Kettlehead Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Tilton,
New Hampshire,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2017
Contact
Description
Local craft brewery in the Lakes Region, NH. We offer a variety of craft beer and unique pub food. Come visit us to experience our exciting atmosphere, live music, game room, patio opening soon, and brunch on the first Sunday of the month. Enjoy your beer at the brewery or take some to-go in 4 packs or 32oz crowler cans. Cheers!
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours murky bronze into a willi. Bright white soapy head with excellent retention recedes leaving gloppy lacing. Mango and melon aromas. Medium bodied with sweet guava and melon front to back. Medium length tropical fruit skin and tangerine finish.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2026
at 22:22
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2026
at 17:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy burnt yellow to orange color with a slim cap of a little white foamy head which dissipated nicely but didn't leave any lace
Aroma: mangoes, oranges, lemons and a touch of peachy hop tones; light clean malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet to sweet semi-juicy quality; finishes with the mangoes and oranges in the lead
Texture: medium bodied, slightly sessionable; pretty darn smooth while it maintains keeping a beer-like quality; low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: a very nicely done NEDIPA I would return to.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy burnt yellow to orange color with a slim cap of a little white foamy head which dissipated nicely but didn't leave any lace
Aroma: mangoes, oranges, lemons and a touch of peachy hop tones; light clean malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet to sweet semi-juicy quality; finishes with the mangoes and oranges in the lead
Texture: medium bodied, slightly sessionable; pretty darn smooth while it maintains keeping a beer-like quality; low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: a very nicely done NEDIPA I would return to.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2026
at 20:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: pale dark orange close to brown color with a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: orange juice, slight nectarines, mixed citrusy tones with some piney hoppy tones; light clean malts
Flavor: meshes all the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet semi-juicy to almost candy-like quality; finishes orange juicy, and nectatrine-like
Texture: medium bodied, between being sessionable and being a sipper; good smoothness about it but also some hop assertiveness ever so slightly
Overall: for the most part, this is a well brewed NEDIPA I would welcome again.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: pale dark orange close to brown color with a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: orange juice, slight nectarines, mixed citrusy tones with some piney hoppy tones; light clean malts
Flavor: meshes all the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet semi-juicy to almost candy-like quality; finishes orange juicy, and nectatrine-like
Texture: medium bodied, between being sessionable and being a sipper; good smoothness about it but also some hop assertiveness ever so slightly
Overall: for the most part, this is a well brewed NEDIPA I would welcome again.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2026
at 20:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy burnt orange color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: tangerines, oranges, some passion fruit and some lemony hop tones; light clean malts
Flavor: leans mainly towards the oranges and tangerines here with a sweet to bittersweet juicy quality; finishes with the tangerines and oranges
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper; good smoothness; nice low carb, low hop bitterness
Overall: a very nicely done NEDIPA I would return to.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy burnt orange color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: tangerines, oranges, some passion fruit and some lemony hop tones; light clean malts
Flavor: leans mainly towards the oranges and tangerines here with a sweet to bittersweet juicy quality; finishes with the tangerines and oranges
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper; good smoothness; nice low carb, low hop bitterness
Overall: a very nicely done NEDIPA I would return to.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2026
at 20:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: stuffy pale yellow to dark orange color with a two finger white foamy head which tapered off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: big pineapple sweet and light tart notes; subtle melon and piney hops underneath then some light clean malts
Flavor: seems to kick out that "melon" scent I smelled and keeps the pineapple basically with the pine and it's a pineapple-y sweet to a piney bittersweet quality; finishes the same way with a touch of dryness
Texture: medium bodied, leaning to being a sipper; some smoothness and a little bit of dryness nipping the tongue
Overall: nicely done NEDIPA I would come back to.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: stuffy pale yellow to dark orange color with a two finger white foamy head which tapered off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: big pineapple sweet and light tart notes; subtle melon and piney hops underneath then some light clean malts
