rouhlas (5048) reviewed First Drop from Upper Pass Beer Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
455 ml can at the Hoppy Pub, Thessaloniki. Hazy orange color with white head. Hoppy and malty aroma, grass, citrusy fruity, tropical fruits, caramel, herbal and veggie notes. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation. 8-3-8-3-15
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed First Drop from Upper Pass Beer Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Canned 4/14/17, drunk 5/25/17 at Doc Pond’s.
Copper-to-light-amber body shows a moderate but not heavy haziness with a good-sized white head that is well-retained.
Star fruit, nectarine and spicy pineapple are joined by more classic pine and orange rind with lots of spicy, herbal, dank notes lingering in the background. Malts show a touch of bread but are otherwise left out of the way adding no more than the usual biscuit/cracker. Attenuation seems proper, from the nose and there is no flaw or alcohol and little resin.
Dry yet with some light honey and sticky malt notes on a fairly soft texture that uses quite a bit of carbonation, moderately engaging, to whisk all sorts of juicy citrus, pine and wood about the palate. Ends very dry, with lingering red grapefruit, nectarine, marmalade and pineapple. Nice and light, clean and fairly low on the resin. A good mix of West Coast and NE characteristics.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a hazy burnt pale orange color with a half finger’s worth of white foamy concave head. Mild messy lace.
The aroma was basically orange juice up front, full and bitter, sweet with an ample piney/resin backbone. Some lemon rind as it warmed.
The flavor guided the hop bitterness smoothly into an aggressive bittersweet juicy to piney aftertaste. Brisk orange juice/piney bittersweet finish.
The palate was medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. Ample amount of bitterness hits my tongue in an acceptable way. ABV felt as projected. Carbonation seemed fine.
Overall, pretty good DIPA that I could have again, but not as smooth as the description says.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
This was poured into a nonic.
The appearance was a glossy black color with a three finger off white foamy head that dissipates pretty quick. Spider web lacing.
The aroma has some milk/sweet stout qualities but actually allows a nice balancing roastiness to it. Chocolate nibs seem there bringing in that semi-sweet to bitter quality rounding it all out.
The flavor balances extremely nice between the roast and the bitter and the sweet. That lactose is there but doesn’t come across overly sweet.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sipping quality about it. Mild carbonation. Roastiness seems to slide over my tongue.
Overall, an extremely nicely balanced milk/sweet stout that delegates a subtle slickness not usually found in this style.
Garrold (11502) reviewed First Drop from Upper Pass Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can. Super hazy gold. Thin, messy, lasting, white head. Nose has a load of juicy peach and mango. Slightly floral and herbal. Touch of white grape. Flinty, mineraly edge to it. Taste is light, citrusy bitter. Good fruity pop. Light body. Clean as a whistle. More juice on the finish. Drier on the close. Smashable.
CLW (17000) reviewed First Drop from Upper Pass Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Paid $3.50 for a 16 oz. can at CBC Waterbury. Date on bottom of can reads 9/20/16. Dirty orange in color. Aroma is floral, mild malt, earthy /leafy hops.
Body is medium, smooth, soft carbonation. Taste is floral right up front, light grass, citrus pith. Texture becomes lightly dry. Strong amount of bitterness. Is this an IPA or APA? The Brewer 1st called it an IPA during it’s early life. Now this is marketed in cans and clearly reads APA. Honestly, either way this is an enjoyable hoppy ale.
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Leighton (35102) reviewed First Drop from Upper Pass Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Keg at Blackback - Waterbury. Pours mostly clear gold with a creamy, white head. Great pithy citrus aroma, fresh, with some pale bread, orange. Medium sweet flavour with more pithy tangerine and grapefruit, pale bread, biscuit, m on. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Balanced finish, with further juicy citrus fruits, pale biscuits, melon, tangerine. Delicious APA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at Mcgillicuddy’s, Williston, VT.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking glossy / hazy burnt orange color. Light speckled lacing forms after the head dissipated.
The smell had a beautiful amount of juicy orange bitterness bursting into sharp citrus hops. Subtle tropical sweetness underneath.
The taste was a balanced sweet to bitter blend of citrus hops to malts. Light bitter citrus rind aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonation runs fairly light allowing the harshness to be the bitterness hitting the tongue.
Overall, this was a really good IPA that I would come back to.
CLW (17000) reviewed Collusion from Upper Pass Beer Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Heather _B with this bottle share! Very nice aroma: good level of roast with English malt, burnt sugar and molasses. The body is on the fuller side with a nice dry roasted finish. The lactose adds some sweetness to balance the roast. This is a very enjoyable stout.