Chameleon Brewing Company Reviews

mrjaxson	2 Chameleon Ryediculous IPA Call it retired, call it an alias, call it whatever, but the Milwaukee County Traveling Beer Garden in Franklin, WI, tonight was peddling a Sprecher Ryediculous IPA and this is the only location available to rate it. And that rating, unfortunately, ain't pretty. Well, I should say that this is a nice looking beer with very generous lacing that lasts throughout the time drinking the beer, but the taste is quite harsh and dry with nothing pleasant to report in the aroma or body. Perhaps allow it to slink back into retirement? Saturday, June 10, 2023
jgb9348	1.8 Chameleon Hop on Top Perfectly clear and copper coloured body with a very thin off-white head on top. Aroma of grain, caster sugar, light fruit, malt and some subdued fruit. Light to perhaps Medium-bodied; Stale and horribly cardboardie malt flavours dominate at first with a grassy and herbal note, but more of the funky and off-tasting malts than anything else with a lot of the fruit-based or fake caster sugar notes that don't leave quickly. Aftertaste shows the funky and odd fruit-based sweetness and malt notes and a touch of the grassy and citrusey perhaps 'hop' characteristics that shows no bitterness, just some funk and a touch of complexity on the sweetness front. Overall, a pretty bad beer overall with no depth or flavours in the realm of anything close to a Pale Ale or with hops added, but this is funky and yeastie, bready and too simplistic altogether. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from GlenRo Spirit Shoppe in Monroe, Connecticut on 28-November-2018 for US$1,00. Sunday, February 24, 2019
edgallow	2.7 Chameleon Witty 12 oz bottle pours hazy Golden with a white head. Aroma of spice, grain and some hay. Taste is spices and some fruit Wednesday, January 30, 2019
robforbes	3.2 Chameleon Witty Pours a very cloudy yellow with a small snow white head and nice lacing. Smell is of banana, spice, citrus, and a little wheat. Taste is crisp, lots of lemon, a touch of wheat, some banana, and some spices in the back. Ends a little oily with spices. Saturday, October 13, 2018
robforbes	2.7 Chameleon Hop on Top Pours a semi-hazy orange-amber with a thin white head and a little lacing. Smell is of orange cream sickle, and a little bit of hops. Taste is light, some citrus, some hops, and some malt. Not really much there. Monday, October 8, 2018
Drake	2.9 Chameleon Fire Light Ale 12 ounce bottle from Sprecher, 8/23/16. Clear amber, thin creamy tan head that quickly fades.Aroma of toasted malt and honey. The taste is the same with a grassy finish. Thin bodied. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
ghostbeer	1.9 Chameleon Ryediculous IPA This was dirty and very bitter. Too bitter to get past and notice any subtly or complexity at all. I did not enjoy drinking this. I generally like rye character, but this was a miss. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
ghostbeer	1.9 Chameleon Witty Maybe it is the yeast...maybe not. Whatever it was, this is not a beer for me. I did not like it at all. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
ghostbeer	1.9 Chameleon Fire Light Ale Smooth and easy to drink. This was not too bad but is not something to buy or drink again. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
ghostbeer	1 Chameleon Hop on Top Nope, not good at all. No balance, no character, no taste. Just bad flavor. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
ads135	1.6 Chameleon Hop on Top A middling IPA. Sweeter than I would’ve expected and it has a surprisingly malt forward body. The hops come across muted and stale. Saturday, September 24, 2016
sjohnny	2.4 Chameleon Fire Light Ale Earthy sweet thick malt aroma. Pours bright light gold with a white foamy head. Crisp. Smooth. Light medium bodied. Malty sweet with a little hint of harshness on the finish. Not bad. Sunday, September 18, 2016
JPDIPSO	3.4 Chameleon Ryediculous IPA Light amber color with a smaller light ecru head. Aromas of mild caramel, with hints of rye and spice. Flavors again with the caramel, but a little rye and some orange citric hops. A decent simple rye pale ale. 2/11 Sunday, July 10, 2016
JPDIPSO	2.8 Chameleon Fire Light Ale Amber color with a modest off-white head. Scents of caramel and hint of hops. Flavors similar to aromas. A light amber, with little going on.4/10 Wednesday, May 18, 2016
JPDIPSO	3 Chameleon Witty Hazy and a few small particles floating about the straw colored liquid. Small diminishing white head. Light tang and hint of spice in the aromas. Fairly sharp citric zest in the front. Fairly dry throughout. Hint of malt and just a dash of coriander in the finish. A nothing to special American wit. 4/10 Wednesday, May 18, 2016
kseecs16	1.4 Chameleon Fire Light Ale Bottle. Pours a pale straw golden with a rapidly dissipating fizzy head. Toasty dry with a metallic finish. Little character. Very fizzy. Less flavor in this than just general unpleasantness. Wednesday, April 13, 2016
