CosmicCharlie (9705) reviewed Trade Beer from Fort Hill Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours bright mahogany into a shaker. Tan head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Dark caramel and cocoa aromas. Soft with caramel and chocolate front to back and into the medium length finish.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Checkmate Chuck from Fort Hill Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Fresh can, undated, drunk 5/7/18.
Quite hazy, lemon-tangerine-brass. White head fading steadily to ring.
Passion fruit from the hops mixes with soft melon from the yeast. Nectarine and not-twangy papaya deepen the tropical fruit aspect and generally highly aromatic hop character. No pine, resin or alcohol in the nose. Clean, fruity, juicy and not bothered by the sparse malting.
In mouth it shows juicy hops mixing with honey-sweet malts. Vanilla, tangerine, passion fruit and nectarine are all soft and spicy, as well. Malty, supple textures with good dryness and attenuation. Light, balancing bitterness arrives on the finish. Just a fantastic amount of fruit juice character with absolutely no resin, dough or heavy yeast ester. Engaging, tight carbonation. Clean.
Chalumeaux (5240) reviewed Tuba from Fort Hill Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from can almost clear golden orange with a nice white head. Aroma is oats citrus light floral hops. Taste is nice candied citrus nice mouth feel balanced hops and a mild bitterness in the finish. Nicely crafted. --- Beer merged from original tick of Tuba-Symphony Series on 15 Jul 2018 at 19:53 - Score: 7
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed El Chapo from Fort Hill Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can, undated, drunk 3/30/18.
Pale orange-tangerine, moderately hazy, though not messy/soupy. White head atop is large and well-retained.
Pineapple announces the Citra up front as it slowly gains nectarine juice and light pine. Don't really get a ton of distinct Galaxy. Kind of seems like Galaxy is easily dominated by other hops as the Citra seems much more prominent here. Perhaps they just didnt use a lot of Galaxy, in proportion. Anyways, the orange peel is well-done, adding marmalade and spicy rind character without heavily floral notes. Pine continues to grow, though it doesn't feel intensely resinous. Malts are sparse, cracker-heavy and don't add much in the way of sweet honey-like character that you often get from this style. No alcohol or flaw.
In the mouth it's surprisingly light, but bitter and very dry, with biscuit and cracker adding very little malt depth. There's enough soft, almost chewy character to provide texture, though. This definitely feels like a different yeast than they normally use. Not the "Tree House"-derived, fruity, bubble gum and watermelon that you get from their other IPAs. Despite its haze, this doesn't feel anything like a NE IPA. Dry, pine and grapefruit-forward and VERY bitter. It's a good bitterness, if you're in to that sort of thing, not an acidic resin, but it's still too much for me. Tight carbonation and no alcohol or flaw. Citrus and pine bitterness for days. Can respect it, though I don't love it.
tfontana (7512) reviewed Checkmate Chuck from Fort Hill Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can pour into shaker pint glass from Andover Liquors. Appearance is hazy, dark yellow with greenish tinge, large dark floaties, no sparkle, finger-width off-white fizzy head with fair retention and mild sudsy lacing. Aroma is strong citrus over tropical fruit, faint pine and salty cracker. Taste is strong citrus, late fruit. Palate is medium bodied with slick texture, average carbonation and refreshing, sweet finish with mild spice. Overall, might be better to drink it right out of the can as the look is turbid, but a clean, fruity aroma and flavor and light, refreshing palate save the day.
Chalumeaux (5240) reviewed Checkmate Chuck from Fort Hill Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from can hazy orange with some floaties. Aroma is candied orange caramel floral hops and pine. Taste follows not overly sweet or bitter in the finish. Nice.
Chalumeaux (5240) reviewed Doppelbock from Fort Hill Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Poured from can amber brown. Aroma is caramel malt grains Taste is caramel floral notes and a lingering bitterness.
CosmicCharlie (9705) reviewed El Chapo from Fort Hill Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours cloudy orange into a shaker. Bright white head with little retention recedes leaving spider lacing. Tangerine and mint aromas. Soft with mint and mango upfront turning to dusty resin in the lasting finish.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Jack and the Hopstalk from Fort Hill Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can, undated, but fresh, drunk 11/9/17.
Quite turbid, pale maize-golden with a good-sized white head showing moderate retention.
Very light esters in the nose give off the tell-tale bubble gum, but it's quickly joined by nectarine, light pine, dry pineapple and sparse cracker malt. No alcohol or flaw.
Light, dry, with cracker-biscuit malts behind and a soft and at times lightly grainy texture. Some bubble gum/melon character from the yeast but it's less prevalent here than in their other hoppy offerings. Very clean with ample, refreshing bitterness and engaging carbonation. Never really picks up any juiciness, however, and gains quite a bit of resin on the finish, as it warms and breathes and builds on the palate.
solidfunk (22078) reviewed Jigsaw Jazz from Fort Hill Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pine and some grapefruit. Caramel like candied apple vibe. Pretty nice Bitter root finish. Can thanks to Chalumeaux.