Cypher
Bunker Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - India Style Rotating|
Score
6.97
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tfontana (7277) reviewed Cypher from Bunker Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Whole Foods Market. Appearance is hazy (fine particulates), yellow-orange with decent sparkle, 2-finger width white foamy head with fair retention and nice sudsy lacing. Aroma is herbs, musky, light tropical fruit, citrus, floral. Taste is strong musk/armpit, lightly metallic, floral, background citrus, bitter; changes from more musky to more floral as it warms. Palate is light-to-medium bodied, slick texture, soft carbonation and dry, bitter finish. Overall, I'd like to find out the name of the experimental hop so I don't have it again--the herbal/musky/armpit thing was not appealing to me. I'll grant that this was different, but I didn't enjoy it.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Cypher from Bunker Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Somewhere in Maine: pours copper with an off white head. Aroma is tropical fruit, some bready malts. Nice fruity flavors but there is more that is supplemented by the lager character. Sessionable and doesnt hold back.
CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Cypher from Bunker Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pilsener glass.
The appearance was a clean copper color with a two finger white foamy head that dissipated at a mild pace.
Light messy lace.
The aroma had some floral hops, sweet to bitter with some peach and light honey and a decent malt base.
The flavor leaned towards the sweet side initially and then developed a little bit of floral to slightly piney hop
bitterness. Soft clean bitter hoppiness in the aftertaste rolling into the finish.
The feel was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Good carbonation and the ABV felt
fine.
Overall, pretty good India pale lager that I could have again.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Cypher from Bunker Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours deep hazy gold into a shaker. Bright white head with good retention recedes to skim surface. Caramel aromas. Sweet butterscotch and caramel upfront turning to mild bitter earth in the lasting finish.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Cypher from Bunker Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cans (undated) drunk 12/25-12/29/16 and on draught at Worden Hall, 1/25/17.
Burnished copper-bronze body shows a good clarity and firm, beige head atop in both can and draught (little bit of haze in the can, but minimal).
Peach, marmalade, crusty bread, light honey, floral notes and soft red fruits abound in the nose. Very unexpected (not sure what I was expecting, but not this). It’s like a vienna lager with new age hops, yet the hops are done well, not adding any pine or resin. Some definite grapefruit, but the strong herbal/floral character and big fruit notes help balance it. Very clean, no alcohol noted.
In the mouth it’s nicely attenuated with a malty, soft body not given over much to the specialty malts, thankfully. Still some bread and earth but it compliments the red and orange fruits nicely and there is some definite juiciness to it while also leaving it crisp and dry on the finish. Bitterness is definitely up there, but I think it’s just balanced enough and it’s hard to not love the perfect texture/attenuation/carbonation.
yespr (55501) reviewed Cypher from Bunker Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is light fruity, toasted. Bitter, slight herbal. Dry, bitter and toasted malty. Medium dry finish.
CLW (16859) reviewed Cypher from Bunker Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from Spruce Creek Provisions. Hazy golden yellow with about a finger of white head. Mild acing. Aromas is subtle tropical fruit, caramel, biscuit, floral. Tastes of grapefruit citrus, caramel, biscuit. Bitterness is lightly danky pine and medium in strength. Lighter body with a dry finish. Low carbonation. This is a nice drink.
trapped (8300) reviewed Cypher from Bunker Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught @ Milk and Hops. Hazy bright orange with decent sized foamy whitish head, doughy aroma, medium carbonation, slightly bitter taste, somewhat thickish body, medium bitter finish. Interesting hoppy lager.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Cypher from Bunker Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at Proletariat NYC. 8oz pour is a hazy orange with some very thick, lacing white head. Nose is huge with tropical fruit, mango to the face, papaya, blood orange, soap, perfume, sticky honey comb, grapefruit, candy. Flavor is incredibly balanced, sweet honey, sticky tropical fruit, ripe mango, papaya, pineapple candy, pine, soapy, bright tangerine. Full, sticky finish. Wow, really incredible.