Pieces Of Eight
Foley Brothers Brewing in Brandon, Vermont, United States πΊπΈ
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.60
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very clear golden and light copper tinted body with a very tall, nice microfoamed tan head, about five to six centimetres tall that stays afloat nicely. Aroma of citrus fruits, deep yeast and malt notes with a quite pungent dose of bread and even cheese, with a slight grainy note on the end. Medium to almost Full-bodied; Deep and pungent, very bitter hop flavours dominate with pine, resin, grapefruit, hay, metal, fresh-cut grass, all ending with a dash of apricots and stone fruit. Aftertaste is very robust and quite bitter from all the alpha acids of the hops, with some balanced grainy malt notes, but the dryness from the malt, grass and especially the grapefruit/apricot flavours persist and lead to more bitterness. Overall, a nice and quite old school (read: bitter from the hops) IPA that tastes like a true Imperial IPA and seemingly doesn't hide any of the alcohol (this tastes every bit of eight per cent and perhaps even more!), but I'd say this is a plain IPA, and a nice, very flavourful one, at that. Great to sample especially fresh, from a producer that's hard to find on a nice snow day here in D.C. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Joe Canal's in Lawrenceville, New Jersey on 21-December-2020 for US$5,49 sampled at my house here in Washington on 31-January-2021.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2021
at 23:40
9/10
Oh man. Meer van dit. Geweldige imperial IPA. Geen Capri Sun Eurodisney Slimpie ranja milkshake, maar keiharde bittere groene hop met een vleugje hars en conifeer. Super goed dit.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jan 2021
at 20:50
7/10
Can. A hazy golden beer with a white head. Aroma of mild citrusy hops, grapefruit and tangerine. Taste of citrusy hops, grapefruit, tangerine, mild tropical fruits.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Dec 2020
at 17:26
Tried
from Can
on 24 Nov 2020
at 21:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Aroma: Dry fruity hops with citrus. Flavour: Dry bitter with citrus and tangy notes. Aftertaste is dry and bitter. Colour: Yellow with a white head. From: Can.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Nov 2020
at 17:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Beerdome. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 141120
Tried
from Can
on 14 Nov 2020
at 17:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. An unclear golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of exotic fruits, hops, spices, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, spices, exotic fruits, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Nov 2020
at 18:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
47,3 cl can @ home, no BBE info Aroma has gluey tones, grapefruit and caramel malt. Flavour has gluey tones, grapefruit, some sweet malt. Finishes with mild menthol tones, glue and grapefruit & herbal hoppiness. The gluey tones luckily disappear at the end of the glass and this starts to feel like a standard sweet-ish west coast DIPA. You tick like a dairy farmer!
Tried
from Can
on 24 Oct 2020
at 17:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Canned 473ml. -from De Bierliefhebber. Unclear yellow coloured, medium sized white head, citrus and whiff of caramel in the nose. Citrus, herbs, light caramel and some dust with bitterish finish. Not more than two months after canning date.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Oct 2020
at 20:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can 473ml. @ home.ππ¦
[ As Foley Brothers Pieces of Eight ].
ABV: 8.0%. Murky medium orange colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, tropical fruit, mango, passion fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, tropical fruit, mango, passion fruit, citrus - grapefruit. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20200911]
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Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2020
at 09:18