Il Vicino Brewery
Albuquerque, NM
Fri. 5/12/06, 9pm
[open]
Very crowded mostly pizza joint. Beyond casual ambiance - ALL age groups represented here.
House Brews:
Pigtail Blonde
Slowdown Brown
Wet Mountain IPA (J)
Identik (Belgian) (B)
Oatmeal Stout
Irish Red
Identik (cashier had NO idea how to spell it): Rather dark color for a Belgian ale. No head. Not much carbonation present. Very few bubbles present. No noticeable aroma. The beer is rather light and flat. The flavor only becomes apparent in the finish. Body is lacking. It wasn't so much brewed in the Belgian style as someone thought the word "Belgian" when making it. It is refreshing and drinkable, but its character is not that strong. It reminds me of a Corona with caramel malts and some Belgian yeast thrown in. I've certainly had worse beers, but I've most definitely had better also. 7.3
Wet Mountain IPA: No head to speak of. There is a nice hop aroma. Body is solid - not spectacular, but good. This beer needs something to balance the hop flavor. It leaves that astringent hop taste in your mouth. It needs more malt character to balance the hops. The beer did warm up decently. 7.7
(the pizza was pretty decent)
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