Lil One
Maine Beer Company in Freeport, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Rotating|
Score
7.62
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Some may call this a malty double IPA, some a hoppy barley wine. We prefer that it not be classified. We think of it, simply, as our strong winter ale. Intense hop aromatics and flavor (think pine, candied orange) blended with just enough malt sweetness to balance out the palate.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cloudy ambery pour from bottle. Big sticky white head. Spicy hops, band aids, pine needle aroma. Malts, choppy resin taste. Lingering bitterness. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:25
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500mL bottle, sent from Glouglouburp (thanks a lot, Dany), pours a beautiful opaque orange amber with a medium beige head. Nose is kind of confused, with bready malts and obscured hops. Flavour brings out dark fruits, resinous hops, and caramel malts. Not the most complex beer, surprisingly, but well-balanced and full-bodied. Overrated, but very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2015
at 23:00
8/10
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Tried
on 02 Apr 2015
at 19:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pine needle and lemon zest aroma. Deep auburn, clear, thick yellow head. Rosehip, maraschino cherries. Medium body, soft, smooth. This is absolutely a DIPA, plain and simple, but a very well made one. Just because it is well balanced and has a little color doesn’t make it any other style. DIPA.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2015
at 18:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at home for Saturday night. Pours fine reddish with beige head. Wonderful nose of tropical fruits and some malty goodness. Tastes of pineapple, mango, red fruits, malt, molasses, some dough. Fine bitter and yet sweet palate. Delicious..
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2015
at 19:24
10/10
Tried
on 13 Aug 2014
at 19:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Damon’s in Augusta Dated Jan so this might not be quite the hop monster it once was. Pours a slightly murky golden amber color with a frothy off white head that persists forever sticking lots of lace on the sides. Aromas of earth pine brown sugar and caramel. The flavor is bit sweet with hints of caramel and raw brown sugar with a solid hit of earthy pine and resin. Toffee and light fruit with a bit of alcohol flavor round us out. Medium to thick body with a light level of carbonation and a sticky creamy resinous mouthfeel. I drank this at the wrong time I think. Either super fresh when the hops still popped or with more age to bring forward more fruit and subdued hops. I’m interested enough in seeing how this develops that I may pick up a bottle on my way out of town to cellar for a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2014
at 17:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle. Orange-yellow with spongy beige head, floral hops aroma, low carbonation, hoppy taste with lavender-like flavor, strong body, medium finish with well balanced hops aftertaste. Very well balanced hoppy taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2014
at 17:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from BOTW. Nose of pine, caramel, grass, oranges. Great fruit flavors, tangy hops, caramel. Sweet but crisp. Complex fruits and big hop flavors. Very nice indeed. Perfectly balanced and integrated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2014
at 18:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at Bruce’s pad, thanks to Leighton, 08/04/14. Hazed orange amber with a good sized light beige covering. Nose is bitter tropicana, tea leaves, spice, light pine, toasty notes. Taste comprises bitter orange, light tropicana, pine resin, spice, dank hoppage, caramel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Another solid number from Maine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2014
at 13:21