Fearless Brewing – Mjolnir Imperial IPA: Is an IPA brewed in Oregon at a strength of 6.9% abv (so not really Imperial) and was enjoyed at home, poured from a tall boy can into a beer glass.
Aroma and Appearance: It pours a copper orange colour with 1 finger of foam and some sporadic rising bubbles. The aroma is bready malt with caramel, tangerine and mango with a bit of spicy herb.
Flavour: I get a nice chewy bready malt with some orange peel, mango, citrus and fruit in the middle and a dry bitter, pine resin and grapefruit finish.
Overall Impression: Nice IPA that has a malt profile of most Imperial IPA’s and a decent hop profile without being to high on the abv front.
Rating: I give it a very good rating of 7/10, a very good IPA that offers something a little different and was pleasant to drink.
Food Pairing: Go with some spicy shredded beef tacos on this one, or a meaty meal with some chili peppers.
I find it funny that this is styled as an Imperial IPA whereas Fat Tug at 7.0% is just an IPA. BJCP considers IPA’s at 7.5% abv and higher so they kind of styled it incorrectly, but at least the beer is tasty.
At least the beer is tasty if the style is wrong. It could be worse and not even an IPA like one Canadian macro everyone knows.
I did get a bit of a kick that on their website they say “Our mission is to provide our customers with beers that are consistently excellent and stylistically correct”, but it was still decent stuff and I have a few other varieties of theirs to work through.
The few I have had have been stylistically correct. Geluess we can give them a pass.
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