2nd Shift Art Of Neurosis
AON is the first beer I made at the brewery. It is a hop sandwich brewed with
Simoce & Columbus hops, which are the greatest thing in the world besides
a good smack in the face
Simoce & Columbus hops, which are the greatest thing in the world besides
a good smack in the face
3.7
159 reviews
St. Louis, United States
Community reviews
Hazy orange colour, moderate sized orange-ish head; aroma and taste of pine resiny, grape(seeds), marmalade, biscuity and caramel notes; spicy celery aftertaste; great one!
West Coast style IPA by this craft brewery in St. Louis, Missouri, apparently their first ever brew, hopped with Simcoe and Columbus. Can of half a year old, but for a West Coast IPA this shouldn't be too dramatic. Creamy, mousy, eggshell-white, fairly thick but slowly dissipating head, leaving an intricate pattern of flat islands and a steady ring over an initially very lightly hazy, warm 'metallic' amber-hued orange blonde beer with lively visible sparkling, misty with sediment. Aroma of grapefruit, dried orange peel, old garlic (Simcoe!), toasted onion, barbecue spices, pine resin, dry biscuit, cheese crackers, tamarillo, fried tomato peel, dry old marijuana, pink peppercorns, wormwood. Clean onset, low fruity hints of dried apricot, hard green melon and tamarillo, minerally but refined carbonation, slick oily body; bit resinous, smooth biscuity and cracker-like 'dryish' maltiness, mildly nutty, evolving into a piney, oily hop bitter finish, very grapefruit peel-, cedar oil- and eventually quinine-like, long lasting bitterness with a peppery dryness to it, yet still remaining a bit juicy as well. I was fearing for another New England fruity IPA but I am glad that what I got here, is a very classically styled West Coast IPA indeed, with all that lovely oily bitterness, grapefruitiness and piney aspects I remember from the many American IPAs I had five to ten years ago before that juicy IPA fad came along. It's good to look back every now and then, especially when this type of 'old school IPA' is as skilfully executed as is the case here. Love it - and that cartoonish artwork on the label too...
Hazy orange color with some UFO's in it. Full sized off-white head. Aroma and flavor is malts, resinous hops, hops, hoppy bitter, bitter. Medium body and carbonation. 9-3-8-4-16.
Bardzo klasyczna goryczkowa IPA. Słodowść w typie herbatnikowych, chmielowość ziołowo - żywiczna z nutami słodkich owoców.
11/7/2019. Sample courtesy of Danlo, cheers Ed. Pours orange amber with a lasting bubbly off-white head. Aroma of hops, toffee, pine, fruit and flowers. Light to moderate sweetness and medium plus bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Nice bitterness to finish.
Sample courtesy Grumbo. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich hops, fruits, caramel, malt and has a nice long bitter finish.
Can at Pien, Helsinki. Hazy golden/orange with a medium head. On the sweet side with hops, pineapple, mango, citrus, some malt and caramel. The finish was bitter.
Can, TW-SP. Murkl amberish-brown with a beige head. Aroma is citrus, grape jelly. Flavor is rye, grapefruit and orange peel, caramel, toast crumbs.
16 fl.oz can. Orangey amber gold colour, white foamy head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, fruity spicy hop. Taste is malty, some biscuit, caramel, toffee, with fruity, citrus, woody pine and spicy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Can 473ml (Beergium, canned 01/2019)
Amber colour, small beige head. Light bready and citrus nose. Medium-bodied. Sweetish tropical fruits, caramalt and resiny hops. Ok malt base. Ok, after 5+ months it is a bit bready.
473 ml can at Biercafe Au Trappiste, Bern. Pours a lightly hazy amber with a white head. The aroma is lightly to medium hoppy and lightly to medium malty with notes of bread, toasted bread, pine, sweet resin, biscuit and sweet orange. Medium body with a soft carbonation, a light sweetness and a medium hoppy bitterness. The flavor starts bready and lightly biscuity malt followed by resinous hops, pine, grapefruit and sweet orange. Finishes with a medium hoppy piney bitterness. Classic bitter and resinous IPA.
Aroma: 7
Appearance: 4
Taste: 8
Mouthfeel: 4
Overall: 14
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate.
473ml can. Cloudy, orangey golden colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Tropical fruity, slightly piney, hoppy aroma, notes of pineapple, mango, passion fruit, citrusy grapefruit and lemon overtones, caramel malty background. Taste is bitter, piney, citrusy and tropical fruity hoppy, sweet caramel malty backbone, notes of pine, spruce, pineapple, some orange, blood orange, grapefruit, a touch of mango, mandarine; creamy texture, smooth and soft palate. Very good!
Copenhagen 20/5 2019. 47,3 cl can from Mikkeller Web-shop. Drawing of Neurotic fellow with a black eye in a Straitjacket on the can.
Pours unclear amber with a big white head. Settles as thin, almost transparent layer of foam struggling to cover the surface of the beer. Crawling up the sides of the glass. Substantial lacing.
