Menagerie #8
Evolution Craft Brewing Company

Menagerie #8Menagerie #8
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From:
Evolution Craft Brewing Company
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
ABV:
9.5%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.02 | pDev: 11.19%
Reviews:
11
Ratings:
60
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 18, 2015
Added:
Oct 31, 2012
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  5
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Ratings by Myst:
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Rated by Myst from Maryland

4.75/5  rDev +18.2%

Nov 11, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.39 by skiofpinsk from Pennsylvania

Jan 18, 2015
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Rated by jarrgal from North Dakota

3.07/5  rDev -23.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Highly carbonated Belgian beer with a mild tartness and strong candied sugar notes.
Dec 30, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Jul 26, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by wrightst from Maryland

Jul 07, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by briandaube from Delaware

Jul 02, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Sarge3130 from Pennsylvania

Mar 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by lurpy1 from Minnesota

Mar 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by InspectorBob from New Jersey

Feb 06, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by jwat from Pennsylvania

Dec 23, 2013
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Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota

2.86/5  rDev -28.9%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Thanks to damienblack for this bottle, the last survivor of a fall-time trade. Big 22 oz. bottle that would be very difficult to stuff in your pockets & smuggle into a Twins game. Split with my wife (who picked it out).

The pour is obnoxiously carbonated, billowing at the slightest provocation, & I have to pause at the halfway point. The beer, what I can see of it, is dark, arterial-blood red. Nose is rife with wine barrel, strong Belgian yeasts, & a healthy dose of sugar cane.

Menagerie #8 isn't twisting my nipples. Whatever subtleties are noted on the label are drowned in candied sugar, rabid carbonation, & yeastiness. Might be a few wine notes in here; hard to tell amidst the overbearing opening. Tartness that might be the wine, or an impending infection, right on the end. Half a bomber? Put it on my honey-chore list.

Glancing through the other reviews, it's hard to believe this is the same beer. I didn't know this was released a year ago, but something has gotten into it. Doesn't even rise to average; my first disappointment from a good brewery.
Nov 22, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by mattafett from Iowa

Nov 05, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by GeoffreyM from Pennsylvania

Oct 17, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by wyatt13 from Illinois

Oct 13, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by jp312 from Pennsylvania

Sep 22, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by BillRoth from Maryland

Sep 22, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by bonkers from New Jersey

Sep 14, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by VeganUndead from Virginia

Aug 29, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by MrBoh from Maryland

Aug 18, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by fdig23 from Pennsylvania

Aug 13, 2013
Menagerie #8 from Evolution Craft Brewing Company
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 60 ratings