Evil Twin Hipster - Evil Twin Brewing

UCLABrewN84

California

3.53/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Canned 9/28/12.

Pours a hazy honey orange with a foamy beige head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Foamy swaths of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Small particles of sediment are seen floating around in the glass after the pour. Smell is of malt, fruits, citrus zest, and some mild herbal hop aromas. Taste is much the same with a fairly high hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is quite hoppy and bitter for the style in my opinion.

Serving type: can

11-29-2012 03:39:44 | More by UCLABrewN84

BEERchitect

Kentucky

3.58/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Trying to gain a grasp on the culture of today's hipster trend, I've boiled it down to two thoughts of ideology: 1) A yuppie that looks like a hippy, that looks like a yuppie. or 2) A hippie that looks like a yuppie, that looks like a hippie. Regardless, this beer is designed for them!

Hipster Ale opens with a glowing burnish gold color and coppery highlights. Its medium haze reminds me of the heavy hop usage and full flavored, unfiltered character. Firmly topped with a creamy yellowish foam, the beer retains and laces the glass beautifully.

Citrus and grass are the prominent characteristics that dominate the nose. But supportive malt notes balance the hops, even if tepidly so. Caramel, biscuit, and bread set the tone, but the grapefruit-scented hops anchor complementary notes of white grape, juniper, and lemon.

Malt flavors have firmer underpinnings than the nose suggest as that balance of the beer begins to more resemble pale ale and not IPA. Rich in bread dough and yeast flavor, the beer has a starchy taste that fuses with soft caramel and biscuit for a richer than usual base. But it's the hops that best celebrates the taste: Dried citrus peel, white pithy grapefruit, and grassy taste (weedy-stemmy, and overall chlorophyll) garner the pungent earth and sharp citrusy balance. The beer finishes with a winy, juniper, spruce, minty and lemony note that I've come to expect from Nelson Sauvin-type hops.

The beer's bready taste also translates to texture- rich bready weight keeps the beer creamy and smooth. But as the hops shed the carbonation and malt, a quick transition at mid palate ensures a dry finish of hops and leaf. Mild astringency from hops, minty-warm alcohols, and an overall pungent fruit character presents themselves in a very terse aftertaste.

I'm currious if patchouli, cabbage, or overall dank character is the proper bait for hipsters, but if the can looks like a Rubik's Cube, it can't loose! I'm not sure if I have ever seen a marketing campaign that targets as specific audience so overtly. Anything to sell beer, right?

Serving type: can

10-24-2012 16:25:25 | More by BEERchitect

oberon

North Carolina

4.1/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The new canned Global" Hipster for us who are hip but don't live in a hip city.Hipsters annoy me to the core but this APA was pretty damn good.Poured into a standard pint glass a deep murky burnt orange with a sticky white 1/2 finger white head atop.Alot of grapefruit and pine resin in the nose over top of a caramel biscuit malt base,a tinge of honey comes into play as well.Again sharp grapefruit hops dominate the palate with a little grass as well,the malt base is got some caramel sweetness but drys out nicely in the finish.This is a pretty damn good and hopped up pale ale.I haven't had any of the other Hipster line but will seek them out.

Serving type: can

09-13-2012 20:42:21 | More by oberon

TMoney2591

Illinois

3.34/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

Served in a Lagunitas mason jar.

Ticker + cheap, single can = yeah, I'm gonna buy and try it. Full disclosure, I guess. Anyway, this stuff pours a slightly hazy brass topped by a finger of off-white foam. The nose comprises orange zest, very light grapefruit peel, a pinch of leek-y greens, and a general sense of mildly-buttery toffee throughout the background. It's slightly subtle, it's at least trying to be balanced; and this came from Evil Twin. Nice to see. The taste emphasizes the rindy aspects of the fruits, the chlorophyll of the greens, and the mildness of the now-biscuity toffee. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a fairly dry finish. Overall, a nice little pale ale, though nothing I would likely revisit very often at all. That said, it's heartening to see a brewery known for its outrageousness going for a seemingly run-of-the-mill take on this style.

