Heretic Evil Cousin

Heretic.. pretty good game on the whole, I liked the ethereal arrows.. in fact all the weapons were pretty cool.


Oh, and also it's a small scale brewery started up by a keen US homebrewer that's apparently attracting some attention of late.

On that note we have 'Evil Cousin', the Double IPA of the range weighing in at a respectable 8%. The label's full of 'big hop' talk and to be fair, the beer does deliver a sticky experience with a piney stinging bite that gets you straight up.

After the initial explosion you get a pretty distinct break of malt, then a lingering citrussy bitterness that takes you through to the finish. It's quite light and pleasant for its heft and after the initial punch, quite easily drinkable. I came into this expecting a bit of a berserk hop bomb experience beer, but in the end this is pleasingly just a very good beer. Recommended. 8.0