Cranky Reviews

Our audience wants to know, what is really in that pill of yours?

“It’s a bird. No, it’s a Plane. No, it’s a frog.”  For those of you who were mid-60s Saturday morning cartoon aficionados you know the response. “It’s not a bird, a plane or even a frog, it’s just little old me, Underdog.”  That’s right, in disguise as the humble and loveable Shoeshine Boy, but after exploding a phone booth the animated anthropomorphic alter ego becomes the couplet conversing cartoon canine caped crusader. * Protector of Sweet Poly Purebred from the clutches of Simon Bar Sinister and Riff Raff. “There is no need to fear, Underdog is here”.  **

Back to present day and once again there is no need to fear, my Underdog beer is here. Perhaps this Broadhead Pale Ale will be the pill in my ring ** that I need to energize my beer reviewer powers for another super suds sampling. Perhaps.

A burnt orange sunset pour under a super slim froth. A not at all pale pale ale. A malt fruit funky aroma, lots going on and in the nose. First taste is fruit and malt with a dry finish and some flat bitters. It is balanced, I’ll give it that, but complex too and the combo doesn’t quite sit right with me. It smoothed out a bit and got to a refreshing state but still a not an ideal combo. It’s all a matter of taste. *** I think this could be a go to beer for some, while others would find the malt fruit flat finish a touch too much.

Still Shoeshine Boy suds for me, humble and loveable but a little less than super.