Serving type: can

01-18-2013 04:19:36 | More by TMoney2591

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.7/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This beer poured out as a hazy amber color with a fizzy white head on top. There is a light retention and lacing on this beer. The smell of this beer is hoppy. It's got a nice malt aroma too. The taste is pretty bitter, subtle malt but mostly bitter. The mouthfeel is pretty decent, medium bodied with a decent carbonation to it. Overall it's not a bad brew. Pretty good for the price.

Serving type: can

11-04-2012 20:55:51 | More by Knapp85

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.71/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

I like this beer. It's got a thick malt body with a nice level of hop influence that isn't overdone at all. I mean, sure, it could be more pronounced and louder with the hops, but this still works and is a pleasant drinker. Smooth feel. If only this were cheaper, they'd be selling a lot more of it, I'd wager. Heck, I'd buy a sixer of it.

Serving type: can

04-09-2013 02:24:40 | More by RblWthACoz

smcolw

Massachusetts

3.95/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Modest, but lasting head. Plenty of blanket lace on the glass. Very cloudy. Orange-amber color.

The smell is a good blend soft, pale malt and floral hop. Some grapefruit rind to the nose.

Brief pale malt flavor is quickly overwhelmed by the strong, peppery hop bitterness. This makes for a long lip-smacking aftertaste. Borderline IPA flavors. Rich body with a high carbonation.

Serving type: can

11-18-2012 23:12:59 | More by smcolw

Billolick

New York

3.93/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Purchased at DeCicco's in Ardsley, NY. 12 ounce can. No freshenss/bottleing info to be had

Pours heavily hazed almond amber, nice gauzy, thicker khaki head, that stays, then goes to a wild mix of tiny bubble film, lace and thick collar.

Bready dough all over the sniff.

nicely balanced APA, more smooth bready malts, then moderate citrus comes into the mix. Grapefruit finish. Soft and nicely rounded mouthfeel. Quality, worthy and highly enjoyable brew in a can.

Serving type: can

11-18-2012 18:01:54 | More by Billolick

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Picked up a $3 can of this at Craft in Reno. Poured like a typical gold colored American pale ale. Impressive carbonation, head. Spotty lacing. Aroma was mild, a little citrus, more breadiness.

Taste, easy drinking, decently hopped, still definitely in pale ale territory. Substantial bitterness. I'm thinking there might be Simcoe and Summit in this in a small way. More Simcoe. Maybe even some Riwakas in there. I got very little in terms of malt addition or character to the beer. Was pretty much breadiness and grassiness, no discernable caramel, toffee or whatnot. While it is pretty bitter, it wasn't abrasively so. A nice tang to it. Relatively dry finish.

I find it to be slightly above average for a pale ale, but extremely above average price wise. When I can get 2.5 cans of SNPA, a much superior product, for the price of 1 of these, well, that's why my recommendation is to pass on this one. Go ahead and buy a single of it if you can, don't plunk down whatever egregious price it might be for a six pack.

Serving type: can

11-01-2012 23:13:47 | More by Beerandraiderfan

beerthulhu

New Jersey

3.44/5  rDev -8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: Dark orange, khaki head is creamy but flimsy and quick to dissipate. Good strong sense of carbonation and visible floaties. Lacing is modest.

S: Aroma of pine and caramel, grapefruit grind, with some underlying notes of leafy herbaceoucs scents. Grapey, viney notes with an all told fair and average offering for a pale.

T: Scotchy grapefruit and pine with some dry speciality grains. Decent level of dry hoppiness, though flavor spectrum is limited. Lemony-buttery caramel fade.

M: Good deal of malt depth, creamy, medium-full body, dry.

O: Overall not bad, slightly above average offering, dry, sweet with an alkaline finish. Decent with a high C rating feels about right. wouldnt go out of my way for.

