Good 'n Evil - Evil Genius Beer Company

RonfromJersey

New Jersey

2.68/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Single from Abe's. Price?

Hazy pale yellow body, topped by a level finger of white bubbly froth.

Aroma is strong grass/hay. A little too assertive.

Sweet malt beginning. Rounds out a bit before the surprisingly aggressive hop bite at the swallow. Sweetness reemerges in the aftertaste.

Light mouthfeel.

Needs a little less malt sweetness and a bit more malt depth.

Serving type: bottle

08-14-2012 03:57:47 | More by RonfromJersey

tone77

Pennsylvania

3.55/5  rDev +23.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a golden color with a 1 inch head. Smell is malty, sweet, some biscuits. Taste is malts, some hops and biscuits, easy drinking and mellow. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall this is a pretty solid beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 12:07:23 | More by tone77

bacher468

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev +4.2%

04-14-2013 01:06:18 | More by bacher468

chefhatt

Pennsylvania

2.55/5  rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

I poured this into a pint glass, it has a murkey golden color body with a very large white fluffy white head that hangs arounds for a while. The aroma has a faint malt to it. The taste is sweet of malt and that is about it. The mouth feel is kinda watery, leaves a little bit of a aftertaste. Overall i'm not really liking this beer. Since it doesn't have a date on the bottle, i'm not sure how old it is.

Serving type: bottle

01-29-2013 03:04:19 | More by chefhatt

THECPJ

Delaware

3/5  rDev +4.2%

01-22-2013 23:27:33 | More by THECPJ

micromaniac129

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +21.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Picked up at the Wegmans the other day and thought to give a chance.
No bottle date, age unk.
Definitly golden in color maybe even a bit darker for a kolsch style.
Head is bright white and is billowy and fluffy but fades rather quickly. Really light carbonation.
Aroma is crisp clean malts.
Taste is sweet malts. I can also taste a spicy and pepper element too, similar to a wit.Mouth feel is dry and puckering in the aftertaste.
I'm not sure if I like this one yet, though it's not bad.

Serving type: bottle

01-01-2013 13:49:03 | More by micromaniac129

SpectralAbyss

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +21.5%

11-22-2012 23:02:43 | More by SpectralAbyss

Stoutlad

Indiana

2.5/5  rDev -13.2%

11-02-2012 18:46:21 | More by Stoutlad

Stev

3.5/5  rDev +21.5%

09-28-2012 20:17:09 | More by Stev

garuda

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -30.6%

08-21-2012 19:16:54 | More by garuda

PaBeerLover

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev +4.2%

08-21-2012 13:28:41 | More by PaBeerLover

notdriving

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev +4.2%

07-11-2012 01:39:44 | More by notdriving

Mudawg

New Jersey

3/5  rDev +4.2%

06-25-2012 16:43:10 | More by Mudawg

HarmonMW

Michigan

1.5/5  rDev -47.9%

06-23-2012 18:00:06 | More by HarmonMW

mactrail

California

2.25/5  rDev -21.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

A bright pale gold in the glass with a slight foam up, which dissipates to a nearly flat mouthfeel. There is a slight waft of perfume as you bring the glass up to your lips.

Taste is an eye opener, however. Green tea with mineral water. Day old tonic water minus the sugar. Perrier left to go flat in a plastic water bottle. No malt to speak of. The bitter aftertaste borders on the medicinal. I haven't been keeping score on the worst pseudo-Kölsch beers I've had but this is a contender.

Contract brewed in Indiana. Claimed to have
Perle and Tetnang hops and a variety of malts. Tastes much more bitter than the 13 IBU stated. From Food and Friends in Philadelphia in the 12 oz bottle.

Serving type: bottle

05-29-2012 02:44:54 | More by mactrail

NeroFiddled

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +21.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

Evil Genius GOOD 'n EVIL Golden Ale
12 oz. bottle, no apparent freshness dating
Brewed and bottled by Four Horsemen Brewing Co, South Bend, IN
"A refreshing German Style Kölsch, with a mild floral flavor and a clean hop finish".

Good 'n Evil pours a lightly hazy golden body of 4 SRM which is spot-on for the style. The haze is not, but it's still OK. And, as often happens with Kölsch-style beers, the bright white head dissipates almost immediately leaving no chance of any lacing on the glass.

The aroma offers a light bit of malt with some mineral character backed by a very nice whiff of light fruit. There are no hops, but again, that's OK for the style.

In the mouth it's fairly thin, being more of a "light-medium" than a "medium-light". The carbonation level, however, is what hurts it. I'd guess that it's at about 1.8 to 2.0 volumes of CO2 where it really needs to be at least 2.4 to 2.6. That leaves it smooth, to be sure, but it's also essentially flat. Hopefully this is a single batch issue.

The flavor is as the nose suggests. There's a small amount of fairly nice malt to it, and an apple-like fruitiness. Hops, however, are very minimal, and only in the background. Additionally, there's a thread of tartness to it which appears mainly in the finish (as is common for the style), but you sometimes find it upfront on the sides of your tongue as well.

Overall it's a pretty decent start at a Kölsch-style ale - most breweries ride roughshod over the subtleties of the style altogether, basically producing a blonde ale - but it still needs some work. I'd give it a shot and see if it's improved any.

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2012 12:58:30 | More by NeroFiddled