6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Poured from can hazy orange with abehote head. Aromas of grapefruit?? grains floral notes. Taste is grapefruit pith grass and a lingering bitterness. Not getting blood orange.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Dec 2017
at 10:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16 oz. can thank at Chalumeaux with this share. Hazy Amber golden color. It smells like grapefruit juice, tastes like grapefruit juice. Where is the blood orange? The finish of this IPA is grapefruit peel. It is confusing why it tastes like grapefruit juice, but it is still pretty decent.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Dec 2017
at 10:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From Jul 2008
I got this bottle in a trade with DLucky. Thanks Dan!
It pours a clear orange gold with a 1 finger head of foam that shrinks quickly to just a ring around the glass. Lacing is close to nonexistant.
The smell is both hoppy and malty. Good citrus notes with some orange and lemon, and a caramel malt nose that also brings some candy sugar-like sweetness.
The taste is of grapefruit and lemon that packs some good bitterness and a bready malt base that's backed up by caramel malt sweetness. The finish is slightly bitter in this light bodied IPA and there's little to no aftertaste.
Overall, I think this is a pretty good example of the style. It just lacks a bit of assertiveness with the flavours, imho.
I got this bottle in a trade with DLucky. Thanks Dan!
It pours a clear orange gold with a 1 finger head of foam that shrinks quickly to just a ring around the glass. Lacing is close to nonexistant.
The smell is both hoppy and malty. Good citrus notes with some orange and lemon, and a caramel malt nose that also brings some candy sugar-like sweetness.
The taste is of grapefruit and lemon that packs some good bitterness and a bready malt base that's backed up by caramel malt sweetness. The finish is slightly bitter in this light bodied IPA and there's little to no aftertaste.
Overall, I think this is a pretty good example of the style. It just lacks a bit of assertiveness with the flavours, imho.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2017
at 09:41
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass from Andover Liquors. Appearance is light orange with yellow-green tinge, fair sparkle, finger-width foamy head with poor retention and nice soapy lacing. Aroma is tart funkiness (not sure is intentional)--almost metallic in nature--over bread with citrus. Taste is tart/metallic over bread/caramel and light resin. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin texture, average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, this feels very retro, but not in a cool way. Skippable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2017
at 18:34
6/10
Tried
on 06 Oct 2017
at 11:21
6/10
Tried
on 04 Oct 2017
at 12:35
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
12 ounce bottle. Medium gold color. Small creamy white head. Grainy malt nose hints at subtle blueberry. Flavor is light grain with notes of corn and berry. Bland and disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2017
at 21:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Andover Liquors. Appearance is cloudy yellow/orange/brown (like a light cider) with 2-finger width off white foamy head with fair retention and trace sudsy lacing. Aroma is strong tropical fruits, citrus. Taste is tropical fruit, dank resiny bitterness. Palate is medium bodied with thick texture, soft-to-average carbonation and dry, bitter finish. Overall, sweetness of the aroma does not fully carry over to the taste with bitter balance that is more than I'd prefer.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Sep 2017
at 20:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy gold into a tulip. White head with good retention recedes to skim surface. Pineapple and mango aromas. Soft with sweet caramel and passionfruit upfront turning to pith in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2017
at 19:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Its been a while since I’ve had ANYTHING from Wachusett, always thought they were mediocre at best. Can from Todd last night at Home brew club. Deep gold slightly hazy thin white head. Rich lightly bready malt with hints of caramel. Wow lots of earthy citrus tropical and pine from the hops. Wow that was a surprise, thats quite an IPA right there!
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jun 2017
at 20:49