Advent Beers - American IPA
Minhas Craft Brewery
- From:
- Minhas Craft Brewery
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 3.08 | pDev: 15.91%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 20, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 21, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by Hefsbeercaps:
Rated by Hefsbeercaps from Ohio
3.39/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Dec 03, 2022
3.39/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Dec 03, 2022
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3.11/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
3.11/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
Not sure if can date, possibly best by 223rd day of 2026?
Pours a frothy creamy almost 2 finger head with great retention, sticky lacing, darker copper burnt orange color, hazy
Nose sweet malts, toasted biscuity malt with some bread crust, caramel even, fair hops with some herbal tea, mild fruity notes, a bit earthy spicy
Taste starts with more of the malts, semi sweet caramel notes with more toasted biscuit hops, a little bread crust toffee even, fair hops with some more herbal earthy forest like hops, fair bitterness, a bit fruity but like orchard fruit, semi sweet finish, med spicy earthy hops lingering
Mouth is med to a bit fuller bod, med carb
Overall this was more like an English IPA, not really even close to American IPA. Who the hell labels these beers?!
Dec 20, 2025Pours a frothy creamy almost 2 finger head with great retention, sticky lacing, darker copper burnt orange color, hazy
Nose sweet malts, toasted biscuity malt with some bread crust, caramel even, fair hops with some herbal tea, mild fruity notes, a bit earthy spicy
Taste starts with more of the malts, semi sweet caramel notes with more toasted biscuit hops, a little bread crust toffee even, fair hops with some more herbal earthy forest like hops, fair bitterness, a bit fruity but like orchard fruit, semi sweet finish, med spicy earthy hops lingering
Mouth is med to a bit fuller bod, med carb
Overall this was more like an English IPA, not really even close to American IPA. Who the hell labels these beers?!
Reviewed by Storm_Rryder from Iowa
3.25/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
That was ok. Didn't have the funky taste like others. But nothing memorable either, totally forgettable. I guess that is good for beers of this pack. A few more left.
May 13, 2023
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.56/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 oz 2022 can served in a Belgian snifter.
Appearance. Pours with a decent off-white white head over a hazy, copper colored body.
Like a number of the other Advent beers, this Minhas product has a surprisingly strong note of caramel malts. This lowers the bitterness and masks some of the hops. The result is a malty pale ale that's very drinkable but lacking the hop hit of a proper American IPA.
Jan 06, 2023Appearance. Pours with a decent off-white white head over a hazy, copper colored body.
Like a number of the other Advent beers, this Minhas product has a surprisingly strong note of caramel malts. This lowers the bitterness and masks some of the hops. The result is a malty pale ale that's very drinkable but lacking the hop hit of a proper American IPA.
Reviewed by whynot44 from Missouri
2.88/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.88/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Murky amber color with a decent off white head and even some decent lacing.
The aroma is sweet caramel malt with a hint of pine.
The taste is also dominated by sweet caramel malt. The finish dries out a bit with some pine resin and herbal hops but not nearly enough to qualify as an IPA.
The body is medium, mild carbonation, fairly smooth and drinkable.
Altogether, this might be a decent pale ale but is pretty weak as an IPA.
Dec 16, 2022The aroma is sweet caramel malt with a hint of pine.
The taste is also dominated by sweet caramel malt. The finish dries out a bit with some pine resin and herbal hops but not nearly enough to qualify as an IPA.
The body is medium, mild carbonation, fairly smooth and drinkable.
Altogether, this might be a decent pale ale but is pretty weak as an IPA.
Reviewed by JZH1000 from Colorado
1.98/5 rDev -35.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
1.98/5 rDev -35.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Poured From a 12oz Can
On the pour an off white 2 finger head with decent retention formed. Lacing also forms. The body however is a strange slightly muddy looking brew. A dark amber with haze. Huh.
Aroma give off that signature minhas funk of probably diacetyl and stressed yeast. Hops are present on the aroma of this which actually works a bit with the yeast, so its not too bad, but also barely an IPA. Quite sweet, and gives off hoppy amber vibes.
Taste follows the aroma with a big almost syrupy malt sweetness. Not nearly attenuated enough, also tastes too dark for the style. The off flavors don't come out as much as in the wheat beer from day #1. Tastes a bit like wort yet somehow there is a fusel alcohol flavor in the back.
Feel is syrupy but thankfully not overwhelming. Kind of tastes like Clausthaler NA dry hopped, but this has a long slightly bittersweet finish. You could chug this if you couldn't stand it but couldn't stand pouring beer out.
Overall this is less depressing than the American Wheat, but still nowhere near good. Weird yeasty notes. At least the hops are reasonable i guess.
Dec 06, 2022On the pour an off white 2 finger head with decent retention formed. Lacing also forms. The body however is a strange slightly muddy looking brew. A dark amber with haze. Huh.
Aroma give off that signature minhas funk of probably diacetyl and stressed yeast. Hops are present on the aroma of this which actually works a bit with the yeast, so its not too bad, but also barely an IPA. Quite sweet, and gives off hoppy amber vibes.
Taste follows the aroma with a big almost syrupy malt sweetness. Not nearly attenuated enough, also tastes too dark for the style. The off flavors don't come out as much as in the wheat beer from day #1. Tastes a bit like wort yet somehow there is a fusel alcohol flavor in the back.
Feel is syrupy but thankfully not overwhelming. Kind of tastes like Clausthaler NA dry hopped, but this has a long slightly bittersweet finish. You could chug this if you couldn't stand it but couldn't stand pouring beer out.
Overall this is less depressing than the American Wheat, but still nowhere near good. Weird yeasty notes. At least the hops are reasonable i guess.
Reviewed by Pegasus from Texas
3.77/5 rDev +22.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +22.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Hazy deep golden orange body is crowned my a moderate, coarse and fairly persistent white head. Thick, unbroken lacing adorns the glass wall. Small streams of bubbles race to the surface, while others cling to the glass wall beneath the surface.
Aroma: Pine hops dominate the aroma, there are also notes of sweet caramel, offering a pleasing counterpoint to the pronounced hops
Taste: Tasting yield a mild surge of sweet, dark caramel and a substantial pine hop presence. As the taste progresses, the caramel and hops view for supremacy, with the hops winning easily. At the end of the taste, there is a mild burst of sweetness, followed by medicinal and metallic hop notes that linger on and on.
Mouth feel: Very soft and full, almost like milk, with only hints of delicate carbonation.
Drinkability/notes: Really quite nice, a fine example of the style.
Presentation: Packaged in a standard twelve-ounce aluminum can, served in a LA Fin du Monde tulip. Beer number three from the Sam's Club Beer Advent calendar.
Dec 04, 2022Aroma: Pine hops dominate the aroma, there are also notes of sweet caramel, offering a pleasing counterpoint to the pronounced hops
Taste: Tasting yield a mild surge of sweet, dark caramel and a substantial pine hop presence. As the taste progresses, the caramel and hops view for supremacy, with the hops winning easily. At the end of the taste, there is a mild burst of sweetness, followed by medicinal and metallic hop notes that linger on and on.
Mouth feel: Very soft and full, almost like milk, with only hints of delicate carbonation.
Drinkability/notes: Really quite nice, a fine example of the style.
Presentation: Packaged in a standard twelve-ounce aluminum can, served in a LA Fin du Monde tulip. Beer number three from the Sam's Club Beer Advent calendar.
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