bookman10	3.5 Chameleon Ryediculous IPA Pours a slightly cloudy pale yellow, with smallish head. Aroma is marked by citrus and pine. Flavor is quite bitter, with pronounced hop bite helped by the rye. A strong citrus presence as well. Finish is quite bitter. Nice beer. Thursday, March 10, 2016
airrick2003	3.4 Chameleon Witty Appearance: pours with a smaller white head, the beer is a very hazy average gold color, can see particles floating around in it Aroma: lemon, spice, satsuma, banana Taste: light but pale toasty malt backbone, wheat grain too, not nearly as sweet as most beers in this category, Palate: has a light mouthfeel, slight satsuma sweet aftertaste, lively carbonation Overall: this is a very well executed beer for it's style, most beers like this are too sweet, has a nice wheat backbone with some fruits on the aroma, not very sweet which is nice, highly drinkable ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Thursday, January 14, 2016
bpreo	1.8 Chameleon Fire Light Ale I’m not very familiar with the English Mild Ale style. Perhaps there is a reason why? Earlier Rating: 1/23/2011 Total Score: 2.6 Drank this a week or two ago, wrote down the rating and everything. Meant to record it here when I got home. Once again, that was a week or two ago. Obviously this beer doesn’t leave much of an impression. Saturday, December 19, 2015
mkory	3 Chameleon Witty Wednesday, November 18, 2015
tapefuzz	2 Chameleon Witty Tuesday, October 13, 2015
BrewMstr	3 Chameleon Witty Bottle from sample pack. Hazy pale color, white foam. Aroma of spice and lemongrass notes. The wheat and Belgian yeast at well balanced and a coriander taste at the finish. Saturday, September 19, 2015
Darkmagus82	3.6 Chameleon Witty Poured from bottle into a pint glass Appearance – The beer pours a hazy orange amber color with a big billowy white head. The head fades slowly over time to leave a bit of foamy lace on the sides of the glass. Smell – The aroma of the brew is big of a wheat and yeasty smell with a whole lot of banana and clove. Along with these aromas comes smells of coriander and some grass and a little bit of an herbal smell. Taste – The taste begins with a rather drier wheat taste with tons of yeastiness right from the start. There is a little bit of a banana and orange taste right from the start, with the orange sweetness fading as the taste moves forward. Along with orange fading, comes a good deal of clove and coriander, which with the blend of wheat and yeas, and the drying of the taste due to the loss of the sweeter orange, it ends up leaving a drier and thinner wit taste to linger on the tongue. Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is quite thin with a carbonation level that is rather average. A little thicker of a carbonation may have been slightly better, with a thicker body accentuating the yeasty and wheat flavors more. Overall it was just OK in feel. Overall- A fairly decent wit overall. It has a nice drier taste with a lot of spice and yeast. The only thing really holding it back is its weak body, but otherwise it is a pretty good brew. Sunday, September 6, 2015
Darkmagus82	3.4 Chameleon Ryediculous IPA Poured from bottle into a pint glass Appearance – The beer pours a hazy golden-orange amber color with a big billowy white head. The head fades very slowly over time to leave tons of foamy lacing on the sides of the glass. Smell – The aroma of the brew strongest of a grapefruit and yeasty bready smell. Along with these aromas comes smells of coriander and some grass and a little bit of a black pepper Taste – The taste begins with a rather bready flavor mixed with a little bit of a rye bread taste. There is a lighter spice flavor of coriander up front and a lighter yeasty taste, with both of these growing stronger as the taste moves forward. There is a little bit of a tangerine and caramel flavor at the start, which over time fade, and end up leaving a very dry taste on the tongue. With some other hop flavors of a hay and pine nature coming to the tongue at the end, one is left with a dry and decently dank hopped rye flavor to linger on the tongue. Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is on the slightly thinner side for a 6 % rye IPA with a carbonation level that is on the lower side. The lower carbonation is rather nice overall, but a little thicker of a body may have been slightly better for the style overall. Overall- A rather nice rye IPA overall. It had a decent blend of dank hop blended with a grapefruit and more malty base. Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Foxbush	2 Chameleon Witty 12 oz bottle A beer from AOPD. The wheat ale poured cloudy gold with very small head that dissipated quickly. No lacing. The wheat beers are just not my style that I enjoy. There is an aroma of lemon peel and coriander. There is some spicy aspects of the taste. The light body beer has soft carbonation. The finish is was soapy and just hard to finish. I am just not a fan of wit beers. Saturday, August 29, 2015
