018
 
Rated: 4.01 by needMIbeer from Virginia

Sep 25, 2018
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Reviewed by johnnnniee from New Hampshire

2.4/5  rDev -39.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2
Catching up on some notes, thanks for the beer Dave.
Hazy pour from the can. Tart lactic, acetic, somewhat bucolic with little to no ipa in there. This was a drain pour for three of us.
Sep 23, 2018
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Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota

4.02/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from 16oz can into glass. No dating information found.
Cloudy, straw colored body. One finger white head quickly dissipates to islands and ring fed by bubbles. A few tiny spots of lacing left behind.
Aroma has hints of lemon, citrus hops, and lactose.
Taste is that of a sour IPA, with lactobacillus yeast and citrus/floral hops. Also has lemon like tartness and a touch of lactose sweetness.
Medium mouth feel, with good carbonation. A little bit of tart dryness at the end of the taste profile.
Kind of like IPA lemonade.
Sep 05, 2018
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Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona

4.02/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a hazy straw yellow color with a white head Smell is fruity/earthy barnyard/yeast. Taste the same wild and funky with white wine first some citrus hop zingers insert themselves along with a dank earthy hop nA medium mouth feel leads to dry white wine blanc finish. Mildy sour with some citrus hops a truly unique wild IPA.
Aug 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4.19 by ElGallo from New Hampshire

Aug 10, 2018