jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Fresh Start from Smartmouth Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Ever so slightly hazy golden and bronze coloured body with a thinnish, two centimetre tall just off-white head that stays afloat for a while and brings a nice lace to the sides. Aroma of soap, grass, flowers, hay and some very subdued citrusey components, without much alcohol or bitterness noticeable, but more of the malts and a bunch of fresh grasses. Medium-bodied; Strong grassy and very soapy herbal components show the hops with a subtle dose of bitterness and just about nothing else with a dry finish and some malt to balance things off. Aftertaste shows the floral, grassy and lightly citrusey notes with a light dose of hops and a good deal of sweetness, compared to the initial dry flavours. Overall, a fairly subtle and soft IPA with a clean, soapy and dry bite throughout that gives a little bit of sweetness and citrusey flavours, but this is pretty dry, but evenly balanced. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Harris Teeter in Arlington (Columbia Pike), Virginia on 18-April-2021 for US$1,87 sampled on the streets of New York with my kids on 02-May-2021.
obguthr (12465) reviewed Ice Cream Social from Smartmouth Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Charred oak, vanilla aroma. Black, medium tan head. Raisin, charred oak, vanilla. Just sweet enough. Full body, easy carbonation. Beery, not too much of a novelty or dessert.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Saturday Morning from Smartmouth Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Slightly hazy golden and peach coloured body with a larger, two to three centimetre tall off-white head that fades fairly quickly and leaves a pretty nasty lace on the sides. Aroma of marshmallows (yes, really), lactose, fruits, light guava and a dash of deeper malts with a touch of astringency and metallic notes towards the end with a deep bite at the end. Medium-bodied; Good deep fruity flavours at first with a big hit of lactose and sweetness along with a big note of metal, astringency, alcohol and fresh hops. Aftertaste shows a lot of the fresh hops with a nice bitterness, but a really good malt backbone that balances things out nicely, but the marshmallow and lactose notes are by far the strongest. Overall, a nice and robust beer that has a nice bitter IPA pungency throughout, with a good marshmallow and lactose flavour, somehow! I loved the can of course, and so did my kids, so I thought this was worthy of drinking for my first beer (or any alcohol) in a month's time, while not on Saturday Morning, but on Saturday night on vacation here in New York. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Harris Teeter in Arlington (Columbia Pike), Virginia on 18-April-2021 for US$1,87 sampled in my hotel room here in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York on 01-May-2021.
obguthr (12465) reviewed Susan B Votin' from Smartmouth Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Strong rosehip bouquet. Clear amber, thin head. Rosehip and apricot. Medium body, soft carbonation. Loads of Centennial hop character. Wonderful!
obguthr (12465) reviewed Very Dangerous from Smartmouth Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Clove and nutmeg aroma. Cloudy orange, thin head. Lemon, biscuit, allspice, clay. Light body, moderate carbonation. 8 2 7 2 15
obguthr (12465) reviewed Phobophobia from Smartmouth Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Cocoa, charred oak, pine nose. Cola brown, medium cream colored head, nice lace. Cocoa, grapefruit, charred oak. Medium body, easy carbonation. Nice example of the style.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Very deep and dark brown coloured body with a very thick, five to six centimetre tall rich brown head that fades very slowly - nice and deep! Aroma of grass, pine (of course), alcohol, resin and a tiny bit of candy, light malt and cleanser. Medium-bodied; Very rich malts show at first with a lot of sweetness, mainly from caster sugar and even some light apricot and orange fruits with a sweet, syrupy and resinous note that adds even more sweetness - this time with added complexity, but also some alcohol and malt at the end. Aftertaste is rich, deep, slightly floral, but not very bitter at all - some sweetness and alcohol peeks around the edges, but no pine, no 'sappy' flavours and hardly any floral notes at all to speak of. Overall, a fairly nice, deep and brown, very malty IPA with some dry, floral and grassy notes, but not the sap, pine and bitterness that I was expecting. Good to sample, especially on Christmas Eve EVE, but not as good as some others...but the balance is good for the style. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Wegman's in Alexandria, Virginia on 05-December-2020 for US$1,99 sampled at my house here in Washington on 23-December-2020.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep, ever so slightly hazy and muddied brown, amber and ruby tinted body with a two to three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, earth, grain, hay and a good dose of nuts but the hops here are nice and do show some grapefruit and pine with the alpha acids. Medium-bodied; Strong and pungent earth comes through at first with a heavy dose of toasted malts and some figs with a pleasant level of sweetness coming from the caramelised sugars and toffee. Aftertaste shows mainly the deep malts and the hops with an earthier and grainy side coming through and a dry, more grassy note towards the end with pine, grapefruit and caramelised sugars are finishing this off, but the bitterness from the hops is still central. Overall, a nice and rich, grainy and pungent, hoppy beer that shows a nice balance throughout and a good sweetness to complement the hops. I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 24-October-2020 for US$2,49 sampled at my house here in Washington on 12-January-2021.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Phobophobia from Smartmouth Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark brown coloured body with a fairly fast-dying light brown head, only a single centimetre tall. Aroma of roasted malt, toast, molasses, pine and a touch of grapefruit with some noticeable hop bitterness. Medium-bodied; Relatively rich roasty and caramelised sugar flavours dominate with a lot of pine and floral notes as well, that present the bitterness in a softer and more compact package, but some of the roasted and burnt malt notes add to the bitterness. Aftertaste is relatively strong with the hops showing at first, but a good balance between the remaining sweetness (from caramelised sugars and fruit, even!) and the rich malts which linger on for a while afterwards. Overall, a pretty nice beer and one that gets the balance right, but also the profile and the complexity, with a good sweet note that shows alongside alcohol and dry oatmeal. A style that I miss with all the unfiltered plain malt IPAs, but this one was good and worth finding for those who also wish there was still more Black IPAs, especially in fall/winter! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 24-October-2020 for US$5,29 that was brought into the store on the same day, but sampled at my house here in Washington on 13-November-2020.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Susan B Votin' from Smartmouth Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Very crisp and clear, deep bronze and copper coloured body with a two to three centimetre tall oily, soapy tan head that keeps up decently. Aroma of apples, caramelised sugars, toffee, earth, flowers, bitter grain and a hint of curacao. Medium-bodied; Deep, super earthy, nutty and incredibly floral hop notes and especially bitterness come through, with a sticky toffee and grainy element and almost specialty grains as malt with a ton of bitterness throughout and seemingly no sweetness. Aftertaste is crisp, very robust, fairly straight-forward and is both astringent and floral, with a lot of floral hops hitting at the end with bitterness, but also grassy and floral malt characteristics that hits without real depth or complexity. Overall, pretty funky and deep with bitterness and pungency without being easy-drinking! Not worth grabbing this, despite the name or the graphics on front. I sampled this sixteen ounce can, purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 24-October-2020 for US$5,29 sampled at my house here in Washington on 07-November-2020, the day that Joe Biden was reported by A.P. to be the next president-elect of the USA.