7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can to becher glass.
Appearance is shown in the picture.
Aroma: crisp floral to mixed citrusy with a nice zestiness and a light grapefruity with a slight peachy & sweet piney & a light note of gooseberry to white grape-like hoppiness
Flavor: definitely leads with the white grapey to gooseberry appeal in a sweet to slightly zesty sort of sense; finishes clean with a touch of dryness and a light nick of hop zest in a white grapey sort of way
Texture: light bodied; sessionable; good smoothness along the tongue with a subtle drying effect somewhat reminding me of a lingering dry hopping character - however, I don't think this was dry-hopped? hmmm...well, I'll say a nice carb level to this beer
Overall: nice enough New Zealand pilsner or could be construed as an IPL depending on who you talk to.
Appearance is shown in the picture.
Aroma: crisp floral to mixed citrusy with a nice zestiness and a light grapefruity with a slight peachy & sweet piney & a light note of gooseberry to white grape-like hoppiness
Flavor: definitely leads with the white grapey to gooseberry appeal in a sweet to slightly zesty sort of sense; finishes clean with a touch of dryness and a light nick of hop zest in a white grapey sort of way
Texture: light bodied; sessionable; good smoothness along the tongue with a subtle drying effect somewhat reminding me of a lingering dry hopping character - however, I don't think this was dry-hopped? hmmm...well, I'll say a nice carb level to this beer
Overall: nice enough New Zealand pilsner or could be construed as an IPL depending on who you talk to.
Tried
from Can
from
Beverage Warehouse of Vermont
on 17 Apr 2026
at 20:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Woops, found some forgotten backlog.
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy yellow color with a slight copper hue to it and a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: lemon peel sweet and bitter tones with a light tangerine sweet and bitter sniff then some herbal and floral sweetness
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine variety of different sweet to subtle tart qualities coming across in a refreshing and relaxing sort of way; finishes soothingly sweet with herbal and floral crisp citrusy tones
Texture: light to medium bodied; slightly sessionable; fairly smooth across the tongue with really nothing there being bothersome
Overall: hmmmm, well, I say this is well brewed I can tell you that but I don't necessarily see it as a "sour/wild ale" as there's nothing really "sour" anywhere. This could be phenomenal if the brewer classified it as a "herbal ale."
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy yellow color with a slight copper hue to it and a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: lemon peel sweet and bitter tones with a light tangerine sweet and bitter sniff then some herbal and floral sweetness
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine variety of different sweet to subtle tart qualities coming across in a refreshing and relaxing sort of way; finishes soothingly sweet with herbal and floral crisp citrusy tones
Texture: light to medium bodied; slightly sessionable; fairly smooth across the tongue with really nothing there being bothersome
Overall: hmmmm, well, I say this is well brewed I can tell you that but I don't necessarily see it as a "sour/wild ale" as there's nothing really "sour" anywhere. This could be phenomenal if the brewer classified it as a "herbal ale."
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2026
at 13:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Woops, found some forgotten backlog.
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark pink to semi-purple-ish with a finger's worth of bubbly pink to off-white head, some light foam here and there inside the head but mostly bubbles; this slid and popped off and barely left any lace
Aroma: mango-ish to pineapple-ish and mixed citrusy toned scents with some vanilla sweetness and a touch of a gooseberry sort of sweet to semi-tart whiff
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a refined sour to tart to semi-sweet sort of quality; finishes mango-like and mixed citrusy with a balanced sour vibe to it
Texture: light to medium bodied; slightly sessionable? yeah, I think so. Slight smoothness with some prickly tart accents nicking the tongue but I somewhat expected that to happen
Overall: I'd say this works as a "sour IPA" and I would welcome this again. Fun stuff.
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark pink to semi-purple-ish with a finger's worth of bubbly pink to off-white head, some light foam here and there inside the head but mostly bubbles; this slid and popped off and barely left any lace
Aroma: mango-ish to pineapple-ish and mixed citrusy toned scents with some vanilla sweetness and a touch of a gooseberry sort of sweet to semi-tart whiff
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a refined sour to tart to semi-sweet sort of quality; finishes mango-like and mixed citrusy with a balanced sour vibe to it
Texture: light to medium bodied; slightly sessionable? yeah, I think so. Slight smoothness with some prickly tart accents nicking the tongue but I somewhat expected that to happen
Overall: I'd say this works as a "sour IPA" and I would welcome this again. Fun stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2026
at 13:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Woops, found some forgotten backlog.
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark burnt orange cloudiness with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light notes of white grapes; light passion fruity tones and a little bit of peachy hop notes; light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet juicy tone into a sly bittersweet quality; finishes juicy with a little bit of hop bitterness
Texture: light to medium bodied; between being a sipper and being sessionable; good low-ish carb level and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: pretty nicely done NEDIPA I would welcome again.
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark burnt orange cloudiness with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light notes of white grapes; light passion fruity tones and a little bit of peachy hop notes; light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet juicy tone into a sly bittersweet quality; finishes juicy with a little bit of hop bitterness
Texture: light to medium bodied; between being a sipper and being sessionable; good low-ish carb level and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: pretty nicely done NEDIPA I would welcome again.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2026
at 13:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Woops, found some forgotten backlog.
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: fairly thick looking dark yellow to orange cardboard haziness with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy to slightly piney sweet to bittersweet hop aspects; light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet soft juicy quality; finishes semi-citrusy and piney with a touch of dryness
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; good smoothness with nothing really distracting anywhere; good low-ish carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: nicely done APA or NEPA depending on who you talk to.
