Drawn And Quartered
Nightmare Brewing Company

Always one to go for the edgy good boy imagery, Nightmare sometimes suffers upon analysis of the beer. Sure, you might sing in the sunshine, but you'll be on your way. Advocate that. Quadruple ipa GF yo. You could take those soy arms and cry about it being problematic. Flex.

Pours a grubby fetid swamp water appearance but with some color in the yellow vein. 1/5" white head. The aroma lacks that Nelson punch. Its hoppy, but not the down under dankness weed strain. Welp. That was the reason to try it. I guess the other 3 hops muddle it up.

The taste brings a large amount of booziness and sugar to the forefront. Eee gad or whatever the old heads say. It just outweighs the hop character which is nondescript behind everything else. Does the hazy body make up for anything? A little bit tamed I guess but it still clocks in heavy on the booze perception. It has that trubby feel though. We finished the can, but it was a slight chore to do so. There is a weird astringent screwdriver drink like quality to it.

16 ounce can into a tulip snifter. Had 5/22/24.

Pours a hazy, darker orange color, with a two inch foamy head with very good retention and a good amount of foamy lacing. Aromas of grapefruit, pineapple, malt, some caramel and melon, light orange and mango, light pine. Smells a little dank. Flavors of grapefruit, pineapple, pine, malt, melon, some caramel, light mango, a little orange. Has a decent amount of resiny hop bitterness. Smooth, a very good lighter body, well carbonated.

This is a great effort. Well balanced between the hops and malt, lots of tropical citrus, a confident bitterness. Like the maltier backbone, too. Really enjoyable.

 

16 oz can from Tavour. Medium yellow gold, hazy, small skin of head. Aroma is grapefruit and pineapple, some caramel. Taste is in your face juicy citrus, more caramel, sweet, bitter. Pretty smooth for a 10% beer.

This one pours a very hazy golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells malty and boozy, like so many triple IPAs. There’s caramel and sugar, some juicy hop character, a boozy heat coming out of the glass.

There are a small handful of triple IPAs out there that I like, but this is not one of them. It’s got a cakey and bready malt character that is just unpleasant mixed with the intense booziness. There is some decent juicy hop character in there, but it plays as syrupy on the palate in the end due to other factors of this beer playing against it.

This isn’t all that drinkable, I kind of had to kill it quickly and unpleasantly to get to the next beer.

I won’t say that drinking made me feel like I was undergoing the torture depicted on the can label, that would be ridiculous. But, I did make the connection in my head, nonetheless.

 

 

This is the third beer that I've had from Nightmare and as much as I love the newer breweries that have popped up and started to distribute in my neck of the woods over the last few months, this was further proof that these guys are taking the cake when it comes to "must buy" status when I see their offerings on local store shelves!

The pour to this was pleasing as it had a uniformly cloudy, golden hue and quiet luminescence to it. Enough head topped it off although the lacing left behind could have been a bit more extensive, as there was a webbed ring near the top of my pint glass and not much the rest of the way down. Lots of sticky peach, dank apricot, gooseberry and rye in the nose as the taste was full, full-bodied, and oh-so-intriguing as it pulled me in and never let go. Tons of dank, heavy weed, spicy bread, and tropical fruit rind complemented the aroma beautifully with the end result being a Quadruple IPA that felt more like a Double - if that makes any sense! A bit of spicy kick gave this wondrous depth as the Enigma was the overriding hop from start to finish.

Not a lot of carbonation here as the heavy melon, peach, and stone fruit undertone was allowed to grow on me and ultimately shine as this turned out to be one dank and deep beer that almost felt like fermented tea. Dated 3/24, this never looked or felt old as this aged beautifully over the last seven months. Just like the label, this brew was not for the faint of heart but was worth the effort to get to know and ultimately, fully enjoy and savor. Nightmare has quietly become a heavyweight in these parts and for those of us in the know, we're all the better for having them at close reach as I can't recommend these guys enough!

 

Poured from a 16 oz can dated 3/24/21 into a Willi Becher pint glass.
L - Pours a hazy orange color with a frothy white head that dissipates slowly.
S - Smells of tropical fruits.
T - Tastes of tropical fruits with a boozy sweetness on the finish.
F - Medium body and carbonation.
O - Really interesting IPA. Very fruity with a nice booziness.

Nice double neipa. No bitterness. Very drinkable. Strong. Good lacing. Really nice mouth feel. Would order again and again

 

 

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on January 23, 2021.

 

16oz can into a pint glass. Canned 3/24/21, so not even 3 weeks old.

Looks absolutely magnificent in the glass. Deep, dark orange juice colored body. Bright thick foamy white head shrinks to around 1/4 covering and maintains right down to the last drop, impressive given the abv. Lacing, more like a mat of foam really, is superb

Aroma is hoppy, dull mixed fruit, and manages to smell warm.

On tasting, strong, warming, juicy, fruity, with a hint of pepper now and then. Makes the mouth water. Abv apparent, though not 10.0 apparent

Mouth is close to full, finish warm, juicy, faintly bitter, with a pepper touch on the side of the tongue

Overall, likely the best NE dipa I've had. Will look for more from Nightmare now they have poked their head into PA. Word of warning, the can art is not for the faint hearted, but is superb.

If you ever have chance to get on tap, you will be thankful. Not sure how any beer drinker wouldn't appreciate. Hits on every level. Which, also, means 10.5% is almost crushable!
Stumbled upon cans a couple days after- can art is awesome, but only after you know what it is! If not, it looks like a big ol black and red ink spot.
Just a bit boozier in cans but this is great stuff.
Question is- Is this the first "crushable" 10.5%er?
A+

Can’t even taste the 10% super juicy and delicious! One of the best NE IPAs ive had in a long time. Definitely did not over do it with the quad dry hopping. Great texture!

Canning date: 1-13-21.

A - Opaque medium golden tan color that resembles tropical fruit juice. with incredibly sticky lacing all over the glass.

S - Dank tropical fruit aroma with pineapple, citrus, peach, peppery / tropical fruit rind, apricot, and passion fruit.

T - Onion, garlic, oily, tropical fruit peppery / spicy fruit rind, dank peach, apricot, pineapple, spicy melon, and an intense spicy lingering peppery fruit rind. Overall, finishes on the fruitier, sweeter side with intense oily / spiciness.

M - Thick, prickly on the tongue, chewy, oily, and lip smacking sticky.

O - In its current canning state, this is an intense, big, oily IPA palate trasher - all the stuff I enjoy in this beer style.
Recommended if you like 'em "super-sized". ;o)