Aroma is medium intense and of sweet exotic fruit with a more modes odor of citrus fruit. Peach and Mango. Lighter notes of lime and citrus.
Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, soft texture.
Flavor is medium sweet followed by a stronger bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter and little bit rough. Lingering. Semi-dry finish.
Nice Hop Sandwich with a solid bitter bite.
473ml can. Pours amber with a slight haze, off-white head. Aroma of orange, pine, grapefruit. Taste is bitter, piney, orange, grapefruit, resinous, caramel. Medium body, soft carbonation. Solid IPA.
Burk kihoskh, Köpenhamn. Mörkorange vätska. Doft av citrus, skog, druva och mango. Likande i smak. Övermogen frukt, mango, granskott och kåda. Bra tryck i munkänslan. Klibbig med friska humleinslag. Känns pigg och färsk på något sätt.
473 ml can @ Pub Kultainen Apina. No freshness info.
Pours hazy orange color with a medium off-white head. Nice malt forward caramel-y aroma with lots of resinous hops, subtle pine notes, some gooseberry bush too, mostly orange on the fruit department. Flavor is bitter malty and slightly nutty, caramel notes as well as some pine and resinous hops, gooseberries followed by subtle citrus and orange. Good balance, maybe the gooseberry notes I could live without, a solid old school IPA.
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Pours somewhat hazy dark amber with a thick and fairly persistent ivory head. Aroma offers woody hops, zesty citrus, tropical and malty undertones. Flavor features tangy citrus, sharp piney and only slightly bitter hops, zesty tropical and raw malt notes. Texture gives good body and peppy fizz. Go ahead, be neurotic - we all are.
Green onion and passion fruit. Pretty nice stuff. Pours amber with OK head. Hop tang finish with some booze. Nice stuff. Can.
Draught @ MBCC'18 [ Yellow Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2018, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark.
[ As 2nd Shift Art of Neurosis ].
Clear medium red orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, sweet fruit, sugary, moderate hoppy, fruity hops, sweet hops, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, resin, fruity hops, fruity, pale malt, citrus - peach. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180511]
7-3-7-3-15
Can, from City Hops. Pours highly cloudy orange with large foamy off-white head, faint piney aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter lightly salty orange peel taste, thin body, long finish. Good brew.
Can. A golden/amber beer with a lazing white head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and citrus hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus hops, mixed fruit, caramel, spices, and straw, leading to a bitter finish.
16 oz can from Total Wine and More in Short Pump, VA The ale poured a cloudy amber color with a white foamy head and limited lacing. The nose had light floral hops. The taste had some pine and orange peel. The medium body ale has a light carbonation. Mild hop bitterness more citrus fruits. Clean finish.
Draft at the brewery. Hazy amber with a medium white head. Aroma is caramel malts, bright fruits, orange and tangerine. Sweet and malty flavor, caramel, fruity hops. Medium plus body. Decent overall.
From tap at the brewery. Light unclear dark amber color with off white head. Malty and hoppy aroma, bread, caramel, grass, pine, light citrus. Sweet and light bitter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Clear dark copper in color... Aroma of citrus, light stone fruits, berries, caramel... Flavor is moderately sweet, berries, caramel, citrus, tropical fruits... low bitterness, really solid IPA
keg at mikkeller 2018 yellow... Copper.. Thin white lacing... Soft caramel toffee fruit nose.. Soft caramel fruits
Taster pour at the source. Appearance is clear, light brown, no discernible sparkle, small head. Aroma is pine, floral, fruit/citrus. Taste is pine, somewhat musky, mostly bitter but discernible malt backbone. Palate is light-to-medium bodied, thin, smooth texture, average carbonation with lightly bitter, piney/musky finish. Overall, some complexity here. Good.
Poured from 16 oz. can.
Hazy, bright orange with a 3-finger off-white head and very good lacing.
Aroma of citrus, tropical fruit, pineapple band peach.
Taste of citrus, peach, tropical fruit, pineapple, pale malt and grass.
Medium body and medium carbonation.
Very hazy peach and copper coloured body with a thick, dense three centimetre tall head that seems to stay afloat for a while. Aroma of citrus, peaches, grass and some light resin all come above a good amount of malts and some alcohol with very little else - perhaps some perfume. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich malt and biscuity components at first that give way to a distinct and quite deep hop flavour that doesn't show much bitterness, but more earthier and grassier flavours with a touch of pungent astringent flavours and a dose of alcohol near the end. Aftertaste is deep and balanced with a ton of malt and body, but with equal amounts of pungent and complex hops that show some light citrus, but mostly earthy and grainy flavours. Overall, a deep and robust IPA with a good profile and a nice balance throughout with an elegant look and feel and showing good flavours, but not enough of a complexity and strictly IPA components to be great, or worth searching out for. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, from my friend Pat, while watching the fourth of July fireworks from my home over Washington on 04-July-2018 with our five collective kids - Thanks Pat, he purchased this four pack of cans from Total Wine in McLean, Virginia.