IPA
Wachusett Brewing Company in Westminster, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.62
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kristincedar (7052) ticked IPA from Wachusett Brewing Company 1 year ago
Bitterbill (4330) reviewed IPA from Wachusett Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From Jul 2008
I got this bottle in a trade with DLucky. Thanks Dan!
It pours a clear orange gold with a 1 finger head of foam that shrinks quickly to just a ring around the glass. Lacing is close to nonexistant.
The smell is both hoppy and malty. Good citrus notes with some orange and lemon, and a caramel malt nose that also brings some candy sugar-like sweetness.
The taste is of grapefruit and lemon that packs some good bitterness and a bready malt base that's backed up by caramel malt sweetness. The finish is slightly bitter in this light bodied IPA and there's little to no aftertaste.
Overall, I think this is a pretty good example of the style. It just lacks a bit of assertiveness with the flavours, imho.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked IPA from Wachusett Brewing Company 8 years ago
Leighton (34941) reviewed IPA from Wachusett Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at the Bartinis. Pours clear, deep gold with a white foam head. Basic toasty malts, old pine, orange rind. Moderately sweet, some earthy bitterness. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with toasty and grainy malts, earth, leaves, orange peel. This is what people were talking about 10 years ago when they used the term ’East Coast IPA’.
Quick3Beers (3145) reviewed IPA from Wachusett Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Very good IPA, rather surprising as so far my experience with Wachusett has been kind of *shrug*.
CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed IPA from Wachusett Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
This one was poured into a pint glass every time.
The appearance was a nice looking hazy yellow to orange color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipates at a nice pace and ends up leaving some nice slightly foamy lacing.
The smell was completely floral but did allow a decent citrus back up. Don’t count on any sweet malts trying to show up, damn, this stuff is powerful.
The taste was florally and citrusy sweet.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium and showed a decent sessionability about it. The carbonation had the right amount of sharpness for an AIPA.
Overall, no complaints from me as this was a really nice AIPA well worthy of having again.
DSG (25977) reviewed IPA from Wachusett Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks zvikar. Clear deep golden. Hoppy aroma, citric and floral with faint stale hints. Flavor has light maltiness, citric and floral hops, slightly stale, and a mildly bitter finish. Medium-bodied.
Drake (22934) reviewed IPA from Wachusett Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle from Nikki’s Liquors, Providence. Pours a clear amber color with a large frothy white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of spicy, herbal hops with a toffee malt backbone. The taste is citrus, tea, pale caramel malts. Lemon finish. Medium bodied. Interesting, different, pretty good.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed IPA from Wachusett Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
My wife brought this one back from a trip to Rochester. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a vibrant apricot color with a small soapy white head that faded and left minimal lacing. The aroma was tangy pine, papaya and was somewhat off. The flavor was very tangy and sour candied papaya and passionfruit with a bready undertone. The finish was long candied tropical fruits. Fairly full bodied. Odd and a bit off.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed IPA from Wachusett Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Pours gold into a shaker. Bright white head recedes leaving spot lacing. Sour resin aromas. Strawberries and resin from front to back. The non-citrus fruity flavors threw me off.