Brass Knuckle - Four String Brewing Company

Ryan011235

Ohio

2.03/5  rDev -31.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

On tap in a pint glass at Woodlands on 3/16/12

Lazy caramel brown and a bit foggy. The head was poured as a thin, soapy layer that washes out and bunches up around the collar.

Candy fruit and floral hops layered over caramel and grainy bread, and an oily streak of citric tones make up the aroma. Taste-wise, a flash of oily, juicy citrus is exchanged for bitter orange rind, earth, grass and tired pine. Crushed aspirin litters the finish. The malts seem thin - dry, crisp and toasty. The feel is thin; very much one dimensional. Carbonation is unforgiving of the harsher flavors; overall, it's too much.

All in all, this is better than Backstage Blond, but this is nothing more than comfortable sub-par. This is a clear winner (if the competition is Neil House).

Serving type: on-tap

08-10-2012 06:44:38 | More by Ryan011235

crashdavisinoh

Ohio

2.8/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Had this on draft at the brazenhead in grandview...

A-Dark blonde...slight head...little lacing
S-Fruity..not overwhelmingly so...citrus
T-slight bitterness...picked up some fruit...citrus..prob grapefruit...
M-good carbonation for the style...a bit thin but not too much so
O-I was told by the bartender that this is an IPA....when I tried it I was thinking that either this is not an IPA or a poor effort at one...finding out it is an APA...makes more sense...a pretty good offering from a brand new brewery in columbus...it needs improvement but as I said...a good start...I look forward to trying their other beer as well.

Serving type: on-tap

01-14-2012 17:46:45 | More by crashdavisinoh