Cultural Amnesia
Freak Folk Bier in Waterbury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
7.61
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This is our homage to the haze before the haze craze. We completely inverted our water profile, added some pleasant bitterness and hopped with the classics: Citra, Simcoe, and Columbus.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark orange cloudiness with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which took it's time to dissipate and once it did some light messy lace stuck to the glass.
Aroma: piney to semi-orangey to slightly watermelon-like with a sturdy middle hoppy mixed citrusy vibe; super light malts - practically barely noticeable
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine semi-sweet to bittersweet quality; finishes piney with a touch of dryness
Texture: medium bodied - maybe a touch under, somewhat sessionable; some smoothness with just enough hop bitterness so far down below that it tells you this is still a beer
Overall: what a wonderful NEIPA very worthy of returning to!
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark orange cloudiness with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which took it's time to dissipate and once it did some light messy lace stuck to the glass.
Aroma: piney to semi-orangey to slightly watermelon-like with a sturdy middle hoppy mixed citrusy vibe; super light malts - practically barely noticeable
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine semi-sweet to bittersweet quality; finishes piney with a touch of dryness
Texture: medium bodied - maybe a touch under, somewhat sessionable; some smoothness with just enough hop bitterness so far down below that it tells you this is still a beer
Overall: what a wonderful NEIPA very worthy of returning to!
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2026
at 02:23
8.8/10
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2025
at 10:18
8/10
0,473 litre Can, from a trade, at home. Hazy orange with fluffy white head. Malts, hops, yeast, orange, Fruity, some mild pine, Juicy. Nice!
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2023
at 17:39
7.6/10
Big pine nose, citrus, smooth hoppy.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2023
at 00:52
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Fresh can from the brewery, drunk 7/14/23. Is this cultural amnesia regarding west coast IPAs and bitterness? That said this has a delicious amount of malt, balanced hop and good body without resin or big pine. Almost some TH watermelon here. Gets really deep and juicy/spicy as it warms.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2023
at 00:06