Facelift IPA
Moon Hill Brewing (Gardner Ale House) in Gardner, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
7.03
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
on tap-pours a light tan head with trailing lace and dark amber color. Aroma is grapefruit/pineapple/orange/pine, secondary sweet medium malt. Taste is grapefruit/pineapple/orange/pine hops with some bite, secondary sweet medium malt-caramel, rye.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Dec 2011
at 04:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
7th August 2008. On tap at GBBF. Fruity smooth IPA. Not overly bitter. A little malt. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Nov 2009
at 10:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
on tap @ GIBF, nice IPA, one of the last beer I had, so judgement might be little hazy, but very nice pine/citrus flavor, not overbearing.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Nov 2009
at 14:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at GBBF 2009 ....Hazy amber ... grapefruit hop nose ... sweet fruits light toffeee ... some orange and grapefruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2009
at 14:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at GBBF08. Caramelly aroma. Almost clear amber colour. The flavour starts with a good clean bitterness. Turns more caramelly and then finishes with a cleansing bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2008
at 04:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2007. A hazy copper colored beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of hops and grass. The flavor is sweet and very grassy, but also with notes of grapefruit, leaiding to a very bitter finish. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Dec 2007
at 09:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask @ GBBF 2007. Pours a hazy golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter aroma with hints of grapefruit and pine needles. Sweet malty hoppy bitter flavor with hints of pine needles. Long bitter hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2007
at 06:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Cask at GBBF, London, 8 Aug) Amber colour, slightly hazy, with brief off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with pine needles, grapefruit and orange peel. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of grapefruit and pine needles. Lovely hop character. A bit too sweet, but overall a very nice beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Sep 2007
at 09:02
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2007, London. Unclear light to medium orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy hoppy, flowers (fruittree flowers), toffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2007
at 01:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2007. Hazy golden colour, small head. Aroma is honey, candy, hops and some grass. Flavour is grass and fruits in a nice mix. Aftertaste gets a bit hayish, but still has the fruityness.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2007
at 03:41