DuClaw Kismet

Brewed by DuClaw Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Abingdon, Maryland USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Draft at th Bowie location. I believe mine was spelled Kizmet. A dark yellow beer with a lazing dense white head. The aroma is fresh with a lot of citrus and some malt. The flavor is nicely hoppy with notes of grapefruit (Cascade?) on an OK malty background and leading to a very dry hoppy finish.

I had this beer at the Fells Point locale. I should have stayed and drank more, but I had to go to some retarded "art" show. I gotta give up on these artist girls. Ok. As for the beer. It was a golden yellow with a thin white head. Rather thin mouthfeel with hints of lemon and malt on the tongue, but plenty of hops. Mild finish with a slight metalic aftertaste. Not a bad brew.

Sparkling golden body topped by a very small white head. The aroma is quite hoppy with a slight graininess. The flavor is refreshing with a burst of juicy hops, medium bitterness. Light on the palate, a bit too fizzy. A very nice hot weather beer.

Date: 07/16/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear yellow, thin fine white head, nice lace, sweet citrus aroma, sweet malt flavor with nice hops to balance, nice easy bitter finish, the ipa is mild compared to the pale ale

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Draft at DuClaw in Baltimore, July 2006. Clear, medium yellow colored body, with strings of bubbles rising throughout the glass. Crisp, bubbly, peppery, lively on the tongue, but mostly from the carbonation rather than yeast and/or hops. Tinny pine wood and copper metallic twinge to the hops. A little too fizzy, like Sprite, with a mildly soapy finish.

I remember this beer as one I thought little of. Has a palate that is harsh. Like one of those beers that is only 6% abv but for some reason it kicks your ass. A mediocre IPA, and a mediocre IPA is offensive at best.