Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Growler thanks to Joe! Pours near black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a combination of sweet chocolate and peanut butter with a bit of backing sweet dark grains. Flavor has more roast with a combination of bitter and sweet chocolate and a note of peanut butter in the finish.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Hop Jam from Willoughby Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sample at the Big Tap In on 04/21/2012. This beer is a dark brown color with some orange highlights. Medium light beige head that dissipates steadily. Short strings of lacing on the glass. The aroma is roasty with notes of malt, hops and citrus. Medium body with flavors of citrusy hops, malt and rye bread. The finish is toasty and mildly spiced with a hoppy aftertaste. Above average overall.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Hopfull Brown from Willoughby Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the Big Tap In on 04/21/2012. This brew pours dark brown with a medium beige head that diminishes slowly to an outer ring. Short stringy lacing. The aroma is equally hoppy and malty. Medium body with a piney hops character up front that is balanced quickly by sweet malt. The finish is mildly hoppy with a lingering toasty malt aftertaste. Above average overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sample at the brewpub. The beer pours a clear dark reddish-amber color with a minimal off-white head that disappears quickly. Spotty lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of dark fruits, malt and yeast. Rich and smooth-bodied with flavors of dark malts, cherry, yeast and a bit of earth. The finish is fruity with a slightly tart aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Courtesy of daknole. Growler at the Black Friday Tasting pours a nice mahogany with ruby red edges and tan head. The aroma offers up caramel, rich dark roasted coffee, a bit of toffee infused peanut butter and nearly burnt malts. Great aroma. The taste is similar with dark roasted malts to modestly burnt malts, highly roasted coffee beans and some smooth peanut butter. Yummy.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Hop Jam from Willoughby Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at GABF. Pours with a black body and a tan head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, spice, medium hop presence (pine, light citrus). Flavors are citrus, roasty, earthy, hop, chocolate, spicy. Medium bubbles, lively carbonation, somewhat dry. Roasty and spicy overall.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled on draft at the brewpub this beer poured a dark copper-bronze color with a medium sized foamy off white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was strong pine and resin with a light caramel undertone. The flavor was boozy and rough with strong pine and resin and faint caramel and butterscotch. The finish was long and tangy with lingering pine and resin. Full bodied. Solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sampled on draft at the brewpub this beer poured a bright copper color with a small white head that faded and left some lacing. The aroma was sweetish caramel, grapefruit and lemon. The flavor was sweet caramel, tart ripe grapefruit and lemon. The finish was long and turned a bit dry though staying tart. Medium body. Ok.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Hazy Days from Willoughby Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sampled on draft at the brewpub this beer poured a cloudy yellow-golden color with a medium sized foamy white head that lingered and left some lacing. The aroma was banana, citrus, clove and bread. The flavor was semi sweet and intensely bready with strong clove and light banana and bubblegum. Long finish and fairly full bodied and chewy. Nice.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The was a wonderfully inventive beer a decade ago. It has not held up so well+++ Sampled on draft at the brewpub this beer poured a somewhat thick black color with a medium sized dark brown head that lingered and left great lacing. The aroma was strong peanut butter, coffee, vanilla, caramel and cocoa. The flavor was strong cocoa, vanilla, cream, coffee and peanut but was rather dry. The finish was very long. Fairly full bodied and smoothly creamy in mouthfeel. Solid.