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For nearly twenty five years, our mission here at Smuttynose has remained the same: to brew the best beer we can in a way we can be proud of. That includes honoring New England’s rich beermaking history, respecting our environment, and playing an active role in our community.

We value creativity, quality, authenticity and sustainability, but it really boils down to making great beers to enjoy with friends and family. We hope you love drinking our beers as much as we love brewing them. Cheers!

Merged with Harpoon in 2024, forming Barrel One Collective.
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7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
4 oz. draft sample at Hayseed. Cloudy golden color, plenty of foamy head. Flavor shows a good wheat base, floral , fruity, mild pine bitterness. Hops are a combo of fruit and earthy. Bitterness is moderate with decent balance. Decent overall.
Tried from Draft on 15 Sep 2017 at 12:40

8/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
0.355 l bottle from 'BierPost.com', bottled in 2016. Pitch black with a thin, slightly creamy, stable, beige head. Sweetish-malty, slightly roasty and a bit fruity aroma of milk chocolate, nougat, licorice, some vanilla and a touch of dark fruits. Rather sweet, malty, minimally roasty taste of nougat, cream, licorice, vanilla, hazelnut and traces of dark fruits, followed by a medium long, moderately roasty-bitter, slightly earthy and a little warming finish. Medium to full body, slightly creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Very pleasant and well-made, easily drinkable despite the abv, good!
Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2017 at 16:21

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
3 month old can > tulip. A: Gently poured to 1/4" of white bubbly foam. Cloudy pale gold. S: Soft scent of sweet orange/tangerine and light caramel. T: Tart, fruity and pithy flavors with dry bready malt notes. Medium bitterness but the beer is pretty old. M: Strong carbonation adds to a light crisp mouthfeel and dry finish. O: Good balance of malt and hops, bread and citrus. Light and easy drinking. Wish I had found it a few weeks ago.
Tried from Can on 27 Aug 2017 at 21:47

7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Crisp and clear, absolutely beautiful ruby tinted body with a violet and light blue coloured tint, all with a phantom of an off-white head, only a half a centimetre tall thick. Aroma of blackberries, blueberries, grain, light funk from the yeast and a dose of light sugars throughout. Tart berry flavours at first give way immediately to lactose and some funk there along with grain, light alcohol, assertive carbonation and a more earthy bite throughout. Aftertaste shows more of a fruity flavour with a robust and complex flavour/body throughout with the fruits around, a lot of the yeasty lactose-funk and a good deal of dry characteristics near the end. Overall, a funky and complex beer with a lot of carbonation, fruit flavours, funk, grass and dryness, which is probably enough to make this worth trying, especially if you like berliner weisses or sours, or even fruit beers...or perhaps even if you don’t like any of those to see a pretty good juxtaposition of these styles. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from The Brew Shop in Clarendon (Arlington), Virginia on 27-April-2017 for US$2,49 sampled at home in Washington on 25-August-2017.
Tried from Draft on 26 Aug 2017 at 02:09

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can at DCLawyer’s sour tasting. Clear pinkish amber with off-white head. Aromas of berries, citrus. Tastes of berries, tart notes, citrus. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried from Can on 22 Aug 2017 at 18:52

7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Dégustée au Mondial de la Bière de Montréal 2009 (De mes notes papiers). .
Tried on 20 Aug 2017 at 04:08

7.6/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Super hazy golden coloured body with a bit of a straw and raw honey coloured glow with a great, four centimetre tall pure white head - very nice looking unfiltered IPA. Aroma of light yeast, some crisp hops, mellow malts, a touch of wheat and a small dose of citrus. Light to Medium-bodied; Grassy and slightly floral hop notes up front with a hint of the amarillo nutty and earthiness as well, along with some subtle malts, a bit of citrus and a pleasant light sweetness near the end. Aftertaste is dry, crisp and slightly hoppy with a good blast of fresh malts and wheat along with a small sweetness to balance out the fresh hop flavours. Overall, this one strikes a good balance amongst the flavours and also shows nicely for the season in which it was designed, given that it says Summer right on the front of the can. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Whole Foods in Pentagon City (Arlington), Virginia on 04-July-2017 for US$2,49 sampled at home in Washington on 17-August-2017.
Tried from Can on 17 Aug 2017 at 15:05


8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Flasche 0,355l: Schwarz, kräftige Trübung, mäßig stabiler feinporiger brauner Schaum; würzige Nase, kräftige Süße, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, Röstmalz, kräftig Malzzucker, getrocknete Früchte, dezente Hopfennoten, leichte fruchtige Säure, kräftige Röstaromen, dunkle Schokolade; sehr würziger Körper, leichte fruchtige Süße, dunkle/getrocknete Früchte, getrocknete Beeren, kräftige Röstaromen, Röstmalz, etwas Malzzucker, dunkles Karamell, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, dezente Hopfennoten, Kaffee, Vanille; angenehmer malzig-trockener Nachgang mit kräftigen Röstaromen
Tried on 10 Aug 2017 at 01:57

7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF. It pours clear deep brown with a decent white head. The aroma is soft, sweet, oaky wood, earth, dried fruits, tangy, juicy and sweet rum. The taste is rich and bitter upfront, warming, wood, earth, leather, fruity rum, tannin, black tea, spice, earth and spice with a drying finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Rummy wood character makes for good fun.
Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2017 at 01:43