Branch and Blade Brewing

Microbrewery in Keene, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2018

Contact
17 Bradco St, Keene, NH, 03431, United States
Description
At Branch and Blade we believe in constantly innovating the world of craft beer. Our goal is to deliver a variety of well-crafted beers of the highest quality. Additionally, we enjoy trying new styles and pushing the limits of our own creativity.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
16 oz. can from the brewery. Aroma and flavor are a match. Mild hints of tropical fruit and subtle bready malt. Some crystal / caramel like malt background. A bit thin in texture and body. But decent in flavor.
Tried from Can on 24 Mar 2026 at 19:57

4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 4 Texture 3 Overall 4
16 oz. can. Color Is a murky orange. Lots of chunky sludge, floating in the liquid. Aroma is bold Peanut Butter. Flavor has a lot of peanut butter, but also extremely fizzy in carbonation. Ridiculously thin body for a smoothie beer. Fake cherry notes. This is pretty awful. Drain drinks this one.
Tried from Can on 24 Mar 2026 at 19:10

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
16 oz. can from the brewery. Crystal clear, golden appearance. Flavor is mild grain, soft mineral, and perhaps yeast. Very mild sweet finish. Thin cracker like malt. Thin texture. Very mellow in every aspect.
Tried from Can on 24 Mar 2026 at 18:53

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Draft at the River Road Tavern
Pours a hazy deep gold without much of a head when it gets tot the table. Fruity earthy tart nose and flavor. tasty and quenched the fire of the wings pretty good.
Tried from Draft at River Road Taven on 07 Mar 2026 at 02:54

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: murky plum-like fleshy red color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: tart red currant and tart black currant tones, milk sugar (and seems like there's a ton of it) with vanilla & marshmallow notes too
Flavor: more tart than sour but a huge milk sugary sweetness; finishes with a blend of the currants and milk sugary/vanilla/marshmallow-y tones
Texture: medium bodied, mostly a sipper, exceptionally creamy smooth along the tongue
Overall: to me this is more of a tart fruited milkshake ale. It's not bad but where are the IPA qualities?
Tried from Can on 22 Feb 2026 at 16:31

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: bronzed copper color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: grassy, floral, subtle citrusy hoppiness with a crackery maltiness
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to bittersweet quality; finishes grassy and citrusy hoppy smooth
Texture: medium bodied, between sessionable and being a sipper, good smoothness
Overall: good as an American DIPA.
Tried from Can on 22 Feb 2026 at 16:10

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: black in color with a finger and a half's worth of eggshell white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: deep black coffee - very roasty, toasty a touch of sweet with dark chocolate and milk chocolate, subtle caramel/toffee malts deeper down in there
Flavor: wraps up the prior noted aromas to roasty to sweet blend; finishes roasty and sweet through the coffee
Texture: medium bodied, good as a sipper, some smoothness and a light dryness on the tongue
Overall: a very energetic coffee forward impy stout that I would welcome again.
Tried from Can on 19 Feb 2026 at 18:32

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: black in color and a one finger khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: peanut butter - sweet, savory, salty and nutty tones up front with milk chocolate, black coffee, roastiness, toastiness and some clean biscuity malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas together in a sweet, savory and roasty manner; finishes peanut buttery and milk chocolatey
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper; some smoothness along the tongue but also some roasty semi-assertive tones
Overall: nicely done peanut butter stout as I think this may have been the most peanut butter forward beer I've had to date.
Tried from Can on 19 Feb 2026 at 18:24

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Reviewe from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: murky dark red/mahogany-ish color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: black cherry sweetness, vanilla/lactose building from underneath
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas sweetly; finishes black cherry sweet with the vanilla
Texture: medium bodied, somewhat sessionable, very smooth and creamy along the tongue
Overall: now I know this is a milkshake styled IPA so these styles tend to have very low bitterness to practically none at all, well, I guess I found one that basically doesn't have any bitterness and it doesn't have any tart aspects from the black cherries, to me this is just an okay beer and I would rather have a different milkshake IPA that might have a little bit more going on.
Tried from Can on 19 Feb 2026 at 18:15

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: semi-murky orange color with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: ligh tropical fruity hop tones with some hop spice and white grape to melon like tones
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a bittersweet blend with a finish of semi-spicy to white grape to subtle tropical fruity
Texture: light to medium bodied, light sessionability, nice semi-low carb, very smooth along the tongue, very low bitterness
Overall: nice enough NEIPA I could possibly come back to.
Tried from Can on 19 Feb 2026 at 17:28