Drake (22934) reviewed Boris from Baxter Brewing Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
LSAT Freedom Trip #106. Keg at the brewery. Dark brown, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, smoke. The taste is roasted malts, chocolate, nuts, caramel. Medium bodied, low carbonation, mild booze.
Drake (22934) reviewed Not Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
LSAT Freedom Trip #105. Keg at the brewery. Hazy straw, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of floral, citrus hops and pale malt. The taste is tropical, citrus hops, pale malt, hint of earth. Medium bodied.
Drake (22934) reviewed Smoked Ambaah from Baxter Brewing Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
LSAT Freedom Trip #104. Keg at the brewery. Clear copper, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of strong smoke, caramel, biscuit malts. The taste is caramel and smoke. Medium bodied, lingering smokiness.
Drake (22934) reviewed Belgo-Brit from Baxter Brewing Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
LSAT Freedom Trip #103. Keg at the brewery. Clear pale golden, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of smoke, pale malt, citrus, toasted malts, caramel, mild dark fruits. The taste is smoke, pale malt, citrus, toasted malt. Medium bodied, lingering tartness.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed The Lonely Goatherd from Baxter Brewing Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
2015 can, drunk 10/5/15.
Clear light amber liquid has light to moderate carbonation creating a medium-sized off-white head that fades slowly to cover.
Ugh, the old "Traditional style...BUT WITH A TWIST!". Please for the love of god, let’s give it a break with the oh so original twist being a lot of American hops that in turn blot out the nuances of the traditional style. I guess with a strong heller bock, it’s not SUCH a problem, but regardless, the nose is mostly fruity hops with some bread dough, honey and plentiful citrus. Don’t get too much pine in the nose thankfully, nor is it alcoholic or flawed.
Flavor brings forth a dry pine and grapefruit character, that yields a bit of room to the sweet caramel and sourdough-like maltiness. Dry biscuits, heavy citrus, some lighter floral notes and a rather peppery carbonation and hard texture. Really uninteresting to me, as the hops destroy any chance of finding any fun yeast/water character. The texture seems rather filtered and the carbonation too prickly. Monotonous caramel/dough and citrus/piney hops, yum!
cheap (9533) reviewed Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2
I should have known from the start since I was pouring this viscous liquid from a black can with skull & crossbones on it that it was going to be a terribly on style IPA or even DIPA. Bouquet is capricious olfactory waves of influence. What a predilection in the piehole, and a piquant experience at that; immense revolting dreadful yuckie concentrated in yer face IPA swill. If you like this style, it’s all you. Go shamble your taste buds. Deez nuts – it’s just a moment of impulse, that’s all. 0.1 point for the buzz.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF ’15, day 1, 11/08/15. Golden amber with a decent off white covering. Nose is melon, tangerine, straw, hop pangs. Taste comprises citric pith, mandarin, tangerine, straw. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, juicy hop bitterness in the close. Decent enough IPA.
cheap (9533) reviewed Maine Lager from Baxter Brewing Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
From a can at first its bubbly and quite smooth. Then a little ale peaks its ugly head up but its not quite ugly, just a little appalling. Same with the finish, just good ol decent tasting beer with enough of an attitude to let you know its an ale. On the same level as Cismontane Citizen California Lager but not as good as Widmer Brothers Columbia Common.
johnnnniee (7495) reviewed Hayride from Baxter Brewing Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Bert’s Fairly clear reddish amber color with a frothy off white head. Peppery spicy bready aromas with hints of brown sugar. Lots more malt in the flavor; big caramel and brown sugar with hints of chocolate. Peppery spicy pine cuts through the sweetness quite well. Lingering light ginger and drying wood tannin long after each sip. Its a bit different, and beats the hell out of any pumpkin based autumn ale.
CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Maine Lager from Baxter Brewing Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
This was poured into a pilsener glass.
The appearance was a semi-bronzed orange to amber color with a one to two finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than about a minute. Lacing speckled the glass nicely.
The smell started off with sweet grassy to a colorful caramel/toffee maltiness rolling in to balance decently.
The taste was moderately malty sweet with an underscore of the caramel/toffee running into the grassiness balancing on in to the aftertaste and leading into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a decent sessionability about it. Carbonation, uh...what carbonation, as its barely there, its really smooth and gives off a nicely done creaminess to it.
Overall, for a California common, its a bit different, me I don’t mind it. Its definitely a food beer, I could see myself having this again.