5-1-21 Cans Glen’s

(Thanks, Andy! Nimbleprop) Can. A- Roasty, bready. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, beige head. T- Roasty, bready, vegamite, char. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, roasty finish. O- Okay. I wish there was more of a smoke factor or umami here but not bad.

Pint can shared with Drake. Murky papaya with a frothy offwhite head. Nose is juicy pineapple, orange, papaya, mango, pine. Flavor is pine, papaya, orange peel, mango, dandelion, basement. Slightly tangy.

Nice mild ale. Raw barley and a little roast. Dark brown pour with good initial head. Easy drinking and pleasant. A small hint of lime. Crisp bitter finish with a little tang. Tall can.

16oz can pours a dark brown/black with some clumpy, beige head.  Nose has malt, toast, cocoa, black licorice.  Flavor is nice, dark bread, licorice, molasses, some cocoa, toffee.  Drinks like a porter.  Finishes a little creamy, dry.  Nice beer.  7 4 7 4 14

Super pale golden coloured boy with a very hazy and opaque (90 per cent) raw honey glow, with a very thick, five to six centimetre tall, beautiful light tan and off-white microfoamed head that stays afloat nicely and leaves a soft lace on the sides. Aroma of fresh-cut grass, light melons, some citrus fruits, a good deal of herbal notes with a candy-like scent towards the end. Medium-bodied; Rich fresh hop flavours dominate with a punch of dry herbal and sweetness notes, with some slight medicinal and astringent flavours that give off some rich bitterness, but balanced out by a good dose of sugars from the fruits. Aftertaste is bitter - mainly from the alpha acids of the hops, but also from the dryness in the grain bill and also some grapefruit as well as a slight medicinal astringency at the end, in a good way. Overall, a nice, super unfiltered IPA that perhaps could be classified as New England (almost a 'real DIPA), but with your eyes closed, this is much closer to a standard West Coast IPA than anything else - nothing imperial about this. Great to sample locally and good to have fairly fresh since I can't find this in Virginia, but the price was much more expensive than I wanted to pay for this (wasn't posted). I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Ye Old Spirit Shop in Frederick, Maryland on 29-November-2020 for US$7,19 while cutting down our family Christmas tree for the year, canned at the source on 11/20 (from can), sampled at my house here in Washington on 27-January-2021.

Pretty decent for triple IPA. Stills comes off balanced where many don't. Pineapple and rich tangerine. Some green onion, caramel. Passion fruit. Pours hazy golden with good head. Hop tang finish with some bitterness. Can from Gillys.

Light roast. Some lime. Kind of a cloying aftertaste. Lacks crispness. Dark brown pour with ok head. Tangy cloying end. Can.