Farmhouse Session IPA
Long Trail Brewing Company in Bridgewater Corners, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.55
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled 2/26/16, drunk 8/3/16.
Light amber body is clear and topped by a small white head showing moderate retention.
Herbs, dankness and soft tangerine-orange citrics in the nose are playful and not overly bitter/resinous. No sign of any heavy pine or grapefruit. Lots of fruity esters, light caramel malt easily backing the hops and no alcohol or flaw. Despite this being rather old (though I bought it from the shelf and drank it immediately) it’s very clean and still retains enjoyable hop notes. Happy it’s not overdone, nor is there any real crystal malt or heavy caramel character.
Softly-sweet body and texture with low, but fairly tight carbonation and a good, bracing bitterness. Leafy, dank, lush hop notes with cherry and ruby red graperfuit. Lasting lemon oil, orange rind-finish with bits of caramel and lots of honey. Pretty good attenuation and a solid, unremarkable beer all around.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from the mixed 12 pack from Market Basket Pours a slightly hazy deep golden color with a good sized bubbly frothy white head that persists. Resinous pine and light citrus on the nose with a bit of sweet bready malt to back it up. Sweet bread up front with plenty of resinous pine to counter. Light astringency light hop bitterness. One of the better session IPA’s I’ve had, but I’m still not a fan of the style.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
This was poured into a nonic pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy bronzed orange color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than about thirty seconds. Lacing is sporadic and all over the place, with a fair thickness about it.
The smell starts off with a light sticky resin to bitter citrus rind.
The taste was moderately bitter with a decent underscore of sweet citrus. There’s a slight bitter to slightly sweet aftertaste leading into a semi-bitter sticky finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation sits fine for the style and for me. A nice bitterness invades harshly and appropriately.
Overall, I say this was a nice \"session IPA,\" maybe not the best one I’ve had of this so-called style but hey, I’d have again depending upon what else was served.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Signal Variety, Plaistow NH. Aroma is strong fruity smell--?mango? with strong piney hops as well (but a bit like scented cat litter--a nice smell but it seems to be covering something up...). Appearance is beautiful crystal clear light brown/orange with 2 finger-width foamy white head, nice lacing, and nice sparkle. Taste is mostly bitter hops (with a bit of an ammonia taste--perhaps that was what I was smelling above?) with sweet fruit at finish. Palate is medium bodied with average texture and lively carbonation. Overall, there was a lot to like about this but the hinted at ammonia-like aroma/taste carried the day and turned me off. Like the other members of the Farmhouse series much better.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
A little pink orange 2 finger head and fades fast. Nose is pretty weak on this one. taste is also pretty weak, mouthfeel is weak. has a bitter taste. a fresh bottle but very not tasty. sorry guys
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Lemon zest nose with a significant malt presence. Clear amber, medium head. Lemon zest. Light body, moderate carbonation, low bitterness. Not a ton of complexity, but it’s clean and flavorful. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Nikki's Liquors, 4/2/15
Aroma: The nose of this one is light, grainy malts, lemon notes, and a little bit of hops
Appearance: It pours a clear golden-orange color with a small head and fairly average lacework
Flavor: Flavor-wise, it is pretty along the same lines, malty/grainy, lightly sweet, light-medium bitter
Palate: It is lighter bodied, slightly watery, with average carbonation, and a somewhat dry finish
Overall Impression: This isn't a great offering. I mean it drinks light a session, if by session you mean a hopped up light beer. I prefer my session IPAs to keep the flavor, just subtract the alcohol, this subtracts both.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle from State Line. Pours a clear golden with a large foamy white head. Good head retention. Aroma of strong citrus and tropical hops, some candied citrus and mild pale malt. The taste is candied citrus, tropical fruits, peppery, citrus hops, pale malt. Medium bodied, mild lingering fruitiness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle shared at a tasting on a yacht at the Herzliya Marina. Clear golden. Aroma of stale hops and slightly honey-ish malt. Flavor has some malt sweetness, stale hops and a bitterish finish, slightly citric. Light to medium-bodied. Not fresh enough but still easy-drinking.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
12 oz bottle from the sample Farmhouse pack. Slightly hazy copper color lasting retention, with some bottle condition yeast sitting at the bottom of the shaker glass.aroma is very weak, light grassy and herbal hops.
Caramel malt base with the grassy and herbal hops being the flavors. The bitterness does hang for a bit after the sip. Thin in body with a mild dry resin texture. Overall very simple but no real problem. Just extremely light, ok lawnmower brew.