Serving type: can

04-16-2013 01:28:01 | More by beerthulhu

woodychandler

Pennsylvania

3.6/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I was really happy to see this in The Fridge's cooler recently and I have some to spare if anyone is looking for this beer in a CAN. The CANQuest (TM) marches on!

From the CAN: "Perhaps you heard of a worldwide beer-movement that tributes favorite hipster neighbourhoods across the globe. First came Istedgade, Copenhagen then Sodermalm, Stockholm followed by Williamsburg, New York and Shoreditch, London accompanied by Trastevere, Rome & last El Raval, Barcelona. If you feel excluded because you're hip but your city is not, this cutting-edge, 'hip without border' pale ale is an homage to you - the global hipster. Cheers!"

Oh yeah, that totally speaks to me in my hipper-than-thou mode. Not! Let's get on with a Crack & Glug, shall we? I was left looking at a finger of dense, tawny head with good retention. Color was a hazy orangish-amber, but I am cool with a lack of filtration as long as it tastes good. Nose had a minty-caramel scent and so I was reminded of toffee or Brach's caramels. Mouthfeel was medium and the minty hops were initially prevalent on the tongue, but the caramel malt got a brief opportunity to shine through. The finish was very dry and quite bitter, just the way I like my APAs. I CANnot tell you that there was anything stand-out about this one and coupled with its relatively high price point, I would probably reach for other APAs instead. I guess that I am not much of a hipster.

Serving type: can

10-15-2012 22:42:32 | More by woodychandler

Brad007

Vermont

3.59/5  rDev -4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a light gold with a one-finger head into my glass. Ooh, the color would please any hipster at this point.

Aroma is a great mix of citrus and pine and seems to follow the new mantra for IPAs (a greater focus on citrus, less on pine).

Flavor is kind of bland to be honest with only a smidgen of piney hops and a thin, vague strip of bread.

Lingering piney bitterness. Still a bit hard to tolerate.

Not one of their best offerings but still drinkable as is.

Serving type: bottle

01-14-2013 03:55:01 | More by Brad007

thagr81us

South Carolina

4/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Big thanks goes out to my doppelganger for this one while we cleaned and lubricated machine guns for a shooting session the following day! Served from can into a shaker. Poured a golden yellow with white half finger head that subsided to a minimal amount slowly. Maintained nice lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, earth, citrus, citrus hop, earth hop, marijuana, and onion hop. The flavor was of sweet malt, onion hop, earth, earth hop, and subtle citrus. It had a light feel on the palate with high carbonation. Overall this was a good brew. I really enjoyed how this one took the earthy aspect of a pale ale to a whole new level with just about every aspect in it being a play on some sort of earthy character. This really kept your palate guessing what to expect next and made it rather enjoyable to consume. While doing all this it was rather refreshing as well with the nice kiss of subtle citrus lingering on the flavor. A really well put together brew that I wouldn't mind having again in the future.

Serving type: can

11-06-2012 17:38:15 | More by thagr81us

nickfl

Florida

3.74/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

A - Pours with one and a half fingers of white foam on top of a hazy, dark golden body. The foam settles at a moderate pace and leaves nice lace.

S - A spicy, fruity hop aroma with some bready notes and a bit of "oniony" character.

T - Sweet, bready malt up front with a touch of earthy spice. Some pine and grapefruit comes out in the middle and the beer finishes with more grapefruit and pepper.

M - Medium-thick body, moderately high carbonation, and a balanced finish.

D - It has a nice aroma and it is drinkable enough, but I don't know that I like it all that much. The bitterness is a little on the harsh side and overall it is a bit heavy for a sessionable pale ale.

Serving type: can

01-10-2013 07:28:42 | More by nickfl

flagmantho

Washington

4/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from 12oz can into a pint glass.

Appearance: hazy golden hue with plenty of floaties and a mild effervescence. Head pours two thick fingers of frothy ivory foam. Quite decent, actually.