mkory	3 Chameleon Ryediculous IPA Thursday, August 27, 2015
Foxbush	3.3 Chameleon Ryediculous IPA 12 oz bottle Another monthly beer from AOPD for August, but also my 1500th. The IPA poured a cloudy amber with an off white head and lacing. The aroma of floral hops greets you. The taste is more complex with nutty malts and piney hops. The IPA had a medium body with average carbonation. Bitterness rolls into a clean, dry finish for a pleasantly quaffable brew. Thursday, August 27, 2015
bakivali	2 Chameleon Fire Light Ale Monday, August 24, 2015
crossovert	2.9 Chameleon Witty Draft. Hazed gold appearance. a simple witbier with coriandr and orange notes, unoffensive. Thursday, July 30, 2015
JPDIPSO	1.2 Chameleon Hop on Top Lightly hazed straw color with a moderate white head. Floral and resin aromas. Some husky corn aromas as well (perhaps a bit worty). My first sip has me gasping, OMG. Did I open a can of corn and start drinking the liquid off of the nuggets. Somewhat perfumy. I continue and am looking for any redeeming quality. Woody sap and stale hops. I must not continue. It’s been some time since may last true drain pour. 2/10 Monday, July 27, 2015
AWISLguy	3.3 Chameleon Witty On tap at Sprecher in the Dells. Orangey light. This is better than Blue Moon. 11.6 Monday, July 20, 2015
bakivali	3 Chameleon Witty Monday, July 13, 2015
shrubber85	4.1 Chameleon Witty Draft. Orange, coriander, and wheat malt aroma. Cloudy pale yellow with moderate head. Sweet creamy orange, lemon, strong coriander, and wheat malt flavor. Nice body and balance. Solid. Thursday, July 9, 2015
shrubber85	3.3 Chameleon Fire Light Ale Draft. Light milky barley malt aroma. Golden yellow with moderate head. Sweet creamy barley malt and light hay flavor. Decent body. Smooth - pretty nice. Thursday, July 9, 2015
BOSSbrewer	3.1 Chameleon Witty Bottle at home. Pours a yellowish orange. Aroma is spicy and peppery. Very interesting. Bright flavor. Slightly sweet. Nice refreshing beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Saturday, August 23, 2014
BOSSbrewer	3.5 Chameleon Ryediculous IPA Boyle at home. Pours a hazy brownish amber with minimal head. Aroma is pine slight citrus and malty. Flavor follows with some fruitiness some malty caramel and a good dose of bitterness. Nice IPA. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Sunday, August 17, 2014
curtisb	5 Chameleon Witty Friday, August 15, 2014
cards04	3.8 Chameleon Ryediculous IPA Great beer. The rye in this really gives off some nice citrus notes. Great orange and grapefruit aromas and flavors. Good stuff. Sunday, August 10, 2014
cards04	3.6 Chameleon Witty A solid Belgian wit. Pours a hazy light yellow. Aromas are citrus and wheat. Nice citrus and almost perfume like flavors. Very nice. Sunday, August 10, 2014
weihenweizen	3.3 Chameleon Witty Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle poured into a weizen glass. Pour cloudy pale golden with small white head and suspended yeast. Aroma is nice orange, medium body medium carbonation, and good small bubble lacing. Taste is orange, some coriander, and grainy. Monday, August 4, 2014
TXBadger	1.5 Chameleon Hop on Top Pours a clear golden with white head. There is really not much on this for an ipa. Quite disappointing to be honest. Friday, August 1, 2014
amilock	1 Chameleon Ryediculous IPA Sunday, July 27, 2014
amilock	3 Chameleon Hop on Top Sunday, July 27, 2014
donfonz6	2 Chameleon Ryediculous IPA Sunday, July 13, 2014
donfonz6	2 Chameleon Fire Light Ale Sunday, July 13, 2014
forthebirds	2.7 Chameleon Ryediculous IPA Orange amber color. Muddy. Piney and slight citrus. Bitter and rye. Too sweet and a bit too thick for my taste. Saturday, May 10, 2014
jebert	3.5 Chameleon Witty Pours a hazy yellow gold with a small white head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is citrus and spices. Nice and creamy on the palate, that taste is very pleasant- of wheat, citrus, spices and coriander. Not bitter- very well balanced. Pairs well with tacos. Sunday, April 20, 2014
jebert	2.8 Chameleon Fire Light Ale Pours a clear golden color with a medium sized white head that mostly disappears. Nose is lightly of hops. Creamy on the palate with light viscosity. Taste is of a light lager, not quite as crisp as a Pilsner; mostly lightly roasted grains and a light hops presence. Only an average beer- good with pretzels. Friday, April 18, 2014
rumproasts	3.1 Chameleon Witty bottle. hazy golden with small head. light body with reasonable spicing. averagish. Saturday, March 22, 2014
rumproasts	1.8 Chameleon Hop on Top bottle. golden with small head. underwhelming pale ale. cardboard, citrus, and some muddled hops. Saturday, March 22, 2014