Packing the first edition set. Shit must be getting real.
Pours dark amber with little to no head, white. Aroma of guava, melons, citrus. Taste wine must, oaky resin, muted melon notes. Taste has tropical fruits, lingering resin, lemon. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 ounce can. Number one with a bullet. Orange gold color. Rocky beige head. Nice lacing. Piney hop aroma hints at mint and spring onions. Slightly toasted malt flavor is quickly overpowered by a rush of dank resiny hops. Intensely bitter peppery notes. Dank and more dank. Astringent dry finish and aftertaste.
pdog555 (2102) reviewed Can'n Porter from Cottrell Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Pours reddish black with a thick creme head. Aroma of toasted malt. Taste is nutty and dominated by toasted malt influence. Palate contains a roasted dark note that lingers on the back of the tongue. Average porter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
The appearance was a murky dark orange close to brown color with a cap of a little white foamy head that fell off at a moderate pace. Not much lace.
The aroma had some sweet malty tones of caramel/toffee, light nuts, some herbal to grassy hop character and ended with a little bit of earthiness.
The flavor was malty dry sweet with the herbal and earthy components trying to blend but mostly stayed somewhat separated. Lingering aftertaste of the maltiness. Long malty finish.
The palate was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt low but expected. ABV felt secure and expected.
Overall, pretty decent beer to me as it seemed clean, but also didn’t have the peat or smoke I normally associate with the style, so that kinda takes a little bit of a hit.
yespr (55501) reviewed Mystic Bridge IPA from Cottrell Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is peachy, grapefruity and slight soapy hoppy. Fruity sweet impression. Crisp hoppy and fruity far finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
This was poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance had a dark golden semi-hazy color with a sly transparency about it. Some carbonation could be seen rising. Small white head quickly dissipated with no lacing.
The aroma balances between some citrus, pine and caramel. Then some breadiness and orange zest cleanly moves in.
The flavor takes the previously mentioned aromas to cleanly build a soft sweet feature sliding over a nice bitterness. Balanced semi-sweet aftertaste yields the same sort of finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbobation. Sly lacing.
Overall, pretty good old school styled AIPA that I could come back to if I see it. Maybe not really one to seek out, but good enough for what it is.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Taster pour at Craft Beer Race New Haven. Appearance is hazy light brown (like a cider) with ring of head, mild lacing and sparkle. Aroma is bready malt. Taste is malt dominant biscuit/cracker with some caramel. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with average texture, soft carbonation and finish like taste. Overall, not bad by any means but pretty pedestrian.