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Lil Beaver Brewery

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Bloomington, IL


Tavour Rating

3.32

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Style

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IPA - Milkshake

ABV

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7.0%

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A Note on This Beer

Lil Beaver named today’s brew Exploding Heads — can you guess why?

With all the real guava the brewers poured into this Sour IPA, it’s mind blowing just how much it bursts with ripe strawberry and juicy pear flavor! 

Not only that, but it’s as if Lil Beaver took the best parts of a New England Hazy and a Milkshake IPA, and then blended them together with the glorious punchiness and bright flavor of a Fruited Sour. It’s like three beers in one!

The scent of dank, drippy kush wafts up from the can, engulfing the senses like a NE-style Hazy. Waves of tart, tropical juice flood the palate from the guava, like a Fruited Sour. Then the Milkshake IPA emerges with a subtle sweetness from lactose and vanilla, adding a creamy, smooth mouthfeel and rich flavor to balance the tanginess.

It tastes like sipping on Jumex guava nectar, but cut with a quenching bite of tartness, piney hoppiness, and a crushable 7% ABV. 

We advise strapping and holding tight when you try your first sips of this 3-in-1 brew — it might just blow your mind with its potent guava flavor and unique style! 

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Reviews

3.32

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162 Ratings

travis1726

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3.0
One review called it watered down pickle juice. That’s spot on. It’s also way too sweet
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jeffrey1671

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0.25
Not sure how to feel about this one. This is the most sour flavor I’ve had yet from a Tavour box. He sourness is well balanced by the fruity and vanilla flavors, but the balance is not necessarily complimentary. I saw someone compare it to pickle juice. They weren’t wrong.
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sasha91

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0.5
By far the worst beer I've gotten from Tavour. My husband spit it out and I poured the rest out after one sip. I have no idea what the flavor could be described as, very strong, sharp and sour. Like something gone bad .
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mgtrumpet

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3.0
Sour, tart & sweet. Get the milk sugar but no hops to make it a NEIPA. This could be executed better. Cool concept.
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john11997

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4.0
Surprisingly tasty. Not very hoppy but had a sour, fresh juice taste. You’re not getting a real IPA with this one
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BobbyB

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3.75
Definitely has some tart guava and vanilla... tart > fruit. Interesting but the jury is out. Lemony ?!?
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devlon

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3.75
Its exactly what the can description says. Its a sour IPA. Very interesting flavor. Its a love it or hate it flavor. I would drink it again but not a beer I would drink often or more then one when I do.
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wherewolfbf

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5.0
Feeling bad for the folks who got cans that taste like pickle juice because I’m really enjoying this one, strong guava taste and super smooth
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barroom_zero

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1.0
the first beer from Tavour that I’ve poured out. I don’t get the pickle juice, I think that’s people who aren’t very familiar with guava, however it’s just not a good taste. Doesn’t at all seem like a NEIPA either.
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Cloverhopper51

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5.0
Really amazing. I don’t know how all these flavors come together so well. Best combo of IPA and tropical flavors I’ve had yet.
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christian1815

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1.0
Taste like watered down pickle juice. Aftertaste is great but not for me
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vincent712

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5.0
Perfectly balanced notes of sweet, sour, guava and lactose on the back end!!! I only wish I ordered more than one!!!
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loman

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3.0
This one is a hit or a miss, it’s good but it’s not good? I’d drink it again but not a top 5 or top 10.
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BradSoHard69

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3.0
Gnarly
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brandon3137

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0.75
I wish I could like and laugh at some of these comments, haven’t tried it yet but just wanted see what you guys were saying. Funny shit, watered down pickle juice 😂
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brittany1259

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4.0
Great body and flavor def a lot of guava hints of hops
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grant633

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4.0
Not the only head that exploded from this one
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sara1086

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1.0
Agreed with those who said this is the worst one from tavour! It doesn’t taste like an IPA or a sour, it’s like weird warheads with a pickle taste and too much vanilla. Just no
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derek654

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4.5
Very good
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JumboLiver

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4.5
Thick. Sweet & sour. Agree not hoppy. I like pickle juice!
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tom12488

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4.0
Lots of guava! Good beer
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Sprangs

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2.25
Weird and not in a good way. It’s tastes like pickle juice had a baby with cotton candy and someone sloshed some beer on it
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spencer554

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2.5
It was good but
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trestan

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2.5
Not sour
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samanthaw712

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4.0
Pretty good, not very sour
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ashlie6

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3.0
I was iffy about trying it after reading the reviews. Definitely...odd, and very sweet for a sour beer, but it’s not that bad. Not something I’d get again though.
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Tinygrowshaq

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4.0
Loved the guava ,flavor was mild beer was strange . But it hit the spot cold ! I'd try it again.
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devlan

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4.75
Very good beer. Starts with a nice IPA smell, and dives right into tons of Guava sour flavor. Silky smooth consistently. Surprisingly refreshing!
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elijah301

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2.0
Way too sweet, not balanced at all. Slightly boozy. Not sour. No real fruit forward flavors
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bennihanna

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2.0
Taste like pickles and milk
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NMxDOP

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0.25
Just no. Not good at all
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elaine106

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5.0
Tons of guava
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sean4291

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3.0
This one was pretty good. There was a salty flavor that wasn’t bad, just different
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sophie83

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3.5
A little too syrupy for me but good flavors
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Giuseppe

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4.0
Tasty
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russ11

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5.0
This is a cool beer, very enjoyable to drink, tastes great, very refreshing!
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samw

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1.0
Not really good
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kryslin

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5.0
Reviews are so back and forth. Gifting, hope he doesn't think it tastes like pickles 😅
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zach2412

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4.25
Deliciously inventive! Yes it’s sweet but that’s to be expected with the guava and what a fun mash up with a sour
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DaddyJesse

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2.5
Pickle juice..... gross
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LoserSaK94

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4.25
I honestly didn't expect the sour and milk flavors to come together as well as it did with this 👌🏼
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shelby524

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1.0
Was not sure if it wanted to be sour or sweet. Did not enjoy
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thomas3815

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3.0
Sour but tasty
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BeersBordsBeards

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2.0
Not a good flavor
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tiffany813

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3.0
Definitely tart. Perhaps going for the old school candy war head vibe?? DONT recommend unless you like sour.
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mary1008

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2.75
Not for me. Love how thick it is but hate the flavor. Tastes like pickles.
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blake993

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2.0
truly watered down
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tesss

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4.0
For a sour beer. Its not that sour. But it is smooth
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DevelsCup

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4.0
It started with the scent of an IPA, but was met with a semi decent taste. Would I say it’s a sour? No… but I would call it an IPA either…. It’s a bit of a unique concoction that may not be for everyone. I agree for its style it was a fair bit too sweet, but I wouldn’t call it garbage either.
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Farstend

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4.0
very guava and good. no idea where pickle taste is coming in for others. sorry.
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