Thimble Island Brewery
Microbrewery
in Branford,
Connecticut,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Thimble Island Brewery
- Out of business
Established in 2012
Closed in 2025
mcberko (47797) reviewed Shoobie Juice from Thimble Island Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Thimble Island, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings lots of lacto, with subdued floral hops and biscuity malt. Flavour is like pure yogurt, with tons of lacto, subdued floral hops and biscuity malt. Very yogurty palate, quite monolithically. Solid.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Coffee Stout from Thimble Island Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Thimble Island, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out earthy coffee notes, with a dry toasted biscuity malt base. Flavour is along the same lines, with earthy coffee, toasted biscuity malt and light roast. Dry and toasty. Good stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the source. Inky black color with a thin white head that dissipates. Lots of roasty chocolate and bits of caramel and toffee with hints of oak and vanilla. Tasty sipper.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at the source Deep brown bordering on black with a thin tightly bubbled off white head. Huge coffee on the nose and flavor but the base beer has enough sweetness to counter and smooth that out nicely. Tasty coffee beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Tap at the source. Dark golden color with a hint of orange and a small white head. Grassy astringent hint of aspirin against a bready caramel malt base. This one was rough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at the source Kind of an orange amber kind of color with a wispy white head that dissipates quickly. Bready crackery pilsner with a hint of clove. Pretty tasty.
johnnnniee (7516) reviewed Lager from Thimble Island Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Crowler from the source. Slightly hazy deep yellow with a decent sized bubbly white head that slowly recedes. Grainy light crackery maltiness with light earthy floral hops. Pretty decent lager maybe a bit fruity but decent drinker.
johnnnniee (7516) reviewed Ruby from Thimble Island Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Crowler from the brewery Slightly hazy deep yellow color decent sized white head moderate retention. Grapefruit in spades in the aroma and and the flavor, light pilsner maltiness underneath. Quaffable.
CLW (17000) reviewed Ghost Island Double IPA from Thimble Island Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle shared by JCwattsrugger. Thanks John! A near clear Amber color, soapy head. Aroma is orange marmalade, toasted grain and mild citrus. Ok, over 100 IBU?? Perhaps not. Or it is old... (John feeding us old IPA's??) the backbone is very malty and borderline sweet. The hop flavor is muted. Old school IPA right here.