7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can (1/23/21? 11/23/21?--date is off-center but probably the latter given the previous rating) pour from Beer and Wine Nation. It's an opaque dark brown with light sparkle, finger-width beige foamy head with good retention and trace lacing. Aroma is mix of bourbon, sweet and roasted malts, vanilla, chocolate and hint of coffee, all moderate to subdued. Taste is strong roasted coffee, malt, baker's chocolate, vanilla with subtle bourbon notes in the finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with thick texture, average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, was pleased the coffee was still there after 10 months. Good complexity though nothing was terribly strong, including the bourbon, and while that was a bit disappointing I'd rather have that than it be overpowering. A bit too carbonated but WF's best offering to date.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2022
at 23:19
Tried
from Can
on 10 Sep 2022
at 19:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft at some fancy restaurant in Ogunquit. Paired perfect with fresh oysters by the sea. Gold pour. Nose is grassy and herbal. Tastes of floral hops, peppery, some grass and yeast. Lively enough.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2022
at 16:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can shared in NH. Pours clear yellow with a small, creamy white head. Lightly sweet, some grainy pale bread, a bit of pithy citrus, lemon rind, malts. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sweet finish, some pine needles, bready pale malts. So so.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Aug 2022
at 02:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Taster at brewery. Cloudy golden, ring of head. Balanced aroma of Malts and grains, fruity. Taste is sweet and slick, malty, fruity, resiny. Nice.
Tried
on 28 May 2022
at 21:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Taste at WF. Hazy golden, patchy head, lacing. Aroma is sweet, malty, light fruity notes. Taste is creamy and full, grainy, malty, light resiny hops. Very smooth overall.
Tried
on 28 May 2022
at 18:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Taster at brewery. Golden pour, thin head. Light, sweet, grainy aroma. Taste brings a very light sweet, hoppy presence, oily feel, drying. Gentle IPA.
Tried
on 28 May 2022
at 18:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Taster at brewery. Pale golden, cloudy, skin of head. Light bready, grainy aroma . Taste is malty, biscuity, dry. Clean
Tried
on 28 May 2022
at 18:07
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
4 pack, canned within a month of drinking, October 2021. Heavily hazy, pale-bronze-golden with a rapidly-falling, white head. Nose is chalk full of juicy, unadulterated hoppiness. No weird yeast or centrifuge-induced oxidation. Malts are light and crackery but add substance, as well. Juicy and with a deep, woodsy/herbal, almost sprucey spiciness with pine, light dank notes and soft citrus. Some mild white wine shows forth from the most Galaxy character I've seen in an NA IPA. Maybe the best NA IPA I've had, though I'd have to try it side-by-side with Untitled Art's Juicy and a freshly canned can of Athletic Free Wave, to be sure.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2021
at 17:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Taster pour on tap at the 13th annual NH Brewfest. It's a lightly hazy light brown with sparkle clinging to the edges of the glass and finger-width white foamy head. Aroma is vague fruit and pine with background malt. Taste is more malt dominant than aroma. Grainy, bready malt over hop presence. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, soft carbonation and dry, crisp finish as taste. Overall, very little hop presence. A bit disappointing.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2021
at 01:54