Halo Bender
Foam Brewers in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
7.31
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Tasting Notes: Melon, Citrus, Pine
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Jow (8011) reviewed Halo Bender from Foam Brewers 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
Lighter colored yellow and cloudy with a white puffy noggin. Nose is citrus and melon. Tatses of grapefruit, honey dew, tangerine, some florals, honey. Lighter bodied. Hides abv well
CLW (16720) reviewed Halo Bender from Foam Brewers 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16 oz can. Aroma is old citrus, herb, and mild pine. In the flavor of the pie and herb definitely overrun the citrus flavors. Texture shows a little bit of juice with a moderate pine- like bitterness. Hidden ABV. Overall, really well made but not my preferred hop combo.
CosmicCharlie (9609) reviewed Halo Bender from Foam Brewers 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours hazy yellow into a tulip. Bright white head with little retention recedes to mottle rim. Pineapple and lemon/lime aromas. Medium to thin bodied with sweet citrus and pineapple front to back. Lasting earthy pineapple skin and tangerine peel finish. Drink fast... this one steadily declined as it warmed...
Gripweed57 (8703) reviewed Halo Bender from Foam Brewers 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Uno Chicago Grill in Hamilton, NJ. Hazy medium gold pour. Creamy beige head. Sweet, floral hop aroma. Juicy, bittersweet citrus flavors upfront. Tangerine, lemon, pineapple and apricot. Bready malt backbone balances this nicely. Medium bodied with a pleasant mouthfeel. Some spicy hops on backend. Tasty.
Silphium (4310) reviewed Halo Bender from Foam Brewers 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cloudy yellow-orange body, medium cream head. Aroma sour and sticky, sweet fermented mango and papaya. Body mango, papaya, and sour orange, tart with modest sweetness and somewhat fleeting.
willisread (9741) reviewed Halo Bender from Foam Brewers 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Can from Livonia Liquor. Pours a hazy, glowing straw color with a finger of white foam that lingers. Love this lighter color in a DIPA. Pineapple, cantaloupe and mulberry aromas on the nose. More of the same on the palate with some star fruit and light durian notes. Lingering papaya. Smooth and almost no bitterness, but a nice mineral note underneath. Effortlessly drinkable.
stevoj (18137) reviewed Halo Bender from Foam Brewers 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
8oz pour at Foam. Hazy yellow, skimpy head, lacing. Zesty, citrus aroma, pineapple, grapefruit. Taste is fruity, citrusy. Very light bodied. Finish kind of trails off to nothing.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Halo Bender from Foam Brewers 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Canned 3/23/22, drunk 4/25/22. Moderately hazy, lemon merengue-golden with a large, well-retained, white head atop. Another one of these rather punchy, melon-papaya-and-canned-pineapple IIPAs from Foam. Getting pretty tired of these. Does anyone actually like this canned pineapple nose? Alcohol and a fair amount of bitterness, with somewhat sugary/messy malts and lots of pineapple and mango. Some citrus and pine are noted, and are the only thing saving this thing from being a complete and utter trainwreck (it's still bad). Weird, floral astringency on the end. Not sure what's going on at Foam, but I've dumped many of the recent beers I've had. Most have been extremely mediocre, some flawed and disgusting, few actually good. Must be some growing pains from ramping up production, I guess.
Hermod (17867) reviewed Halo Bender from Foam Brewers 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
473ml can at tasting 23.4.2022. Poured hazy and golden in color. Tropical fruity hops, juicy and fairly sweet, some light bitterness. Too much sweetness for me here.
fonefan (84235) reviewed Halo Bender from Foam Brewers 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can 1pt. @ home. 🏡🇩🇰
[ As Foam Brewers Halo Bender ].
ABV: 8.0%. Murky medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, minerals, moderate hoppy, pine - citrus, fruity hops, tropical fruit, pineapple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, wheat, minerals, fruity hops, tropical fruit, pineapple, fruit, melon, citrus - pine. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20220409]
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