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Benchtop Brewing is a craft brewery in Norfolk, Virginia. Hand crafted innovative ales that blend scientific precision and creativity.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Craft Beer Junction, 18/08/23. Moderately hazed orange with an off white cap that settles to a swirl. Nose is peach, light berry fruits, floral, sugars. Taste comprises mixed tropical fruits, strawberry, icing sugar, lactic tang, watermelon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light puckering climax. Decent easy drinking and refreshing affair.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2023
at 12:43
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pint can thanks to hershiser2! 7/7/23. Hazy orange, not much of a head. Aroma of earth, cider apple, sweet potato. Taste is lemon, earth, orange, cider apple. Mild tartness. Okay.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Aug 2023
at 02:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can: Poured a copper golden with a frothy off white. Aroma is danky, resinous hops, citrus, fruit. Taste is nice hops, grapefruit, caramel malts, resinous.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Aug 2023
at 18:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can: Poured an unclear golden with a frothy white lacing head. Aroma is hoppy, sulfur, grain. Taste hops, grain, saaz.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2023
at 01:36
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
16 oz can from John, thanks bud! Clear orange color with an off white head. Meaty / smoky aroma. Bready and clean. Lots of flavor. Great drinker, not at all thin considering the low ABV. Quite tasty. 8/4/8/5/16
Tried
from Can
on 11 Aug 2023
at 20:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2023
at 18:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz can from John, thanks bud, 7/27/23. Clear golden-orange color. Herbal and grassy, with a good bit of the wood / funk as well. Fairly clean and drinkable. Nice beer.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2023
at 20:35
8/10
This saison from Virginia has 32 check-ins and I bought it last week in Wisconsin. Huh? Anyway, good stuff! Worth the distribution! Pic: name the illustrator
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2023
at 19:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pint can, WW. Pours hazy gold with a lovely white head. Nose is pine, cat piss, orange peel, melon. Flavor is orange peel, melon, light tropical fruit. Subdued flavor compared to the nose, but still good.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2023
at 02:36
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
$3.50 pint can, WW. Pale gold, light haze, giant white head. Lemon zest, yeast, brackish water nose. Flavor is lemon juice, light salt. Highly disappointing. Wonder if the can is bad. There's zero sage flavor in this, no sign of butternut squash... hell, all I taste is carbonated lemon juice. Maybe I should go grab some sage from my yard and throw it in here to give it some of the flavor that's advertised. Canned or best by 10/19/22 on the side... just a date, so don't know which. Anyway, purchased days ago and consuming live.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2023
at 23:50