Flavor: seems to kick out that "melon" scent I smelled and keeps the pineapple basically with the pine and it's a pineapple-y sweet to a piney bittersweet quality; finishes the same way with a touch of dryness
Texture: medium bodied, leaning to being a sipper; some smoothness and a little bit of dryness nipping the tongue
Overall: nicely done NEDIPA I would come back to.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2026
at 20:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: brassy copper color with a quickly dissipating foamy to fizzy sort of head which didn't leave any lace
Aroma: peanut butter - yes, strawberry jelly - yes, and the marshmallows - yes again
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to nutty and fruity toned quality with an extremely light salty tone from the peanut butter; finishes with a little bit of a tart character
Texture: light to medium bodied, and again with the sessionability as the tart and sour characters seem to be more or less just there in a semi-faint way
Overall: as a pastry tart ale it works. It's well brewed, there's that.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: brassy copper color with a quickly dissipating foamy to fizzy sort of head which didn't leave any lace
Aroma: peanut butter - yes, strawberry jelly - yes, and the marshmallows - yes again
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to nutty and fruity toned quality with an extremely light salty tone from the peanut butter; finishes with a little bit of a tart character
Texture: light to medium bodied, and again with the sessionability as the tart and sour characters seem to be more or less just there in a semi-faint way
Overall: as a pastry tart ale it works. It's well brewed, there's that.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2026
at 20:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: glossy red/maroon color with a quickly dissipating fizzy to foamy head which didn't leave any lace
Aroma: white chocolate tones in front with the cherry sweetness and tartness subsiding underneath
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fair tart to sweet to semi-sour quality; finishes semi-chocolatey with a touch of sour cherry
Texture: medium bodied, somewhat sessionable - oddly enough, and there's some smoothness to this beer; the sour and tart tones are way tamer than I would have thought
Overall: as a pastry sour ale this is well brewed and I could have it again in that respect.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: glossy red/maroon color with a quickly dissipating fizzy to foamy head which didn't leave any lace
Aroma: white chocolate tones in front with the cherry sweetness and tartness subsiding underneath
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fair tart to sweet to semi-sour quality; finishes semi-chocolatey with a touch of sour cherry
Texture: medium bodied, somewhat sessionable - oddly enough, and there's some smoothness to this beer; the sour and tart tones are way tamer than I would have thought
Overall: as a pastry sour ale this is well brewed and I could have it again in that respect.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2026
at 20:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark purple almost black in color with a thin cap of an off white foamy head which dissipated fairly quick and didn't leave any lace. As I sipped this beer, what looked like some kind of particles I think from grape skin - maybe were seen sticking to the sides of the glass
Aroma: this is basically liquified peanut butter and grape jelly with a little bit of vanilla in there - so it's pretty sweet and semi-salty with a little bit of nuttiness
Flavor: pretty much mirrors the aromas in a sweet fruity to nutty and semi-marshmallow-like way; then there's the finish - it's tart and semi-sour and that's why we have a pastry sour here
Texture: medium bodied, and sessionable! - wow, I wasn't expecting that; and plenty of smoothness
Overall: what an odd beer but somehow turns out exactly what Kettlehead and Branch & Blade were going for. Strangely enough, I would come back to this. Appearance was marked down because of the strange particles I didn't know what they were.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark purple almost black in color with a thin cap of an off white foamy head which dissipated fairly quick and didn't leave any lace. As I sipped this beer, what looked like some kind of particles I think from grape skin - maybe were seen sticking to the sides of the glass
Aroma: this is basically liquified peanut butter and grape jelly with a little bit of vanilla in there - so it's pretty sweet and semi-salty with a little bit of nuttiness
Flavor: pretty much mirrors the aromas in a sweet fruity to nutty and semi-marshmallow-like way; then there's the finish - it's tart and semi-sour and that's why we have a pastry sour here
Texture: medium bodied, and sessionable! - wow, I wasn't expecting that; and plenty of smoothness
Overall: what an odd beer but somehow turns out exactly what Kettlehead and Branch & Blade were going for. Strangely enough, I would come back to this. Appearance was marked down because of the strange particles I didn't know what they were.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2026
at 20:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Romans are citrus, resin, malt, melon and floral. Flavors are similar to nose with malt sweet coming out more. Good body and decent carbonation. Good but not great.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 10 Mar 2026
at 02:42