Clarkvv (16523) reviewed In Between Days from Cambridge Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Brewery draught, 11/22/24. Mildly-to-moderately hazy, paler brass-blonde. Small, white head. Soft and juicy with lots of round melon and light tropical notes. Very fruity, juicy, bright and with a healthy honey and white bread-,like malt backing. Dry but with a good maltiness. Bit of buttery character with moderate bitterness. Floral and herbal showing none of the melon and very little juice from the nose. But the bitterness slaps and it's refreshing and flavorful in its own right.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Pack Up the Circus from Cambridge Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Brewery draught, 11/22/24. Clear, rich golden-maize. Small, white head. Fresh, feathery, floral and brightly herbal noble hops with crisp yeast/mineral and specks of honey and biscuit-like character from the malt. Rich malt creating a comforting, succulent texture. High attenuation and liberal hopping creating a crisp, dry, refreshing finish replete with white grape, mineral and all sorts of herbal notes. Lip-smacking honey-like maltiness lingering. Clean, bold, balanced, refreshing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Notes from June 2009 Thanks to the 4-finger beer bandit for the opportunity. Open front slit, black cardboard box laden with fireworks & a significant write-up/explanation on the back side. Looks more like a really big New Year's Eve popper then a bottle of beer. :P A cautious pour into my sampling mug, a stiff dollop of off-white head that eventually melts into a golden wheat colored body. Smell is intense right off the bat. Not eye-watering hops though. A potpourri of soapy florals & fresh/sharp citrus rind. Orange & lemon oils seem to separate off a little. Invigorating, but a bit overly peppery. On taste, juicy hops accompanied by sugary malt. Alcoholic, spicy, & a bit itchy. The massive list of ingredients condenses down into a perfumey herbal soap. Plenty of carbonation there at least, accelerating all the resin, & scratching at my sinuses. A lingering, green finish. Too much of a messy potluck for me to really enjoy. Thin enough to quickly put down that I can see it working on some levels, but really not my idea of good stone soup.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Notes from March 2011 Caught my second wind & decided to have a few pints over dinner @ CBC Sunday night after EBF. Sampled their sake hybrid again as well, & oh man did that stuff just not sit well. I'm sure this IPA didn't go down as pleasantly as it could have as a result. Anyway, standard pint glass, well endowed white head that deflates quickly. Mellow gold, chill-hazed color. Smells like a standard ipa. Large amounts of irritating hedge clippings & rindy notions. Bold & brash, appearing bigger then it really is. A touch earthy, but mostly a leafy citrus. Taste is crisp with bitter greens, clenching pith, & wintergreen mint. Bit of a dry toast character in there, but otherwise, one-sided. Refreshing for the desensitized IPA fan. Difficult for those who still enjoy a more flavorful dry hop. Carbonation is well in line, & the beer is overall pretty dry. Though the alcohol, lower then a standard ipa, seemed to disperse in aerosol form, leaving a Lysol-like residual in my nose & throat. One of the few less then amazing beers I've had from CBC.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Sgt. Pepper from Cambridge Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Notes from July 2012 Batch 1 bottle from the CBC fridge & into an Ommegang chalice. Almost 8 bucks! Clear, honey/orange body. Second pour had a fair amount of sediment despite settling in the fridge for a while. An inch of off-white soda suds fizz out before it completely settles. Smells of dusty lemon pepper seasoning, yeast, & crackers. Some cider-ish notions as well. Curious bittersweet fruit notes up front. Middle is toasty malt, chalky/uninspired yeast, & lettuce-y bitterness. A subtle heat lingers & grows well past the finish. Black pepper really stands out. Flavors popped better when cold then cool I found. Tired carbonation & boring yeast kept it from being really refreshing. Price is an issue. Better then I remember it being on tap.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Notes from July 2012 Batch 2 bottle direct from the CBC fridge. Consumed 6/12. Dense, flat, plopped down white head. Chill hazed golden amber body. Nose is full of sweet Euro doughiness, straw, mild banana esters, maybe a touch of spice. Not much else. Tates of sweet/syrupy malts, plasticy banana, & a mild spice jar bitterness. Tastes like a sticky/flat, old hef. Okay carbonation, mellow alcohol, but it is still quite thick & rich & lacking. It's not what I want from a tripel. This honestly sucks in bottle format. Or at least when I got a hold of one. A great draft beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Brewery draught, 10/2/24. Clear, dark mahogany. Small, light tan head steadily to ring. Cacao, vanilla, coconut and mild bourbon spice with generous malts including light roast. Fruity, not too much so, nor is there too much black licorice or barrel tannin. No booze. Tastes like cacao and coconut. Absolutely love it. Juicy, rich, yet with dark chocolate, moderate bitterness and a bit of dark fruit. Lingering chocolate and more base malt. Rich, malty, with a bit of heft, though no syrup or excess sugar. No alcohol noted. Love the Amburana.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Audacity of Hops from Cambridge Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Brewery draught, 9/24/24. Never got around to rating this back in the day and figured, hey, no big deal, I'll just rate the next batch... Well, 8 years later, here's the next batch... Clear, blonde-brass. White head slowly to cover. Pine, florals, nutty, biscuity malts. Some resin, not too much Belgian character. Sweaty. Malty, good depth, with honey and very light toast. A lot softer than expected based on the nose. Floral, grassy, piney, woody, but none of it is acidic or resinous. Lingering honey, still not very Belgian. But a well-adapted DIPA. Nice balance and assertive hops.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Brewery draught, 9/24/24. Clear, bright bronze-copper-maize. Small, white head, slowly to ring. Bit of toast, biscuit, white bread and finally some tropical and citrusy hops. Wood and pine, finally. Clean, not resinous. Soft, expansively carbonated, malty. Tons of yellow fruit, very round and gently sweet. Mild bitterness, spice and lingering very mild pine, floral and wood notes. Nice hybridized IPA.