Birds of a Feather
Lamplighter Brewing Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.13
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A New England-Style IPA brewed and double dry-hopped with juicy American hops. Birds has become a staple of our roster because of its fruit-forward flavors of dank citrus and passionfruit, coupled with a smooth finish and creamy mouthfeel.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can to tulip.
Appearance: murky copper color with a one and a half fingers of white foamy head which slid off delicately and left some light lace
Aroma: pasionfruit-like hoppiness up front with some citrus hop vibes and an underscore of some danky oniony character
Flavor: bittersweet juicy hoppiness meshing with the clean malts then following through in the aftertaste as to being juicy citrusy and danky
Texture: about medium bodied - perhaps just a touch under and showing signs of being fairly sessionable; somewhat smooth along my tongue; finishes creamy and smooth while pushing the danky tones back a little further
Overall: I can see this as a NEIPA, yes but also could be an AIPA too. I believe I would come back to this.
Appearance: murky copper color with a one and a half fingers of white foamy head which slid off delicately and left some light lace
Aroma: pasionfruit-like hoppiness up front with some citrus hop vibes and an underscore of some danky oniony character
Flavor: bittersweet juicy hoppiness meshing with the clean malts then following through in the aftertaste as to being juicy citrusy and danky
Texture: about medium bodied - perhaps just a touch under and showing signs of being fairly sessionable; somewhat smooth along my tongue; finishes creamy and smooth while pushing the danky tones back a little further
Overall: I can see this as a NEIPA, yes but also could be an AIPA too. I believe I would come back to this.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2026
at 19:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours slightly hazy gold with a large fading head.Nose shows peach, nectarine, soft pine and resinous hops. Restrained clean malt behind.Flavours include more pine, resinous hops, along with soft nectarine and grapefruit. Clean malt behind with little sweetness to counter the aggressive bitterness.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2022
at 07:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Taster pour on tap at the 13th annual NH Brewfest. It's a hazy, dark yellow with no sparkle, thin cap of white foamy head with good retention and nice lacing. Aroma is orange and lemon citrus. Taste is strong, rich orange, grapefruit, lemon. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with thin, smooth, frothy texture, average-to-lively carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, not super complex but good strength of flavor over aroma and nice appearance and mouthfeel.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2021
at 01:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can at New Rivers. Hazy gold, white head. Tropical fruit, mango, citrus, pine notes.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Oct 2021
at 18:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can at home breaking up the lagers. Cloudy orange yellow. Nose is thick citrus and green veggies. Tastes of pineapple, grapefruit, mango, scallions. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Aug 2021
at 04:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can, from Beer Run. Pours extremely hazy dark yellow with large foamy light beige head, light citrus aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter citrus peel taste with faint mango-pineapple, somewhat thick body, long finish. Decent NEIPA.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2019
at 14:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Cloudy yellow. Vegetal and slightly fruity hops, a bit sweetish, green bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Mar 2019
at 18:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Lamplighter, Cambridge, MA. Sweetish, caramely malty and herbal hoppy with some tropical notes and citrus. Okay.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2019
at 00:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at Lamplighter Brewing Company, Boston Area. Color is slightly cloudy orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, orange, some hops, some distant hints of minerals.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Feb 2019
at 00:45