Thoughts on Evil Twin

More and more I am less inclined to buy a lot of contract brewed stuff; but he and his bro do write some good recipes. Even More Jesus is pretty solid (despite it's stupid rant on the label) and I'm assuming that the varients are just as good or better.

 

Just a note. 22oz bombers are brewed at Westbrook. Those new 4 packs of 12oz bottles are brewed in CT. Any of the 11.2oz or 500ml bottles are from Europe

 

the pricing blows big time but thus far, every beer i have had as been pretty solid.

 

My thoughts to a T. If you get a fresh bottle, Femme Fatale Blanc is unreal. And the stouts/porters are all worth trying once.

Hipster is a nice hoppy pale, not worth $8 (!), but certainly worth $4 which it goes for here in NYC.

But I'd add that the Saisons are paint-by-numbers and taste like every other mediocre Saison currently being pushed on us.

 

Very impressed by the Femme Fatale.

 

I have seen people rant and rave about IBB on here and picked up two bombers last night, cuz I love the ISs, but are there any reccommendations for other Evil Twin beers as the Hyvee has a fair amount of their stuff on the shelves and they all sound interesting

 

Even More Jesus
Aun Mas Cafe Jesus
Justin Blabaer

Those are the other 3 I've had and all were pretty damn good. Expensive tho....

 

I've noticed

 

I just found some for the first time in my local bottle shop. Surprised the hell out of me to see them there. Grabbed an IBB, a Yin, and a Christmas Eve at a New York Hotel Room. Which was actually listed as retired, until I put in an update considering I had a 2013 bottle of it.

 

It's great stuff, but pricey as hell since it's imported.
If I was in Denmark I'd shell out extra money for CCB once in a while, while enjoying the local fare most of the time. (if they got it there)
What I'm saying is, it's on point with CCB Quality, but more expensive simply because it's imported. (I believe this to be true, not sure how much it costs in Denmark)

 

I think they are contract brewing their US stuff on the East Coast. I tried to research this and was having some problems, but I believe this has been happening since Spring '13, about the same time they also started bottle dating. If you look on the label you can see where it was bottled (u.s. or abroad)

Yin and Yang also very good, i mixed to try the yin-yang black and tan, preffered them separately
Lil' B, supposedly the "base beer" for IBB, thought it was great
Femme Fatale Brett, great if it is fresh
Russian Roulette, i got the "regular" IPA, not the black ipa, also very good
Hipster Ale, decent pale, but not worth $15 for a sixer, worth a single if you find a broken down six

 

Damn....if that is true then it is truly overpriced.

 

I can confirm this; my bomber of IBB says it was produced and bottled by Westbrook.

 

Nice. That right, same contract brewer for stillwater. good intel.

 

Molotov Cocktail was very good. Slightly less expensive option instead of devil dancer. I have yin and yang in waiting.

Had a smoked beer from them that was so different it was awful. It was called ash tray something

 

Even more Jesus, yin, yang and hop flood were each excellent and worth the money.

 

As far as I've heard, Evil Twin is a gypsy brewer in the US recently.

 

Their Brett IPA's are really good. Their stouts are good too. Barrel age some stuff.

 

Evil Twin jsut arrived in Arkansas. Molotov Cocktail was pretty amazing for how high the ABV is. Gonna take home some Lil B tonight.

 

Agree 100% about the whining but disagree on Imperial Biscotti Break. Tough to find in NY and a very representative beer. I'd pick it up again.