Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pin glass, bottled on 6/27/2016. Pours crystal clear pale golden/yellow color with a small foamy white head that reduces to nothing nearly instantly. No lacing on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of big lemon, lime, ginger, currant, vanilla, honey, cracker, candi sugar, and herbal earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of citrus/spices and pale/sugary malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lemon, lime, ginger, currant, vanilla, honey, cracker, candi sugar, and herbal earthiness. Slight peppery ginger spice and herbal bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, lime, ginger, currant, vanilla, honey, cracker, candi sugar, and herbal earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of citrus/spices and pale/sugary malt flavors; with a nice malt/spiciness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Moderate dryness from carbonation and bitter/spiciness as well. Slightly increasing ginger heat through the glass. High carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, and lightly grainy/syrupy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.9%. Overall this is a very nice ginger spice beer. All around nice robustness and balance of citrus/spices and pale/sugary malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink. Still kind of feels like a beer with some grainy/malt presence, vs some of their other flavored beverages I’ve tried. Never overly sweet, syrupy, or heavy feeling. A very enjoyable offering. --- Beer merged from original tick of Not Your Father's Ginger Ale on 03 Jul 2017 at 21:57 - Score: 7. Original review text: Very nice. Lemon/lime/ginger/currant/vanilla/honey/cracker/candi sugar. Light bitter/spicy. Crisp/drying high carb. Refreshing. No cloying.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle. Ginger, biscuit malt, and light straw aroma. Golden yellow with small and very short-lasting head. Very sweet spicy ginger, vanilla, malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Decent - a bit cloying.
Olut (21769) reviewed Not Your Father's Root Beer from Small Town Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle from IGA, Cookeville, Tennessee. Not so much strong tasting in strength, but certainly in its medicinal character, which lingers long. Has a sticky-sweet texture.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Not Your Mom's Iced Tea from Small Town Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours rather the color of iced tea with no head at all. Smells like used tea leaves that have sat out for a bit. Near med body. Flavor is fermented/black tea with just a hint of lemon and some sugar. It’s actually rather nice - the tea bitter tends to offset the sugar. Could be lake beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 3/29/2017. Pours fairly crystal clear light pink color with a foamy pink head that drops to nothing nearly instantly. No lacing on the glass, and a good amount of streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of big juicy/lightly tart strawberries, rhubarb, vanilla, and candy sugar. Nice aromas with good balance of fruit, vanilla, and sugary sweetness; with good strength. Taste of big juicy/lightly tart strawberries, rhubarb, vanilla, and candy sugar. Light fruit tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of juicy/lightly tart strawberries, rhubarb, vanilla, and candy sugar on the finish for a while. Nice robustness and balance of fruit, vanilla, and sugary sweetness; with a good malt/tartness balance, and no cloying flavors after the finish. Moderate dryness from carbonation and fruit tartness. High carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp/foamy, and lightly syrupy mouthfeel that is good. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.9%. Overall this is a pretty good fruit/spiced beer. All around good robustness and balance of fruit, vanilla, and sugary sweetness; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink; thanks to the effervescent carbonation. Hit all of my expectations, tastes exactly as advertised. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 3/22/2017. Pours crystal clear deep orange/copper color with no head. Some slight spotty lacing and streaming carbonation. Okay appearance. Aromas of lemon, black tea, brown sugar, honey, caramel, and herbal earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of lemon, tea, and dark malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big lemon, black tea, brown sugar, honey, caramel, and herbal earthiness. Slight herbal tea bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, black tea, brown sugar, honey, caramel, and herbal earthiness on the finish for a while. Good robustness and balance of lemon, tea, and dark malt flavors; with a bit of cloying sweetness after the finish. Minimal carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth and lightly slick/syrupy mouthfeel that is okay. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is a decent fruit/spiced beer. All around good robustness and balance of lemon, tea, and dark malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. Tastes like iced tea as advertised, but a bit too sweet. Hit all of my expectations. Fairly enjoyable.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Not Your Moms Apple Pie from Small Town Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottle. Cinnamon, vanilla, apple, malt aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Very sweet cinnamon/vanilla, candied apple, light caramel malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Light body. Really can’t be too hard on this - it IS supposed to taste like apple pie and it succeeds. A sugar bomb.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Not Your Mom's Iced Tea from Small Town Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottle. Lemon and peppery black tea aroma. Medium brown with minimal head. Moderately sweet lemon and tea flavor - tastes like the crappy canned Nestea lemon tea - if that’s what you’re looking for, you’re in luck.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 1/25/2017. Pours fairly crystal clear pale golden yellow color with a small foamy white head with poor retention, that reduces to a ring of lace pretty quickly. Minimal lacing on the glass. Good appearance. Aromas of sweet/tart/crisp apples, vanilla, cream, cinnamon, pie crust, and herbal earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance of apples, spices, and light-moderate pale malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big sweet/tart/crisp apples, vanilla, cream, cinnamon, pie crust, and herbal earthiness. Light apple tartness and bitter/spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sweet/tart/crisp apples, vanilla, cream, cinnamon, pie crust, and herbal earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of apples, spices, and light-moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/tart/spiciness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Moderate dryness from tart/spiciness and carbonation, increasing through the glass. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, crisp, fairly grainy/sticky, and slightly acidic balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is a very good fruit beer. All around nice robustness and balance of apples, spices, and light-moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the balanced tart/spicy finish. Tastes just like apple pie as advertised. More of an alcopop as expected, but really enjoyable.