Focal Banger
The Alchemist in Stowe, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
7.97
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Crisp, clean malt character supporting copious additions of Citra and Mosaic hops.
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Finally tried this! From what I heard, its not what it used to be
Tried
on 12 Oct 2025
at 20:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Opaque. Thick head. Some stone fruit hops, okay malts. Medium bitterness, stone fruit, pear, and some alcohol coming through as well. Decent balance. Today, it’s just another hazy.
Tried
from Can
at
Blind Tiger Ale House
on 27 Sep 2025
at 05:32
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Appearance is hazy orange, with a small clingy white head. Aroma is lots of hops, stewed fruit, malt, orange, pithy fruit. Herbal notes, some dankness. Taste is resinous hops, herbal notes, bitter hops, malty background, orange peel, grapefruit juice, stewed fruity hops, pine, long lingering bitterness. Intensely bitter and hoppy. Standout.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2025
at 05:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy orange colour and medium-sized white head and lace. Grapefruity, tropical fruity mild aroma. Medium-bodied. Grapefruity, a bit piney, some fruits, bitterness. Solid "American ipa".
Tried
from Can
at
The Alchemist
on 30 Jul 2025
at 08:45
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
23 February 2025. Can from J&B Craft Drinks. Canned: 5/11/2024.
Hazy ochre, stable, small, foamy, white head. Aroma of ripe tangerine, grapefruit, sweat, onion, hashish, sweaty cheese, old orange juice, biscuit, pine resin. Taste has sweetish tangerine, melon & grape quickly turning towards bitter grapefruit & orange peel in a peanutty, biscuity malt body with hints of dank cheese & onion. Very bitter finish of piney & resinous hops, grapefruity, tonic-like almost, with herbal, green & dank edges. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Impressive stuff, juiciness contained in a raw profile. Well worth its price on the aforementioned webshop.
Hazy ochre, stable, small, foamy, white head. Aroma of ripe tangerine, grapefruit, sweat, onion, hashish, sweaty cheese, old orange juice, biscuit, pine resin. Taste has sweetish tangerine, melon & grape quickly turning towards bitter grapefruit & orange peel in a peanutty, biscuity malt body with hints of dank cheese & onion. Very bitter finish of piney & resinous hops, grapefruity, tonic-like almost, with herbal, green & dank edges. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Impressive stuff, juiciness contained in a raw profile. Well worth its price on the aforementioned webshop.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2025
at 13:03
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Can from Mikkeller Webshop. Massively hoppy and juicy aroma with fruits, grass, citrus, tropical fruits, dank herbal-ish Mosaic, pineapple, some pine resin, grapefruit, bitter fruit peel. Flavour is light sweet with a firm and long bitter finish. Body is medium. Here's one who truly lives up to the hype, this is massively hoppy and crisp. Intense, a near flawless IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Feb 2025
at 10:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Аромат хмелевой, умеренный, цитрусовый, много ноток от цветов, немного меда и дыни. Тело не такое мутное как у почти всех современных Нью ингландов, скажем на половину, пенка при этом стойкая, белая, пушистая. Вкус очень сбалансированный, снова дыня и нотки от цветов. При глотке уже цитрусы, немного сухости и горчинки травянисто цедровой. В целом хорошо, но сейчас ни как не удивляет.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2025
at 05:52
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Hazy golden with a white head - Fruity hop aroma - Malt body iwth a good fruity hop flavour that has some bitterness - Fruity hop flaovurs goes into the finish - This was real good
Tried
on 10 Jan 2025
at 12:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tasting at Ryan's, can, 09/10/24; thanks for this Ryan! Somehow I never had it before
Blond colour, just hazy, small head. The aroma is dank, oniony, walnuts, crackers. Off-dry; bready malts base, but getting some stale bread too, maybe because of the strong onion elements; pine resins; I get some pith too.
Solid, modern, but not too exciting.
Blond colour, just hazy, small head. The aroma is dank, oniony, walnuts, crackers. Off-dry; bready malts base, but getting some stale bread too, maybe because of the strong onion elements; pine resins; I get some pith too.
Solid, modern, but not too exciting.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2024
at 10:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from 473mL can (thanks Chris McD; pkg 09/10/24). Lightly hazed gold with small white head and weird specks - a galaxy of standing sediment. Citrus, onion, pine, very dry, a bit bitter, decent.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2024
at 05:38