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Preservation
Tonka Beer Company
- From:
- Tonka Beer Company
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 62
- Avg:
- 2.23 | pDev: 37.22%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 02, 2015
- Added:
- Oct 18, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Radix from Minnesota
1.28/5 rDev -42.6%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
1.28/5 rDev -42.6%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
I have had a good 400+ different IPAs and this is easily the worst one. It tastes like hardly fermented sugar water with hardly any detectable hops. Its hard to notice the hops but they have a bit of a citrus flavor to them. Just a truly crap beer.
Feb 02, 2015Reviewed by scaliasux from Wisconsin
1.96/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 1 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 1
1.96/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 1 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 1
L - Medium amber. Hazy. Hunks of stuff. Short, white head, somewhat persistent.
S - Light citrusy hops.
T - Sweet with light citrus hop flavor.
O - Given the hunks, I gave this only a small taste before pouring. Appeared overly sweet and lacking in hops intensity for style.
Oct 28, 2014S - Light citrusy hops.
T - Sweet with light citrus hop flavor.
O - Given the hunks, I gave this only a small taste before pouring. Appeared overly sweet and lacking in hops intensity for style.
Reviewed by 84538411 from Minnesota
1.64/5 rDev -26.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.5
1.64/5 rDev -26.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.5
A friend brought a four pack over to watch the first game of the World Series. Everyone was talking and saying "You gotta try this--I'm not sure what's going on with this beer." I thought, "how bad could an ipa taste?" The answer: pretty bad. We passed the can around the room, and everyone made a scrunched up face like when you suck a lemon or smell a dirty diaper. One wonders if in an effort to preserve the lake, the existing contaminants were collected to be used as adjuncts in this recipe.
I'm not sure how it is labeled as an IPA. There is no hops aroma, nor does any such taste magically appear once you drink it. It is way too sweet, especially for an ipa. It's like the fermentation got stuck halfway through. This is the caliber of beer that might be expected from a novice homebrewer--it is hard to believe that it is "commercially brewed."
The can says that all the profits go to support the eradication of invasive species. If you want to support the cause, make a donation and buy some other beer to drink.
If you can get a single for 50 cents, I'd recommend getting a can so that you can share the confounding experience of drinking a bad, mislabeled, mystery-beer. A four pack, at any price, is three cans too many.
Nov 23, 2013I'm not sure how it is labeled as an IPA. There is no hops aroma, nor does any such taste magically appear once you drink it. It is way too sweet, especially for an ipa. It's like the fermentation got stuck halfway through. This is the caliber of beer that might be expected from a novice homebrewer--it is hard to believe that it is "commercially brewed."
The can says that all the profits go to support the eradication of invasive species. If you want to support the cause, make a donation and buy some other beer to drink.
If you can get a single for 50 cents, I'd recommend getting a can so that you can share the confounding experience of drinking a bad, mislabeled, mystery-beer. A four pack, at any price, is three cans too many.
Reviewed by LXIXME from New Mexico
3.01/5 rDev +35%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
3.01/5 rDev +35%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
Big off white head settles into a decent lacing above a clear copper golden colored deer.
Light caramel roasted malt with a little bit of hops notes coming through in the aroma of the IPA.
Sweet lightly roasted caramel malts seem to be overpowering the light hops coming through in the taste.
A lightly sweetish not quite dry aftertaste with some light caramels hanging around on this medium bodied beer.
A lot of malts coming through in a so-called IPA, was looking for a can of hops tonight, going to have to try again.
Aug 30, 2013Light caramel roasted malt with a little bit of hops notes coming through in the aroma of the IPA.
Sweet lightly roasted caramel malts seem to be overpowering the light hops coming through in the taste.
A lightly sweetish not quite dry aftertaste with some light caramels hanging around on this medium bodied beer.
A lot of malts coming through in a so-called IPA, was looking for a can of hops tonight, going to have to try again.
Reviewed by ZAP from Minnesota
1.41/5 rDev -36.8%
look: 1.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.25
1.41/5 rDev -36.8%
look: 1.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.25
One of the oddest IPA's I've had...
Really no hop impression at all....none...
Has mostly a spoiled fruit/caramel maltiness...
Head is a bit excessive...overcharged carbonation
Seriously reminds of some of those old horrible, Glueck fake craft beers that came out of Cold Spring in the early 2000's
Very poor representation of a craft beer. I had heard they were not top notch but did not expect this to be this bad.
Scores reflect for style but really just as a beer it is real close to drain pour. I want others to know how poor this is so they don't make the same mistake I did and pass up other offerings for this. I see no reason to give this middling scores when it is truly as bad of an IPA as I have ever had.
Jul 23, 2013Really no hop impression at all....none...
Has mostly a spoiled fruit/caramel maltiness...
Head is a bit excessive...overcharged carbonation
Seriously reminds of some of those old horrible, Glueck fake craft beers that came out of Cold Spring in the early 2000's
Very poor representation of a craft beer. I had heard they were not top notch but did not expect this to be this bad.
Scores reflect for style but really just as a beer it is real close to drain pour. I want others to know how poor this is so they don't make the same mistake I did and pass up other offerings for this. I see no reason to give this middling scores when it is truly as bad of an IPA as I have ever had.
Preservation from Tonka Beer Company
Beer rating:
62 out of
100 with
31 ratings
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