Smell: sweet malt and a rich, funky hop arome with citrus, earthiness and just the right amount of dank. I rather like it.

Taste: pretty big malt base for a beer of this comparatively low ABV, with a nice, rich, oily hoppiness. Citrus and funk are big on the flavor, with a bit of dry herbal flavor toward the back. Bitterness is quite solid. I could drink plenty of this.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a smooth texture and a decent carbonation. Less creamy than, say, rich and smooth, but overall I like it.

Overall: I find myself liking this beer. It's not really hipster-y beyond the packaging, but I think it's a solid canned pale ale, especially if you like the funkier and danker varieties of pale ale. I'd have this again, definitely.

Serving type: can

11-16-2012 22:42:13 | More by flagmantho

Durge

Connecticut

3.93/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

This pale ale from a can presents a classic amber color, slightly hazed with a substantial white foam on top and lacing to match. The nose instantly picks up tropical fruit and subdued fresh pine. Very nice while maintaining a pale ale restraint perhaps. The taste offers a unique blend of delicate citrus and pine along with a bit of a mineral grain idea that is very easy drinking while keeping the taste buds easily satisfied. Just a bit grassy but not as astringent as most grassy hops can present. The feel is also very pleasant. Medium bodied with a fairly heavy, creamy feel, without any sort of cloying or thickness. Very much a drinkable brew that I could see fitting any session. The flavor could use just a slight boost in sweetness perhaps, something to give it a little more distinction but as a pale ale, it delivers solid, tasty hop bitterness and is quite a good option for sure.

Serving type: can

01-12-2013 04:18:32 | More by Durge

dbrauneis

New Jersey

3.98/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Pours a hazy dark copper in color with hints of deep golden yellow when held up to the light, some light amount of both white and dark yeast particles in suspension near the bottom of the glass, and a very light amount of visible carbonation. The beer has a finger tall creamy light beige head that slowly reduces to a medium sized patch of thick large bubbles, a thin film covering the rest of the surface of the beer, and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate to significant amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Upfront there is a light aroma of caramel malts followed by some strong hop aromas - grapefruit/citrus, pine/resin, and pineapple/tropical in order of intensity.

T: Like the smell, the taste of this beer upfront has a light to moderate flavor of caramel malts with some light sweetness. After that, the beer has a lot of hop flavors - grapefruit/citrus is pretty strong with lighter amounts of pine/resin and pineapple/tropical. Light amounts of bitterness which lingers for quite a while on your palate.

M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly chewy. Light to moderate amounts of dryness in the finish.

O: Very enjoyable with a nice combination of hop flavors and aromas without being overly bitter. Easy to drink and one to have again.

Serving type: can

10-17-2012 21:56:02 | More by dbrauneis

lordofthewiens

Maine

3.95/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This beer was a hazy orange color with a small white head that nevertheless produced a fair amount of lace.

More citrus aroma than anything else. There was a bit of pine, as well as some sweet malt.

Slightly bitter grapefruit and orange taste. Piney hops. Biscuit.

A hoppy beer, but not overly so. Certainly not what I was expecting from this brewery.

Serving type: can

02-02-2013 15:24:09 | More by lordofthewiens

ngeunit1

California

4.33/5  rDev +15.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Hazy amber-orange finger of frothy off-white head. Fades medium.

S - Pine, grassy, and grapefruit hops, caramel and biscuit malts.

T - Grapefruit, pine, and grassy hops, lots of resiny bitterness, sweet caramel and biscuity malts.

M - Medium bodied moderate carbonation. Smooth with a dry, resiny, bitter finish.

D - Good big hoppy APA. Lots of resiny bitterness from start to end. Good overall balance.

