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Mage Fight – Urban Family Brewing Co. – Craft Beer Review

Naming your beer Mage Fight implies something. It comes with the expectation that the flavor will be a big hop battle. That It will be aggressive with a big hop aroma. None of that is happening here. The bitterness, flavor and aroma are all soft. Not that it’s unpleasant. It’s just unexpected. Kind of like the nice friendly mage that lives down the street. The one that uses his magic to get your kitten out of a tree.


Mage Fight is a tropical DIPA with strong flavors of tropical fruit. If I actually knew what a mango tasted like I would probably say that. Mango is not something I want in my IPA. This isn’t a bad beer. It’s just not what I expected.

ABV: 8.5% IBU: N/A

Malts: Unknown
Hops: Unknown
Yeast: Unknown
Other Ingredients: None

Tasting Notes

  • Color and Appearance
    • Straw
    • Hazy
    • Low foamy head retention
    • No visible carbonation
  • Aroma
    • Tropical fruit
    • No malt aroma
    • Mango/tropical fruit esters
  • Flavor
    • No alcohol
    • Mango, orange
    • No hop bitterness
    • low malt
  • Mouth Feel
    • Low astringency
    • Soft body
    • Low carbonation
    • Short finish.

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Oaked Category 5 DIPA – Due South Brewing Co. – Tasting Review

Oak aging a beer can be great. It can also be a marketing ploy. Unfortunately, in the case of Oaked Category 5, the later is definitely the case. The oak flavor is very subtle. More of the oak flavor comes out as the beer warms. It’s not enough to warrant paying a premium for. Due South is not clear how this was aged on their product page.


From the Due South website:

We aged our award-winning Category 5 IIPA on American oak to create this malty, hoppy, oaky can of resiny goodness. Serve this limited edition brew in a snifter to fully experience the complex flavors and aromas found in this beer.

From reading that I’m going to assume they used oak chips or spirals in the fermenter. It’s also possible they used oak staves. The flavor is so subtle I can’t believe that they aged this for very long.

ABV: 8.5%  IBU: 95

Malts: 2 Row Barley, Caramel Malts
Hops: Citra, Simcoe, Cascade, Columbus, Centennial, Chinook
Yeast: American Ale
Other Ingredients: American Oak

Tasting Notes

  • Color and Appearance
    • Gold/amber
    • Slight Haze
    • Good rocky head retention
    • No visible carbonation
  • Aroma
    • Pine
    • No malt aroma
    • Slight grapefruit esters
  • Flavor
    • Mild alcohol alcohol
    • Pine
    • citrus
    • low malt
  • Mouth Feel
    • Low astringency
    • Medium body
    • Medium carbonation
    • Long finish. Hangs on the tongue for a while.

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