7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Clear blond. Cream coloured head. Good, juicy fruit hop. Plenty of resinous notes. Grainy malts. Taste is on the sweeter side of piny hop. Palate is smooth, and creamy. Finishes light, resinous bitter. Super easy drinking.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Dec 2015
at 12:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from jredmond. Pours dark brown with a creamy foamy beige head. Aroma of chocolate and coconut. Med body or so. Flavor is very nice earthy, dark chocolate, with vanilla and coconut. Amazingly so. Nice stuff. Not dry, but it doesn’t have to be!
Tried
from Can
on 16 Nov 2015
at 15:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A couple samples at the brewery.
Yes, this was poured into a sample glass.
The appearance was a light looking bronzed yellow to orange color with a slight transparency about it. Just a rim of a sly white little head touched the top of the glass. Barely any lacing.
The smell had some sweet and bitter pine. Light citrus runs underneath.
The taste was mainly bitter with a nice back up from the sweet side of the citrus and pine combining decently.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a big sessionability about it. Carbonation runs under allowing the bitterness to make an effort but still stay subtly in the background.
Overall, it works as a \"session IPA\", so I’d probably have again with food.
Yes, this was poured into a sample glass.
The appearance was a light looking bronzed yellow to orange color with a slight transparency about it. Just a rim of a sly white little head touched the top of the glass. Barely any lacing.
The smell had some sweet and bitter pine. Light citrus runs underneath.
The taste was mainly bitter with a nice back up from the sweet side of the citrus and pine combining decently.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a big sessionability about it. Carbonation runs under allowing the bitterness to make an effort but still stay subtly in the background.
Overall, it works as a \"session IPA\", so I’d probably have again with food.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2015
at 15:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Growlette from brewery.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a nice looking ruddy pink color with a quickly dissipating white filmy head that had a little bit of concave lacing trying to stretch upward.
The smell started off with strawberry and raspberry with a big amount of sourness (brett-like) blending into a light sweet blueberry underneath.
The taste was moderately sour with an ample amount of sweetness from the blueberries to make an effort to balance. Sourness shows a nice settling feel in the flavor. Semi-sour to tart fruity balance in the aftertaste running into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium in body with a little bit of sessionability about it as the sourness hits good in the feel. Carbonation runs a bit under. Stickiness is there but not overbearing.
Overall, for an American Wild ale, it works, as all of the advertised fruits are there showing that it is a nice \"medley.\" Sour fans, I recommend.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a nice looking ruddy pink color with a quickly dissipating white filmy head that had a little bit of concave lacing trying to stretch upward.
The smell started off with strawberry and raspberry with a big amount of sourness (brett-like) blending into a light sweet blueberry underneath.
The taste was moderately sour with an ample amount of sweetness from the blueberries to make an effort to balance. Sourness shows a nice settling feel in the flavor. Semi-sour to tart fruity balance in the aftertaste running into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium in body with a little bit of sessionability about it as the sourness hits good in the feel. Carbonation runs a bit under. Stickiness is there but not overbearing.
Overall, for an American Wild ale, it works, as all of the advertised fruits are there showing that it is a nice \"medley.\" Sour fans, I recommend.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Oct 2015
at 15:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Blackback - Waterbury. Pours cloudy yellow with a tight, creamy white head. The nose has some chamomile, wheat, dough, citrus zest. Light sweet flavor with bergamot, earl grey, wheat bread, low bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish, simple wheat bread, mold hay, lemon zest. Tasty.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2015
at 14:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Growlette brought home and poured into a nonic.
The appearance was a hazy pale orange color with a foamy one finger white head that left some stringy lacing here and there in a messy sort of way.
The smell had some citrus with a sweet grassiness and opening up into some light orange/tangerine aromatics.
The taste offered a nice blend between the sweet citrus to the bitter rind-like part of the citrus side. Grassiness subsides a bit and bleeds into the aftertaste. There’s a semi-dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionable aspect about it. Carbonation feels nice for the style and for me, nothing sharp just enough, and still allowing the bitterness to be the harshness on my tongue.
Overall, this was a nicely done IPA that I would have again.
The appearance was a hazy pale orange color with a foamy one finger white head that left some stringy lacing here and there in a messy sort of way.
