Finch & Thistle
Belleflower Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.38
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Finch & Thistle, pouring pale golden hazy with aromas of big papaya, kiwi, pineapple, and stone fruit that will make you long for summer. This strong pale ale opens with flavors of grapefruit and other tropical citrus and stone fruit for a crispy taste that finishes with some light malt sweetness. Distlefink, the hex symbol on this label represents happiness and good fortune.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from brother: pours hazy yellow with white head. Aroma is herbal and floral, citrusy. Taste is moderately bitter, low sweetness. Pretty sharp.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2025
at 15:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Strong honeysuckle, grapefruit aroma. Cloufy golden, medium head. Honeysuckle, thistle, grapefruit, lilly. Medium body, easy carbonation. Delicious.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2025
at 01:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
(can 1 pint from CraftBeer Solniční (Brno))
* Very good NEIPA. *
Cloudy yellow. Medium white head. Citrusy, tropical fruits, sweet, juicy. Medium body. Creamy texture. Light bitter finish.
* Very good NEIPA. *
Cloudy yellow. Medium white head. Citrusy, tropical fruits, sweet, juicy. Medium body. Creamy texture. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
at
Craftbeer bar & bottle shop Solniční
on 15 Jun 2025
at 19:02
8.5/10
Tried
on 23 May 2025
at 21:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Julio's Liquors. Opaque orange juice with nice sparkle, some really nasty large trub chunks, decent head with excellent retention and light lacing. Aroma is pineapple, papaya and a very vague holiday spice/cinnamon. Taste is mellow stone fruit, cantaloupe, soft bread, late tangerine. Smooth, creamy, frothy texture, soft carbonation and crisp, dry finish as taste. Once the initial horror show of trub calms down, this looks nice and aroma and taste are pleasant but neither strong nor with clear identity.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Nov 2024
at 02:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours hazy orange into a tulip. White head with good retention recedes leaving scant sheets. Pineapple and melon aromas. Soft with sweet lychee, papaya and bread upfront turning to dusty melon rind in the medium length finish.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Oct 2022
at 00:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
8 oz. Aroma shows me bold pineapple and mango. The fruits are just as bold in this one as the Heart Trail. Pineapple and papaya-ish for sure. It does end with a slight malty sweetness. Nicely constructed .
Tried
on 04 Sep 2021
at 22:36