Lil' Helper
Mother's Brewing Company in Springfield, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.80
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7/10
Tried
on 12 Nov 2022
at 02:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Single bottle from Trader Joe's, Chesterfield, MO. Nice grab of pine and resin hop under the cap. Slightly hazy orange body under a sudsy but thick head. Nice sharp hop taste, which is only then backed up by some toasty, slightly caramel malt. Just a little sticky on the lips, but very easy drinking. And just like that, it's finished.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2019
at 03:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Cards game. Deep gold. Nose malty and some orange. Tastes of caramel, earthy, floral, orange, malt and pine. Decent
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jun 2018
at 01:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle in MV. Pours unclear burnished orange with a frothy, off-white head. The aroma holds ripened citrus fruits, lightly toasted crackers, some toffee. Medium sweet flavour with lots of jammy citrus, some marmalade, rich bready malts, more toffee, some brown sugar, mild bitter and oily pine. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes with light resinous pine, a little boozy warmth, toasted crackers. Perhaps a little aged? This one, as it is, leans towards barley wine territory. But it drinks pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2017
at 23:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle pour into shaker pint glass. Appearance was hazy with fine particulates, golden-orange color, mild sparkle, good white head, no lacing. Aroma was resinous, grapefruit, citrus. Taste as aroma. Palate was light-to-medium bodied with thick, creamy texture, soft-to-average carbonation and mostly bitter finish. Overall, toward the bitter side but not unpleasantly so. If a midwest IPA is supposed to be half-way between a bitter West Coast IPA and a fruity, flavorful East Coast IPA, then it hits the mark.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2017
at 21:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pine and lots of orange zest. Orange pour with good head and carpet lacing. Bitter finish with a hint of tang. Lots of citrus in finish. Tap at Springfield airport.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Nov 2016
at 15:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Malty nose, caramel, stone fruit, bread. Amber-orange color. ORange and peach flavor, malty. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2015
at 20:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Bigtreebrewing. Hazy deep golden color with a smallish bone white head. Toffee, earthy , mineral and a hint metallic on the nose. Bitter butterscotch and earthy hop flavor. Medium body moderate to high carbonation. Decent enough IPA but not horribly exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2015
at 15:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Less of an IPA than an APA. More malt flavor and grassiness than I usually want from an IPA. Not much in the way of hop bite or citrus flavor. But if this was listed as an APA, it would be pretty outstanding.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2015
at 10:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Grapefruit pronounced throughout. Amber-gold with full white head. Overt grapefruit and cracker backing. Moderate high bitterness.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2014
at 00:06