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BKS Artisan Ales

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BKS Artisan Ales
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
10.5%
Score:
+7 ratings needed
Avg:
4.39 | pDev: 2.96%
Ratings:
3 | reviews: 2
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 22, 2022
Added:
Dec 11, 2021
Wants:
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Gots:
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Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4.48 by dt_gbpackersfan from Missouri

Jul 22, 2022
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Reviewed by swid from Missouri

4.2/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours light yellow - slightly darker than lemon juice. An off white head with moderate lacing. Both the smell and the taste are packed with tropical citrus, backed with a hint of bitterness. The mouthfeel is smooth, and finishes with a mix of malty sweetness and herbal bitters.

Can purchased from the brewery 12/10/2021.
Jan 21, 2022
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Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri

4.48/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Reviewed blind against a Monkish NE Triple IPA.

Pours a milky opaque orange with two fingers of white foam. Head retention is great, forming a foamy pillow atop the beer awhile after the pour takes place. Aroma is soft yeast that's surrounded by papaya, tangerine, and orange zest. Some hop burn on the back, which works to sear off the tropical fruits from lingering. That hop burn carries a little alcohol heat too. Flavor profile is soothing tropical fruits, hitting notes of guava, tangerine, mango, papaya, and orange zest along the way. It's a smooth induction of tropical fruits, carrying sweetness from start to finish. Mouth feel is medium-thick with a creamy, pillowy texture. It's very soft, almost melting away as each sip drags along. Overall, despite a bit of bite in the nose, the flavor profile here is splendid and smooth. It's social hops from wall to wall without room for anything else.

Served in a 14oz stemless wine glass from a 16oz can.


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Original scores: 4.25 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.25 | 4.5

Pours a completely opaque pale orange with two fingers of dense, white foam. Aroma is absolutely loaded with hops, to the point it has a little hop burn in the nose. Papaya, melon dew, grapefruit, orange zest, and sticky resin hops form a dense shell of hops. It really doesn't lean into sweet or bitter, netting a more neutral balance. Part of this balance is due to some light heat seeping into the aroma. Flavor profile is a dense, nearly chewable, papaya, mango, tangerine, grapefruit, and melon dew. That rindy grapefruit tartness punches through the mix, working to create contrast against the underlying sugary notes. It never leans into sweet or bitter though, suspending the tongue in hoppy matrimony. Alcohol doesn't pop through, but there is a light sense of heat at the back. It's more of a density thing than straight up heat; regardless, it still elevates the presence of this beer. Mouth feel is dense, nearing chewable, with a thick, full consistency. Overall, a dense IPA absolutely loaded with hops. Tropical fruits are abundant, and yet refrain from running this beer into the overly sweet category.

Served in a 15.5oz Speigalau tulip from a 16oz can. Reviewed from a can released yesterday.
Dec 11, 2021