Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Big Nose IPA from Swamp Head Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at Redlight Redlight. The beer is a hazy amber-gold color with a medium thin white head that dissipates steadily. Strings of lacing on the glass. Notes of malt and citrusy hops in the nose. Medium-bodied with a moderately bitter hops character and flavors of citrus and bready malt. The finish is piney hops with a slightly bitter aftertaste. Decent overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
@Tap&Grind-on tap-pours pale yellow with a disappearing white head. Aroma is slight sour. Taste is slightly sour blueberry, some grain.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dated Nov2011 I smuggled this back from Florida in April and I’ve had it sitting on a shelf in the fridge screaming at me since then. Pours a curiously murky light brown or dark orange color with a decent tan head that slowly dissipates to a cap on top. Well it smells like a barleywine. Lots of dark sugars and dark fruits, some floral and earthy hops, a bit of sweet overripe melon, and a touch of alcohol. I can’t smell any pecans, but I can taste em. The flavor is dark sugars up front with lots of fruits, cherries, raisins, and melons. There’s a solid punch of ethanol and higher alcohols as well as an earthy and resinous hop flavor that lingers long after each sip. Medium to thick body with a moderate level of carbonation, and a sweet resinous mouthfeel. Wow this is a big beer, I wish I had seen that before I opened this by myself. Nice big barleywine, the alcohol needs a little time to mellow imho, but its a very flavorful brew, I wish I had another to age.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Matamata from Swamp Head Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
on tap-pours hazy amber with an offwhite head. Aroma is grapefruit, some medium malt. Taste is dry grapefruit/lemon zest hops, some medium malt. A Bitter?
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Springboard from Swamp Head Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
on tap-pours gold with a white head. Aroma is spice, light malt. Taste is spice hops, 2nd light malt.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Bogs of Islay from Swamp Head Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
on tap-pours dark amber with a light tan head. Aroma is caramel-medium malt, then smoky/peat/wood. Taste is medium malt-smoky/peat/caramel, some earthy hops.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
on tap-pours black with a tan head. Aroma is resin/citrus, roasty dark malt. Taste is resin/citrus-grapefruit, roasty dark malt.
Earlier Rating: 1/2/2012 Total Score: 4.1
on tap @GABF-pours black with a tan head and trailing lace. Aroma is resin/lemon, dark malt. Taste is resin/lemon hops, roasty dark malt-cocoa. Soft carbonation. Full body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Had this one at SAVOR. Aroma was roasted malts, not overpowering - which is often my issue with a lot of Black Ales. A touch of earthy citrus and earthy notes to it as well. Flavor was earthy notes, citrus, roasted malts. Pretty tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the Central OH BA Tasting at From The Vine on 06/02/2012: Nearly opaque ruddy orange-brown color with a medium thick off-white head that recedes slowly. Small patches of lacing. Malt, molasses and dark fruit in the nose. Medium to full body with flavors of roasted malts and nuts, fruit and earthy hops. The finish is hoppy with some pine and nut notes left behind. Pretty beer all around.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Stump Knocker Pale Ale from Swamp Head Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Draf. Cloudy orange color, small but thick white head, solid lacing. Aroma of orange peel and lemon bread. Taste is rising raw bread dough and bitter orange. Not bad.