Checkmate Chuck
Fort Hill Brewery in Easthampton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.10
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CosmicCharlie (9705) reviewed Checkmate Chuck from Fort Hill Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours hazy pale straw into a shaker. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes leaving sheet lacing. Mango and passion fruit aromas. Soft with sweet lemon joy, dusty sourdough and lasting earthy overripe lychee in the medium length finish.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Checkmate Chuck from Fort Hill Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Fresh can, undated, drunk 5/7/18.
Quite hazy, lemon-tangerine-brass. White head fading steadily to ring.
Passion fruit from the hops mixes with soft melon from the yeast. Nectarine and not-twangy papaya deepen the tropical fruit aspect and generally highly aromatic hop character. No pine, resin or alcohol in the nose. Clean, fruity, juicy and not bothered by the sparse malting.
In mouth it shows juicy hops mixing with honey-sweet malts. Vanilla, tangerine, passion fruit and nectarine are all soft and spicy, as well. Malty, supple textures with good dryness and attenuation. Light, balancing bitterness arrives on the finish. Just a fantastic amount of fruit juice character with absolutely no resin, dough or heavy yeast ester. Engaging, tight carbonation. Clean.
tfontana (7512) reviewed Checkmate Chuck from Fort Hill Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can pour into shaker pint glass from Andover Liquors. Appearance is hazy, dark yellow with greenish tinge, large dark floaties, no sparkle, finger-width off-white fizzy head with fair retention and mild sudsy lacing. Aroma is strong citrus over tropical fruit, faint pine and salty cracker. Taste is strong citrus, late fruit. Palate is medium bodied with slick texture, average carbonation and refreshing, sweet finish with mild spice. Overall, might be better to drink it right out of the can as the look is turbid, but a clean, fruity aroma and flavor and light, refreshing palate save the day.
Chalumeaux (5240) reviewed Checkmate Chuck from Fort Hill Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from can hazy orange with some floaties. Aroma is candied orange caramel floral hops and pine. Taste follows not overly sweet or bitter in the finish. Nice.