The smell had some citrus with a sweet grassiness and opening up into some light orange/tangerine aromatics.
The taste offered a nice blend between the sweet citrus to the bitter rind-like part of the citrus side. Grassiness subsides a bit and bleeds into the aftertaste. There’s a semi-dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionable aspect about it. Carbonation feels nice for the style and for me, nothing sharp just enough, and still allowing the bitterness to be the harshness on my tongue.
Overall, this was a nicely done IPA that I would have again.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2015
at 11:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can @ MrOrla and ShaunHill reconnects, Thanks guys. Canned 17/7 - 15. Pours hazy yellow with a white head and lacings. Rough and chalky. Petroleum, grapefruit and citrus. Bone dry. A whisper of alcohol. Very green - incredible fresh hops.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2015
at 13:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at Row 34, 8/7/15.
Hazy pink-tinged-applesauce color with some deeper brass notes and good carbonation. White head is medium-sized and slowly recedes to cover.
Lovely, fresh, real, tart and juicy strawberries perk up immediately in the nose. Having had Brett on the Dance Floor quite recently (the base beer here), I can definitely say that while not necessarily an improvement, it certainly dosent bludgeon the brett elements to death, still allowing various lime and other acidic elements to escape. Malts are sparse but the beer dosent come off overdry or astringent. Alcohol not noted, nor any flaws.
The strawberries, again, are quick to come on in flavor. Starts out with a very strong fruit-derived acidity that gives way to light fruit sugars and finally some honey-like base malts on the finish. Quite dry overall, with bright, warm strawberry notes wrapped about all aspects of the flavor here. A bit of funkiness is felt, especially with warming, though it’s not even clear if it’s the brett or the strawberries. Really nice job on the fruit, and if you take this as a refreshing fruit beer (which I think is what is intended) and not some ultra complex sour/wild ale, it works marvelously. The fruit helps mask the heavy breadiness of the base beer.
Hazy pink-tinged-applesauce color with some deeper brass notes and good carbonation. White head is medium-sized and slowly recedes to cover.
Lovely, fresh, real, tart and juicy strawberries perk up immediately in the nose. Having had Brett on the Dance Floor quite recently (the base beer here), I can definitely say that while not necessarily an improvement, it certainly dosent bludgeon the brett elements to death, still allowing various lime and other acidic elements to escape. Malts are sparse but the beer dosent come off overdry or astringent. Alcohol not noted, nor any flaws.
The strawberries, again, are quick to come on in flavor. Starts out with a very strong fruit-derived acidity that gives way to light fruit sugars and finally some honey-like base malts on the finish. Quite dry overall, with bright, warm strawberry notes wrapped about all aspects of the flavor here. A bit of funkiness is felt, especially with warming, though it’s not even clear if it’s the brett or the strawberries. Really nice job on the fruit, and if you take this as a refreshing fruit beer (which I think is what is intended) and not some ultra complex sour/wild ale, it works marvelously. The fruit helps mask the heavy breadiness of the base beer.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2015
at 17:07
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottom of the can stamped 07/24/15.
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a hazy burnt grapefruit yellow to orange color. The head dissipated immediately leaving some messy sticky lacing clinging to the glass.
The smell started off with juicy grapefruit leaning towards the pulp side. Bitterness comes from the pine and has a slight underscore of citrus rind to balance.
The taste reels in the sweet grapefruit and brings about a nice settling clean bitter sticky pine. The aftertaste is quick, sharp and light grapefruit with a crisp finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a clean crisp sticky grapefruit and slightly resinous feel coating my tongue.
Overall, this was an extremely well done DIPA that I would love to have again.
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a hazy burnt grapefruit yellow to orange color. The head dissipated immediately leaving some messy sticky lacing clinging to the glass.
The smell started off with juicy grapefruit leaning towards the pulp side. Bitterness comes from the pine and has a slight underscore of citrus rind to balance.
The taste reels in the sweet grapefruit and brings about a nice settling clean bitter sticky pine. The aftertaste is quick, sharp and light grapefruit with a crisp finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a clean crisp sticky grapefruit and slightly resinous feel coating my tongue.
Overall, this was an extremely well done DIPA that I would love to have again.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2015
at 19:30