Serving type: can

12-20-2012 02:59:23 | More by ngeunit1

CrazyDavros

Australia

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 3.75

Pours amber with a fading head.
Nose shows orange marmalade, bready malt, sweet caramel. Pretty malty stuff.
Very hoppy flavours, but there's a lot of malt to back it up. Orange marmalade, pine, resinous notes, clean sweet malt.
Needs more carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 02:43:09 | More by CrazyDavros

ADZA

Australia

4.11/5  rDev +9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a hazy Redgum honey hue with a fluffy three finger head and lacing everywhere,the smell is pineapple,piney hops,floral hops and grapefruit very enticing indeed,the mouthfeel is medium bodied and well carbonated with tastes of grapefruit,pineapple,boiled candy,piney bitter hops and finished with a floral hippiness and overall it's a great pale ale and with these guys nothing surprises me as they constantly impress me cheers.

Serving type: can

05-02-2013 10:22:20 | More by ADZA

LiquidAmber

Washington

3.95/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured into a Dogfish Head pint glass. Pours a light golden amber with suspended tiny particulates. One finger off-white head that dissipates to a thick film and tons of lacing. Great piney and citrus hops and grapefruit, light sweet malt in the aroma. Flavor starts with citrus hops and grapefruit, slowly revealing sweet malt and bittering hops. Finishes slightly dry and bitter. Hops are more bitter than aromatic, but flavors are quite intense for a pale ale. I was somewhat underwhelmed by the emphasis on bittering hops on first taste, but this ale grew on me as I drank. A number of flavors develop during the taste, spanning bitterness, light fruit, citrus and malt. Well done and interesting. Medium bodied. I will get this one again.

Serving type: can

10-17-2012 04:51:44 | More by LiquidAmber

Bung

North Carolina

2.74/5  rDev -26.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.75

12oz. Slightly hazy dark gold pour, made more hazy by my uncareful pour. Wasn't expecting much sediment out of this but oh well. White ring is about it for the topper.

Aroma, quite piney, light herbal notes. Some balancing toffee like malt.

Taste, this can is a little older but the hop presence is still pretty potent. Though after a nice citrus-pine start this goes downhill. Stone fruit and some toasted malt background. Some odd vegetal and burnt/astringent bitterness dominates. I can see they were going for a big resin bomb but it comes on too strong. The least pleasant hop flavors I've experienced since a nasty can of Gubna. Maybe it is the age.

Body where it should be, carb is maybe a tick high. Drink okay but the failed hop experiment makes me wish I left this on the shelf.

Serving type: can

03-16-2013 01:57:27 | More by Bung

Ryan011235

Ohio

1.35/5  rDev -63.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Poured into an Olympia tulip on 4/5/13

11/08/12 on the bottom of the can; this should be a treat.

The appearance is somewhere between honey and pineapple juice. Short head with good staying power. Nice amount of sticky lace.

Smells of caramel, bread, floral hops, and dead and dying citric hops. Candied overtones. Not great, but whatever.

The taste is bad. Astoundingly bad. I've not had a beer taste so uniquely bad in some time. Not nearly enough caramel compared to the aroma and shaken with contained bitterness. The caramel that there is tastes like it was spat out on the ground and run over by a rubber tire situated on a Deep-V rim directly under a straight bar and no hand brake. What is with this bitterness? Fully realized, but contained within a manageable satchel. Dirty roots and herbs.

The feel is bristly like a mustache.

This is utterly ridiculous.

Serving type: can

04-06-2013 03:58:58 | More by Ryan011235

RonaldTheriot

Louisiana

4.43/5  rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Evil Twin Hipster Ale has a fairly thick, soapy, off-white head, a very cloudy, brilliant orange appearance, with lots of suspended brown chunks and a think lacing sheen left behind. The aroma is of piney and citrus hops and sugar. Taste is all bitter, piney hops, grapefruit juice, pine oil, sugar, and sweet white bread. Mouthfeel is medium and slick, and Evil Twin Hipster Ale finishes dry, fairly refreshing, and quite drinkable. Overall, this is a wonderful beer, and I rate it most excellent. It is one that you should not miss trying.

RJT

Serving type: can

03-28-2013 15:23:41 | More by RonaldTheriot