Swamp Head Brewery

Microbrewery in Gainesville, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Swamp Head Brewery

Established in 2008

Contact
3140 S.W. 42nd Way, Gainesville, FL, 32608, United States
Description
Founded upon the foundation of our great state, we're here to brew world-class beers and be Florida’s brewery. We are Inherently Floridian®.

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7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
On tap at Hyatt, Gainesville. Pours slightly cloudy light golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Apricot, mild tart, tropical fruit, lemon. Tasty
Tried from Draft on 31 Dec 2022 at 03:06

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
12 ounce can from a Publix nearby Kissimmee. 6/23/22. It's been about 9 years since I handful of these guys' beers, and all were excellent. Excited to try another. Hazy orange, medium tan head, good retention. Aroma of pine, resin, a hint of citrus. Not much frutiness at all. Not necessarily a bad thing. Taste is melon, green hops, tea, dank, pine. Juicy, moderate bitterness, a little unusual in a good way. Another good one.
Tried from Can on 24 Jun 2022 at 01:28

2.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 1
Big can while visiting st pete. Hazy yellow orangish brew. Smells like sweet pine, or should I say sweaty pine? Taste is big dull bad ass pine tar. Really sticks to the roof of your mouth. Big dull bastard dwarf of a rude straight up ass beer. Totally on style. Could even pass as an imperial IPA. Just saying. Yea, one big, large and in charge nasty IPA fer sher. Like IPA? Forget my numbers and put this on your bucket list. Think mouth coating pine tar sap blended with rotting fermenting green grapefruit rinds and spruce tar all while chewing on a fresh rubber inner tube.
Tried from Can on 09 Apr 2022 at 20:54

8.4/10
Tried from Draft on 02 Apr 2022 at 18:26

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Refrigerated 12 oz. can, March 23, 2021 poured into a a glass. Orange with big white head. Aroma is mango, medium body, medium carbonation, and nice small-bubble lacing. Taste is wheat esters, mango, and guava.
Tried from Can on 10 Sep 2021 at 00:54

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 oz. can from Total Wine - Melbourne. Pours a cloudy gold color with a small off-white head and good retention. Good lacing. Citrus aroma. Light grapefruit and citrus flavor with light hops bitterness. As advertised, it's an easy drinking grapefruit ale. More fruit beer than golden ale. Summer beer. Refreshing.
Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2021 at 00:01

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle shared during RBWG on the booze bus. Pours deep brown with a creamy, beige head. Moderate sweetness, low roast, nice citrusy hops, a little cocoa and scorched earth. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Toasted pine to finish, orange rind, cocoa. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2021 at 21:29

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Orange and some malt. Golden amber pour. Some tang that cloys in the finish. Can.
Tried from Can on 03 Jun 2021 at 00:38

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pretty good hoppy beer. Clean bright citrus notes, orange rind, lightly floral. Flavor similar, semi-dry with citrus hop flavors, light bitterness, light to medium bodied, fairly drinkable overall. This is a good all around beer. Golden amber, big nice foamy head.
Tried on 18 Jan 2021 at 22:31

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Amber color, good foaming head, off to a good start. Bright hop forward nose, some general citrus elements, resiny. Flavor is more balanced, with a caramel and bready malt element equal to the mostly resiny hop flavors. Medium bitterness and semi-dry to balanced at the finish. solidfunk said it was a nice old school IPA and I'd have to agree on both counts, its nice, and old school, reminds me a great deal of the early 2000s IPAs, esp the east coast ones. Take home message here is that this does nothing to distinguish itself particularly, outside of being a solid all around hoppy beer, and there's nothing wrong with that. As they say, it dranks purty good.
Tried on 15 Jan 2021 at 22:11