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Beer Master General Beer Reviews

The opinion below is that of our Beer Master General. Personal taste and opinions may vary and we encourage you to conduct your own taste test and let us know your opinion.

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Beer/Brewery
City
Tasting Notes
Style
ABV
IBU
Cal
 
On Style
Look
Smell
Taste 
Mouth Feel 
Total Rating

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Hyper Light, Back Pew
Porter, TX
Great taste, light refreshing
Light lager
4.2
14
95
 
4
5
4
5
4
4.4
Monkey Wrench, Suds Monkey
Dripping Springs
A surprise. Great Flavor
Wheat IPA
5.5
54
 
 
4.5
4
4.6
4.5
4.5
4.4
Firemans 4 Light, Real Ale
Blanco
Light Body clean
Light Lager
4
10
110
 
4
5
4
4
4
4.2
Kung Fu Robot, 4th Tap Brewing Co-Op
Austin
Great taste, refresshing, not to harsh.  Finished  Juicy, creamy, and above all easy drinking.
IPA
7
43
 
 
4
4
4.3
4
4
4.1
Strawberry Blonde, Southern Star
Conroe, TX
Blonde Bombshell with a hint of Strawberry
Fruit Flavored Ale
4.6
20
 
 
3.5
4.5
4
3.5
4
3.9
Mostly Harmless, Eureka Heights
Houston, TX
Hoppy pale ale  German malt and Citra hops are cosmically balanced in this weird hybrid of a beer style. 
Citra Pale Kolsch
4.5
42
 
 
4
4
3.5
3.5
4
3.8
Nowhere but Texas, Legal Draft
Arlington
Unusual after taste.  
Lager
4.2
 
 
 
3.5
3.5
3.6
3.8
3.9
3.7
Hipster Sauce, 11 Below
Houston, TX
Excessive amounts of Mosaic, Citra and Amarillo hops provide juicy hopheads and hipsters alike.
Hazzy IPA
6.5
55
 
 
4
4
3
3
4
3.6
Citra Slicer IPA, Community
Dallas,TX
Citra hops and expertly blended them with fresh lemon & orange peel. 
IPA
7
50
 
 
3.5
3.5
3.8
3.5
3.5
3.6

2nd Set

Beer/Brewery
City
Tasting Notes
Style
ABV
IBU
Cal
 
On Style
Look
Smell
Taste 
Mouth Feel 
Total Rating
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Hop Tounge, Karbach

**Releasing Soon**
Houston, TX
Great Flavor, Should release this week. 2 Row, Mediu crystal and acidualated malts. Chinook, Simcoe, Centinnial
IPA
7.5
70
 
 
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
Cherry Limeaid Radler,Karbach
Houston, TX
*Linda approved. Blend of cherry, lime, and golden beer. Great balance of Cherry Limeade and beer. Would mak an excellent slushy!
Shandy / Radler
3.5
12
142
 
4.2
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
Oktoberfest, Altstat
Fredericksburg, TX
Pilsner and roasted malts, caramel, biscuit like, German hops with spice&earth. A taste of Germany.
Oktoberfest
6.1
16
 
 
4.6
4.2
4.3
4.5
4.4
4.4
Tex-Mex Gold, Flyingman
Austin, TX
Nice clean taste
Mexican style later
5.5
19
 
 
4.2
4.3
4.3
4.1
4
4.18
Swine Dive IPA, Aqubrew
San Marcos, TX
Great can.Nice flavor. Single IPA with big citrus and pine flavors from Calypso, Bravo and Cascade hops. Very refreshing on a hot day. Awesome lable
IPA
7.9
65
 
 
3.8
3.4
3.8
3.4
4
3.68
Oktoberfest,Shiner
Shiner, TX
two-row barley, Munich and caramel malts, along with German grown Hallertau Tradition and Hersbrucker hops. 
Oktoberfest
5.7
18
 
 
3.8
3.5
3.7
3.6
3.6
3.64
Light Circus Hazy IPA, Karbach
Houston, TX
  
Flavor from hoppy, to fruity, to tropical. As far as Hazy IPA's go its not bad.
Hazy IPA
6
20
170
 
3.8
3.8
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.62
Honey Wheat, Flingman
Austin
Smooth refreshing German style Honey Wheat. Think of it as an alt-beer with a twist.
Wheat Beer - Other
5.2
17
 
 
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.5
Water Bomber Watermelon Wheat, Flyingman
Austin, TX
Needs more watermelon. Strong wheat flavor. If you like wheat beers this is one for you. Very Refreshing.
American Pale Wheat
5.5
18
 
 
3.2
4
3.5
3
3.5
3.44
Oktoberfest, Real Ale
Blanco, TX
German malt, hops, and yeast. Munich and Vienna malts. traditional Bavarian
 
5.7
22
 
 
3.5
3.4
3.2
3
3
3.22
Dohipa Series 12 Keylime Pie, Tupps
McKinney, TX
Explosion of Lime. Would be great fajita marinaid. Not a fan of this style
IPA - Milkshake
7%
 
 
 
3
3.5
3
2.5
3
3
Sea Salt & Lime, Shiner
Shiner, TX
Dash of sea salt and a squeeze of lime. Refreshing.
Lager - American Light
4
9
 
 
3
3.2
3.2
3
3
3
Cherry Limeaid, Shiner
Shiner, TX
NO! Tastes like cough syrup and acid.
Fruit Beer
5
 
 
 
0.5
3
3
0.5
2.5
1.9

3rd Set January 21, 2020

Beer/Brewery
City
Tasting Notes
Style
ABV
IBU
Cal
 
On Style
Look
Smell
Taste 
Mouth Feel 
Total Rating
 
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Shiner Frost, Spoetzl Brewing
Shiner, TX
Malty sweetness, with a very slight hop flavor. An old world German Style at its best.
Dortmunder
5%
16
 
 
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
5
4.6
Shiner Candied Pecan Porter, Spoetzl Brewery
Conroe, TX
Very Surprised.  Not ususally a fan of flavored porters.  Great smell,  the candied pecan comes through in just the right amount.  Taste as it smells. Smells like Gradma is backing pecan cookies.
Flavored Porter
6%
 
 
 
4
4
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.3
Octoberist, Southern Star
Conroe, TX
Malty, dark,coffee notes, slight liquorish taste.
Russian Imperial
10%
50
 
 
4
4
4
3.5
4
3.9
Wake 'N Bake, Buffalo Bayou
Houston, TX
Soft coffe with notes of carmel and vanilla.
Coffee Ale
5.4%
14.5
 
 
3
3.5
3.9
3.6
3.9
3.58
Feistaval Watermelon Lager, Alamo Beer Company
San Antonio
Very Light, needs more watermelon flavor. Listed as a seasonal.  Maybe for a hot summer day. 
Fruit Flavored Lager
3.4%
15
 
 
3
3
3
3
4
3.2