Thimble Island Brewery
Microbrewery
in Branford,
Connecticut,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Thimble Island Brewery
- Out of business
Established in 2012
Closed in 2025
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 2
12oz. Pours redddish brown and hazy. Smells like a sweet caramel and pumpkin beer with nrown sugar. Tastes like a sweet bud with more carbonation. This one is not good.
johnnnniee (7516) reviewed Coffee Stout from Thimble Island Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared by Kelly and Paul, thanks for the opportunity! Deep dark brown color with a small off white head. Rich coffee and light roasty chocolate maltiness. Creamy mouthfeel. Pretty respectable coffee brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass. Appearance is hazy dark brown with orange tint, 1 1/2-finger width light brown foamy head with fair retention and no lacing. Aroma is pumpkin spice with roasted malts, dark chocolate. Taste is very mild; smoky, slightly tart 1st half with mainly bitter and lightly pumpkin spiced 2nd half. Palate is surprisingly light bodied and watery with late lively carbonation and sudden, lightly bitter mild finish. Overall, this starts off looking and smelling pretty promising but the taste fails to deliver on the aroma and the palate is not only not right for the style but is not good for any kind of beer. Disappointing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Jeremy. Hazy, fizzy orange golden, with skin of head. Orang-y aroma. Tangerine taste turns into dishwater. Kind of soapy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12oz bottle. Pours out a hazy apricot topped with a white head. Nose is pine citrus earthy caramel malts. Taste is more of the pine citrus hops cardboard and earthy notes.
Mansquito (19309) reviewed Coffee Stout from Thimble Island Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
At the spirce: dark brown with a creamy head. Aroma is coffee and chocolare and roast. Taste is coffee but not intesely so. Mostly just roasty stout flavors. Good enough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
At the source: pours copper with a pretty creamy head. Aroma is malt and a good bit of citrus. I doubt this is over 100 IBUs like they say it is, as it is not all the bitter. Still it is very smooth. Hefty hoppiness. Pleasant malt backbone.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
At the source: pours amber with a white head. Aroma is earthya nd caramel and bread. Taste is earthy. Light bitterness. Lots of malt. Not a bad altbier.
Mansquito (19309) reviewed Ruby from Thimble Island Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
At the source: pours slightly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is grapefruit and hops. Tste is grapefruit juice and a low bit of hoppiness. More beer than juice but still juicy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Poured from a bottle it is a dark brown with a slight head. The aroma is coffee and some boozieness. The taste is a strong coffee flavor with hints of chocolate and a finish with booze and licorice.