Some Things Last a Long Time - Vermont IPA
Foam Brewers in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Series|
Score
7.09
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Jon Farmer's Vermont IPA, inspired by The Alchemist's Focal Banger & Heady Topper.
Mr. “I stick my hands in everything,” Jon’s take on a classic Vermont IPA. A nod to his college homebrewing days (jury’s still out on those) and a long-standing pursuit of that Alchemist-style hop character. Intertwined flavors of citrus, pine, and tropical fruit with an assertive bitterness that builds, more like great spicy food where the heat creeps in rather than hitting you all at once. After all these years, he might’ve finally pulled it off. (Thanks, Todd.)
Mr. “I stick my hands in everything,” Jon’s take on a classic Vermont IPA. A nod to his college homebrewing days (jury’s still out on those) and a long-standing pursuit of that Alchemist-style hop character. Intertwined flavors of citrus, pine, and tropical fruit with an assertive bitterness that builds, more like great spicy food where the heat creeps in rather than hitting you all at once. After all these years, he might’ve finally pulled it off. (Thanks, Todd.)
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can from mix pack. Golden yellow fairly clear and frothy white top. Nose is caramel and pine and bready. Tastes the same grapefruits and pineapple added to the mix as well. Chewy palate. Malty finish
Tried
on 02 Jun 2026
at 11:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Canned 4/15/26, drunk 5/30/26.
Soft and easygoing with pine-accented tropical and citrus fruits. Nothing too intense. More subtlety than the bolder, brasher, mega-juice-and-fruit of its brethren to the North and South. Healthy mix of cracker and white bread-like malts. Clean and polished.
Bigger malt profile than expected from the nose, but it's still balanced by good attenuation and lots of woody notes, pine and citrus with above average bitterness. Tropical fruit character helps lighten the mood. Very malty, but not syrupy or too sluggish of a texture (pushing it, though).
Soft and easygoing with pine-accented tropical and citrus fruits. Nothing too intense. More subtlety than the bolder, brasher, mega-juice-and-fruit of its brethren to the North and South. Healthy mix of cracker and white bread-like malts. Clean and polished.
Bigger malt profile than expected from the nose, but it's still balanced by good attenuation and lots of woody notes, pine and citrus with above average bitterness. Tropical fruit character helps lighten the mood. Very malty, but not syrupy or too sluggish of a texture (pushing it, though).
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2026
at 15:24