About
Northern Virginia craft brewery. We are brewing in Vienna, VA and Fairfax, VA. We have two locations - Caboose Tavern and Caboose Commons.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
$4.60 pint can, WW. Golden, clear, off-white head. Light citrus and floral hops, green vegetation nose. Flavor is quite bland. Light citrus, green pepper, glue. Way overpriced for that this is.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Nov 2020
at 22:02
7/10
Dark gold pour. Thick foam. Wheat hop flavor with sweet notes. Citrus palate. Nice even mouth feel.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2020
at 01:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Orange and lemongrass aroma. Cloudy amber, huge head, good lace. Lilly, bubblegum. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Highly carbonated to the point of deforming the shape of the can. Nice flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Oct 2020
at 01:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
$4.15 pint can, WW. Black, thick, brown head. Nose is molasses, light chocolate, vanilla bean (not in your face vanilla), leather, tobacco. OH nice - creamy cocoa, brownie, leather, vanilla bean, chocolate, roasted malt. Smooth - neither bitter nor sweet. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Oct 2020
at 20:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
$4.30 pint can, WW. Golden, hint of haze, white head. Light pumpkin, some spice, grasses. Flavor is green grasses and leaf, pumpkin huts, very light spice. More cream ale than pumpkin or spice. Disappointing.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Oct 2020
at 20:29
8/10
Gold pour. Thin foam. Sweet flavor of orange with floral notes. Medium body carbonation.
Tried
on 08 Oct 2020
at 01:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pint can thanks to hershiser2, 9.30.20. Hazy orange large foamy tan head good retention. Aroma of floral hops, mango, and a salty, dirty vibe. Taste is mandarins, orange, lemon. Medium bodied, low bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Sep 2020
at 23:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Fairly hazy deep orange and copper coloured body with a bright golden tint and a good, three to four centimetre tall off-white head that fades relatively quickly. Aroma of soured, tart fruits, apples, bananas, pears, light spices and a heavy dose of papaya and melony funk that of course could be ascertained to guanabana (soursop). Medium-bodied; Relatively strong sour and tart flavours dominate with fruit everywhere and a light sweetness, seemingly all from the fructose here with a good effervescence and more than a touch of lemons and citrus fruits that add to the mouth puckering quality near the end. Aftertaste is rich with fruits with a nicely structured malt backbone and a good layering of sweetness than tart flavours. Overall, a very nice and well-designed beer with a great balance of malt, fruits and tartness that provides an insight into a more rich and 'filling' fruit that shows like a melon or papaya with richness, but also a lot of flavours, and is quite tart and robust throughout, but the other fruits add to this complexity as well, in a good way. I was pleasantly surprised by this one, since some of Caboose's beers aren't my favourite, this one was really a shock because not only did I like it a lot, but it was constructed very nicely. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from the Department of Beer and Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 21-August-2020 for US$4,94 sampled at my house here in Washington on 19-September-2020.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Sep 2020
at 12:41
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Ever so slightly hazy golden and peach coloured body with a fast-dying pure white head that starts off at about three centimetres tall and fades to just about nothing, but an ugly lace on the side of the glass. Aroma of grass, heavy malts, bread, pungent yeast and a very faint dash of citrus - not very citra-y here at all. Light-bodied; Very strong bready, yeastie and especially malty flavours dominate here with only a touch of light hops in the flavour of fresh cut grasses and apples/pears without any real citrus notes here aside from perhaps a faint blast of lightly artificially fruited oranges like a tic-tac or something. Aftertaste is mild, very malt and yeast forward and showing the bready flavours with a touch of hop bitterness, but nothing strong at all here - this is fairly bland and very predictable. Overall, a very dry, malty, yeastie and bready beer without much hops at all, especially those of the citra or any citrus fruit nuanced hop varietal. Not worth grabbing, no matter where it is, even if it's fresh on tap in Vienna, this is not worthwhile. I sampled this sixteen ounce can, purchased from Whole Foods in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 23-July-2020 for US$3,99 sampled at my house here in Washington on 31-August-2020.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Aug 2020
at 16:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Perfectly hazy deep copper and amber coloured body with a very nice three to four centimetre tall ultra-microfoamed tan head. Aroma of grass, pine, hop pellets, resin and a dash of perfume - old school in the nose. Medium-bodied; Very soapy flavour with a light dash of hay, grass and flowers, all with a mild malt backbone that shows some biscuity notes and a stronger bready and yeast bite - especially at the end. Some light hop bitterness exists with the dry quality and range, all ending with some very light citrus and grapefruit. Aftertaste is dry, herbal, grassy, floral and showing a fairly good balance of lighter hops with biscuity malt and finishing with some soapy notes, yeast and cleanser-like pungency. Overall, a decent IPA that is sort of confused. It looks like a New England IPA (and perhaps is shown as one here on RB), but tastes like a plain East Coast IPA, but has a dry and herbal complexity. Interesting at least, but not worth trying to find, however, good enough to get if you were at Caboose. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Whole Foods in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 01-June-2020 for US$3,99 sampled at my house here in Washington, just a few hours later, a few blocks away, on 01-June-2020.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jun 2020
at 05:20