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Welcome to the Roost
River Roost Brewery offers aromatic, hop forward, full flavored beers brewed in 10BBL batches. Established in 2016, owner and operator Mark Babson, a former brewer and quality technician in the industry, now spends his days in the brewhouse or behind the bar creating favorites like Más Verde, Mo’rilla, and Glimpse.
River Roost Brewery offers aromatic, hop forward, full flavored beers brewed in 10BBL batches. Established in 2016, owner and operator Mark Babson, a former brewer and quality technician in the industry, now spends his days in the brewhouse or behind the bar creating favorites like Más Verde, Mo’rilla, and Glimpse.
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12/6/2026. Bottle shared by Colin, cheers! Nice enough pour. Nice citrusy, orange, oaty, aroma. Bittersweet. Liked it.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jun 2026
at 13:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy cloudy yellow, soapy head. Nose is barrel and plum. Yates of grass, barnyard, plum, vanilla, Foeder barrel, hint of spice. Creamy palate yet lively. Really good.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2026
at 19:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at brewery with friends. Golden pour fairly clear and sudsy head. Nose is minerals and fruity. Tatses of fruit, minerals, hint of herbs. Boozy warmers.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2026
at 18:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Had a growler of this years ago and failed to write good notes at that time. Luckily, cans have now shown up to my closest store.
This was poured into a tulip.
Appearance: cardboard yellow haziness with a two finger off white foamy head which took it's time to dissipate and once it did some light lace roamed around the glass.
Aroma: sweet onions, grapefruit pulp, subtle berry-ish whiffs, slight sweet pine with a touch of the bitter side of the pine and somewhat resinous; super light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet juicy to bittersweet juicy conglomeration; finishes juicy with a speck of dryness and a brisk bitter piney to grapefruity pithy-ness
Texture: medium bodied; leaning towards being a sipper; some smooth content with really nothing distracting anywhere - maybe an ever so slight stickiness with a dryness to it
Overall: I believe this is as nice as I remembered it in the growler form but certainly glad I was able to add my thoughts to Brewver. Yes, I would return to this.
This was poured into a tulip.
Appearance: cardboard yellow haziness with a two finger off white foamy head which took it's time to dissipate and once it did some light lace roamed around the glass.
Aroma: sweet onions, grapefruit pulp, subtle berry-ish whiffs, slight sweet pine with a touch of the bitter side of the pine and somewhat resinous; super light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet juicy to bittersweet juicy conglomeration; finishes juicy with a speck of dryness and a brisk bitter piney to grapefruity pithy-ness
Texture: medium bodied; leaning towards being a sipper; some smooth content with really nothing distracting anywhere - maybe an ever so slight stickiness with a dryness to it
Overall: I believe this is as nice as I remembered it in the growler form but certainly glad I was able to add my thoughts to Brewver. Yes, I would return to this.
Tried
from Can
from
Beverage Warehouse of Vermont
on 04 Jun 2026
at 20:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: clear yellow to golden color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which settled off at a decent pace then left some light messy lace
Aroma: dusty pink grapefruity notes with some "Smarties"-esque/candy/powdery accents; light clean malts - somewhat biscuity
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to dry sweet/candy powdery to dusty sweet; finishes dry with a pop of that "Smartie" note
Texture: light to medium bodied; very sessionable; fairly smooth along the tongue with a good carb level and nothing distracting anywhere
Overall: lovely addition of the Riwaka hops to boost the aroma and flavor to this, I'd bang this again.
Appearance: clear yellow to golden color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which settled off at a decent pace then left some light messy lace
Aroma: dusty pink grapefruity notes with some "Smarties"-esque/candy/powdery accents; light clean malts - somewhat biscuity
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to dry sweet/candy powdery to dusty sweet; finishes dry with a pop of that "Smartie" note
Texture: light to medium bodied; very sessionable; fairly smooth along the tongue with a good carb level and nothing distracting anywhere
Overall: lovely addition of the Riwaka hops to boost the aroma and flavor to this, I'd bang this again.
Tried
from Can
from
Beverage Warehouse of Vermont
on 04 Jun 2026
at 20:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Orange brown with a medium sized foamy beige head that left good lacing. Malty and lightly vegetal with yeast, caramel and dark fruit. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 15 May 2026
at 23:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Dark gold with a medium sized fluffy head that lingered. Sweet, tangy and yeasty with a golden fruit presence. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 15 May 2026
at 23:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: clear yellow color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely but left very little lace
Aroma: some lemony sweetness, bready to yeasty tones, hay/straw notes, subtle floral, light coriander and a slight orangey sweetness
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet quality then underscored by a light spice; finishes leaning into some sweet wheat, lemony and orangey
Texture: light to medium bodied - maybe closer to light; very sessionable; some smoothness with barely anything distracting - great flow along the tongue
Overall: there's something good here though I might not truly see this as a Belgian witbier.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: clear yellow color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely but left very little lace
Aroma: some lemony sweetness, bready to yeasty tones, hay/straw notes, subtle floral, light coriander and a slight orangey sweetness
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet quality then underscored by a light spice; finishes leaning into some sweet wheat, lemony and orangey
Texture: light to medium bodied - maybe closer to light; very sessionable; some smoothness with barely anything distracting - great flow along the tongue
Overall: there's something good here though I might not truly see this as a Belgian witbier.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2026
at 22:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: ruddy brown color with a light transparency about it bit more towards the sides of the glass with a two finger eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: big bready smooth malts with substantial sweet clean earthy to floral and slightly bitter hop tone
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet malty & bready smooth clean vibe; finishes malty bready smooth
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; very smooth along the tongue - nothing distracting, good carb level
Overall: I say a very nicely done Dunkler bock I would return to.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: ruddy brown color with a light transparency about it bit more towards the sides of the glass with a two finger eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: big bready smooth malts with substantial sweet clean earthy to floral and slightly bitter hop tone
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet malty & bready smooth clean vibe; finishes malty bready smooth
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; very smooth along the tongue - nothing distracting, good carb level
Overall: I say a very nicely done Dunkler bock I would return to.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Mar 2026
at 22:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can to tulip.
Appearance, well, I'll just post the picture and leave it at that.
Aroma: a beautiful conglomeration of tangerine to grapefruity to piney hop notes with a sweet danky undertone which seems to be rising as I continue to smell this beer; malts seem almost non-existent
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas with the grapefruity tone getting stronger with substantial bitterness but not burdensome; finishes semi-dry with some sticky danky to slightly bitter grapefruity notes
Texture: medium bodied, leaning to be slightly sessionable; some smoothness but also a little bit of hop bitterness assertiveness but it's mostly non-offensive
Overall: pretty good iteration of this series that I would be willing to come back to.
Appearance, well, I'll just post the picture and leave it at that.
Aroma: a beautiful conglomeration of tangerine to grapefruity to piney hop notes with a sweet danky undertone which seems to be rising as I continue to smell this beer; malts seem almost non-existent
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas with the grapefruity tone getting stronger with substantial bitterness but not burdensome; finishes semi-dry with some sticky danky to slightly bitter grapefruity notes
Texture: medium bodied, leaning to be slightly sessionable; some smoothness but also a little bit of hop bitterness assertiveness but it's mostly non-offensive
Overall: pretty good iteration of this series that I would be willing to come back to.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2026
at 20:01