We were invited to be a part of a large beer blog collaborative review of Buddha Nuvo, organized by Westword's Jonathan Shikes. I think there's at least 15 Colorado beer bloggers reviewing the beer, just as there were 14 breweries that helped make the beer. The section that Isaac and I submitted is, so far, a bit more negative than the rest of the reviews, and I wanted to take the opportunity here to clarify some of the things we say in that review and really to talk about the rest of the beer from our perspective. The full collaborative review is located here, but for now, here's our portion:
Complex, strange, and original, yes, but worth $40? The quickly dissipating head is a major flaw. And we think the beer is too young, the alcohol gives it a hot finish and the citrus gives it a solventy feeling that with age may mellow out.Ultimately the reason why we decided to bring these things up was because in the collaborative review no one had done it yet, and we thought it important to say. Overall we liked the beer, and we have our own subjective rating system where the beer ended up getting an 'excellent' score despite some of it's flaws but the flaws are important things to talk about. We were there for the brewing and bottling of the beer, so we've been really excited about sampling it, and we are really happy to be able to do so. So let's get an actual review going from our perspective:
Buddha Nuvo Review:
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This is the second bottle of Buddha Nuvo that we opened. The first we opened on the very
