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8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can drunk 8/12/23. Clear blonde. Small, white head. Lovely, assertive, spicy hops and dainty honey-like malts. Clean, crisp. Hoppy, malty, clean, big mineral, yeast, spicy, herbal hops. Good attenuation. Good balance of malt and hop.
Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2023 at 16:22

8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bayberry draught, 8/12/23. Clear, lemon-golden. Medium-sized, white head, slowly fades to cover. Tons of mineral, very woody, though not sharp or scratchy. Bright herbal finish, clean, hints of cracker and honey from the malt. Soft, malty, dry, woody, light pepper, herbs, biscuit and hints of vanilla on the finish. Peppery, but not acidic hippiness throughout is fantastic. Somehow incredibly well-malted for just 3.5%. Maybe oak adds tannic structure? Whatever the case, this is impressively well-made. No husky malt, no overdone oak...no thinning. Clean.
Tried on 12 Aug 2023 at 18:55

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Undated can, fresh, from Crafted, drunk 6/1/23. Moderately hazy, waxy-honey-golden. Small, white head quickly to ring. Candles, pepper, sweat, pineapple, deep mandarin character. Not your typical Citra IPA, so that's cool that the Lupomax actually does something, though I'm not convinced I love the extra heavy pineapple. In the mouth it's dry, with a slight hint of petrol and strong sweat before succumbing to mandarin-pineapple. Cracker malt, barely enough depth. But clean enough, with no resin or alcohol.
Tried from Can on 01 Jun 2023 at 20:15

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draught at the brewery, 2/4/23. Medium-to-dark amber. Little/no head. Caramel, lots of fruit with peachy-apricot and big vanilla-chocolate. Lingering caramel-vanilla. Not boozey. Missed the walnuts. Soft, very malty with lots of caramel, toffee, vanilla and fruity yeast. Get more barleywine than stout. Didn't get the walnuts but no doubt there's some nuttiness in there. Vanilla-strawberry-toffee lingering.
Tried on 06 Feb 2023 at 21:25

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can at the brewery, 2/4/23. Clear, cantaloupe-tinged golden. Medium-sized, white head shows moderate retention. Bright, fruity, lightly hoppy nose with hints of melon, star fruit, dainty, well-attenuated honey-like malt and fairly minimal breadiness. Yeast shows no diacetyl, thankfully and it's quite clean. In the mouth it's very soft, almost creamy in texture with lovely wood tannin contributing, no doubt. Melon, hints of citrus, bright floral notes and nothing aggressive. Honey and biscuit from the malt are supple and show good depth. Lots of flavor for its size. Quite interesting and well-done.
Tried from Can on 06 Feb 2023 at 16:16

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
16 oz. Can at RI Brewfest. Flavor of honey, yeast, mild spice. Very crisp and clean texture. Very easy drinking.
Tried from Can on 29 Jan 2023 at 04:58

5.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Undated can drunk 12/14/22. Heavily hazy, orange-juice-concrete with a small, spotty, frothy, whtie head atop. Soft spice and white wine of nelson is there, actually better than any Ive seen so far this year. No pine, resin, cracker, or heavy orange. In the mouth there's heavy diacetyl....womp womp. It's not ruinous or anything, and the citrus, white wine and such is lovely, but at the end of the day, its a lot of butter. Kind of astringent, heavily crackery, lots of bland butter.
Tried from Can on 15 Dec 2022 at 01:55

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
From a 12 oz can. Pours a hazy gold with an off white head. Aromas are of dank hay and pineapple. Flavors are moderately bitter citrus.
Tried from Can on 16 Nov 2022 at 22:35

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours mahogany tinged black into a stein. Mocha pancake head with good retention recedes leaving spider lacing. Dark pumpernickel and pit fruit aromas. Soft upfront quickly turning to dry oak, dark pit fruit, licorice and pumpernickel. Lasting earthy pine and oak finish.
Tried on 16 Oct 2022 at 21:43

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Taster pour from a can at Rhode Island Brew Fest. It's an opaque light brown-dark yellow with finger-plus off-white head with nice lacing. Aroma is citrus and fruit salad, watermelon, kiwi, honeydew, light stone fruit. Taste is strong, nondescript fruit and mild vanilla. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth, thick texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, good but nondescript flavor.
Tried from Can on 16 Feb 2022 at 03:23