Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
From my wife from the brewery: pours copper with a large, long-lasting white head. Aroma is musty wine, tree. Taste is sweet, musty grape, tingly booze buzz. Very smooth. Pleasant to drink.
maniac (11822) ticked Des Moines IPA from Confluence Brewing Company 7 years ago
Clear golden amb bod sml wht head. Spicy floral arma. Spicy floral flav. Med bod mod carb. 7/4/7/4/14 3.6
Smoothie milky life.
Ignore the mess, pored strong, super carbonated and smooth, rich.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
16 oz. can in a trade with jcwattsrugger. Stamped on the bottom that it goes extinct on May 28-18. The label art and stamp code amuse me. But honestly, if you are going to call yourself a "New England IPA" you better bring it! Aroma is very mild fruit and nothing more. The flavor shows weak citrus and a whole leaf hop. The only real correct thing they got about this is that it has literally no bitterness. Fruit flavor and juice level is low. Overall, drinkable for sure. How many true NEIPA's have the folk out in Iowa really sampled? This is going in the write direction but not quite there yet.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
16 oz. can in a trade with jcwattsrugger. Canned Mar-21-18. Deep straw colored appearance with thin lasting head. Aroma is whole leaf hops and mild malt. The flavor has the piney, peppery hops that are noted in the aroma. Bitterness and malt are balanced. Body and carbonation are proper. This is very old school and that is what I enjoyed about it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
16 oz. can in a trade with jcwattsrugger. Crystal clear golden color, low carbonation level showing no head. Aroma is cereal grain, honey, and light grassy hops. Flavor has a bready malt base with cereal grain. Notes of honey. The finish shows notes of honey without any bitterness. Lighter body with a soft crisp texture. Easy to drink but the body is pretty lean.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle/Fest. A- Caramel, fruity, whiskey. A- Brown color, cloudy liquid, off white head. T- Boozy, malty, caramel. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Pretty boozy but otherwise straightforward. Lots of caramel malt and booze.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample @ GABF 2017. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel dark fruit aroma. Sweetish malty spicy caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy caramel and dark fruit finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Johnny Watts, thanks for the opportunity! Slightly hazy light golden color with a small but long lasting bubbly white head. Earthy minty citrus and light grass on the nose with hints of bready crackery maltiness. Flavor follws the aroma but add a bit of resinous grassy green hop to it. Pretty decent decent drinker.