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: fairly thick looking dark yellow to orange cardboard haziness with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy to slightly piney sweet to bittersweet hop aspects; light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet soft juicy quality; finishes semi-citrusy and piney with a touch of dryness
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; good smoothness with nothing really distracting anywhere; good low-ish carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: nicely done APA or NEPA depending on who you talk to.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2026
at 12:57
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a two finger off white to eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some subtle lace
Aroma: slight sweet cherries with some milk chocolate and dark chocolate tones; slight coffee roastiness further underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to subtle roasty quality underscored by a light bitterness from the dark chocolate; finishes cherry sweet and roasty
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; good smoothness with barely anything distracting; good carb level
Overall: I'm impressed I would return to this one.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a two finger off white to eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some subtle lace
Aroma: slight sweet cherries with some milk chocolate and dark chocolate tones; slight coffee roastiness further underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to subtle roasty quality underscored by a light bitterness from the dark chocolate; finishes cherry sweet and roasty
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; good smoothness with barely anything distracting; good carb level
Overall: I'm impressed I would return to this one.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2026
at 22:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: copper color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: pineapple-y to melon and slightly grassy hop notes with a clean malt backbone
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet quality; finishes like old pineapples and malty tones
Texture: light to medium bodied; slightly sessionable; some smoothness; low-ish hop bitterness assertiveness; good carb level
Overall: not a bad pale ale, but somehow it seemed kinda British to me.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: copper color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: pineapple-y to melon and slightly grassy hop notes with a clean malt backbone
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet quality; finishes like old pineapples and malty tones
Texture: light to medium bodied; slightly sessionable; some smoothness; low-ish hop bitterness assertiveness; good carb level
Overall: not a bad pale ale, but somehow it seemed kinda British to me.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2026
at 21:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: somewhat copper to amber to ruddy purple color with a finger and a half of pink foamy head which settled off at a nice pace to leave some light lace
Aroma: pineapple in front; some cinnamon behind that then some subtle sweet corn-like scent
Flavor: mostly sweet through the prior noted aromas with a stealthy little nick of cinnamon spice further down in there; finishes mostly sweet
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; good smoothness along the tongue with barely anything distracting; good carb level
Overall: quite the interesting beer that I hear this other brewery in Peru claims it is a "corn beer / Chicha de Jora." Well, here's to trying new styles.
*disclaimer - I only put it as "Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Vegetable" because I couldn't find "Chica de Jora" on here.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: somewhat copper to amber to ruddy purple color with a finger and a half of pink foamy head which settled off at a nice pace to leave some light lace
Aroma: pineapple in front; some cinnamon behind that then some subtle sweet corn-like scent
Flavor: mostly sweet through the prior noted aromas with a stealthy little nick of cinnamon spice further down in there; finishes mostly sweet
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; good smoothness along the tongue with barely anything distracting; good carb level
Overall: quite the interesting beer that I hear this other brewery in Peru claims it is a "corn beer / Chicha de Jora." Well, here's to trying new styles.
*disclaimer - I only put it as "Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Vegetable" because I couldn't find "Chica de Jora" on here.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2026
at 15:14
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can to English pint glass.
Appearance is shown in the picture.
Aroma: sweet earthy toned coffee notes, eloquent sweet/earthy cocoa nibs; and comes across more like vanilla bean
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet earthy toned vibe onto a sly vanilla beany/coffee-ish quality without it coming across like overly sweet mocha-ish tones; finishes earthy sweet with vanilla bean, a tickle of dryness and a sweet cocoa powdery note
Texture: medium bodied; sessionable-ish - well, hmmmm...kinda scratching my beard now and wondering there's a little bit of a sipping vibe to this after all and that's possibly due to that dryness, it's not overly dry it's just "there."
Overall: in actuality, this is an extremely well done coffee stout that's ultimately well balanced and more than worthy of returning to.
Appearance is shown in the picture.
Aroma: sweet earthy toned coffee notes, eloquent sweet/earthy cocoa nibs; and comes across more like vanilla bean
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet earthy toned vibe onto a sly vanilla beany/coffee-ish quality without it coming across like overly sweet mocha-ish tones; finishes earthy sweet with vanilla bean, a tickle of dryness and a sweet cocoa powdery note
Texture: medium bodied; sessionable-ish - well, hmmmm...kinda scratching my beard now and wondering there's a little bit of a sipping vibe to this after all and that's possibly due to that dryness, it's not overly dry it's just "there."
Overall: in actuality, this is an extremely well done coffee stout that's ultimately well balanced and more than worthy of returning to.
Tried
from Can
from
Beverage Warehouse of Vermont
on 04 Apr 2026
at 02:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: super thick yellowed cardboard haziness! A finger's worth of white frothy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: some pineapple/mixed citrusy to piney hop notes up front with a mid section of light pear to melon hop notes; light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine juicy sweet to bittersweet juicy quality; finishes semi-juicy with a touch of pineapple to pear hop notes
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper; healthy smoothness along the tongue with a nice low carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: an extremely well done NEDIPA by Bent Hill I would welcome again.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: super thick yellowed cardboard haziness! A finger's worth of white frothy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: some pineapple/mixed citrusy to piney hop notes up front with a mid section of light pear to melon hop notes; light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine juicy sweet to bittersweet juicy quality; finishes semi-juicy with a touch of pineapple to pear hop notes
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper; healthy smoothness along the tongue with a nice low carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: an extremely well done NEDIPA by Bent Hill I would welcome again.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Mar 2026
at 19:23