Sunday, October 4, 2009

The Velvet Velociraptor - Opening

A long overdue review for decent brew...


Appearance: 3.5 - It's dark brown in appearance right now, something like Coca-cola, but the clarity has improved. The floaters seem to have been kept to a minimum in this bottle as well. The head is small, but not out of line with this type of beer.

Smell: 3.0 - It's quite mild, but what little aroma is detectable is both fruity and wheaty as you might expect.

Taste: 3.5 - The description hasn't changed much here, except that on the whole it's more mild and the various stages have really blended together. It starts out a little sour, then turn tart as the raspberries emerge. Finally, the mellow wheat taste creeps in and merges with the fruit for a beery finish.

Mouthfeel: 2.5 - Again, not much has changed other than it being more mild for the most part. However, I can now detect an alcohol bite just before the aftertaste.

Drinkability: 3.0 - It has smoothed out quite a bit and other than the aforementioned alcohol bite, it goes down easy enough.



Bottom Line: 3.0 - It's interesting and enjoyable enough, but I doubt that I'd brew it again. Personally, I prefer more bitters in my brews.

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