Benzai (24515) reviewed Cosmic Circus from Connecticut Valley Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can at home. Murky yellow, small white head. Aroma is lovely hoppy, really enjoying this one. Must admit I just returned from 54 km cycling on my racebike so yes I am thirsty and I'm gulping it down by the gallon so to speak. Flavor is lightly malts, full on hoppiness again, citrussy a bit, slightly sweet ripe tropical fruit hops, light to average hop bitterness. After pouring in the last part the glass is filled with yeast particles. Even more murky than before. Fucking ugly, looks quite disgusting actually. Ok it didn't help the aroma and flavor either. This will knock off some points definitely. But, still good. Just don't fully empty the can. 8-1-8-3-14.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Trailblazer from Connecticut Valley Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pint at Galaxy Hut pours a sunset orange, white head. Nose has orange, melon, malt. Flavor is very malty, honey, melon, orange sherbet. Medium bodied. 8 3 8 3 14
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
473ml can. Jet black colour with late awakening, small to average, thick, creamy, slowly osteoporosing, moderately lacing, tan head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty aroma with woody BA notes, oak, vanilla, Bourbon, dark chocolate, some treacle, liquorice root, coffee and mocha overtones. Taste is slightly dry and bitter, woody and roasty dark malty, notes of oak, some dark chocolate, vanilla, Bourbon, a sweet-ish touch of treacle and caramel, weak coffee and mocha overtones; rather purely alcoholic finish. Oily to viscous texture, smooth and soft, creamy and slightly sticky palate. Gains some depth while warming up but remains rather monotonous.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Sherwood from Connecticut Valley Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16th June 2019 Can. Light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth but fairly thin malts. Resinous and slightly ripe citrus and citrus peel. Little tingling spice. Okay but lacks any real brightness or pep. 3.4
6th August 2019
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Light palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Great tinned tropical fruit melange. Very pink guava. Floral tropical fruits. Little orangey citrus provides contrast. Light and marvellously guava, would never know this was the same beer as that rather staid affair in the can.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16th June 2019
Can. Hazy gold beer, tiny pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Light creamy sweetness from the malts. Nice light cooling piney hops. Smooth and slightly ripe mango led tropical fruits. Nibbly hop spice. Modest citric hops. Light crisp finish. Lovely. Smooth, piney and with a decent spicy bite. Excellent stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16th June 2019
Can. Hazy and slightly yellowish gold beer, small cream colour head. Light malts, light creamy sweetness. A slightly thin malt base for the style. Good cooling pine hop intro. Light piney floral citrus. Touch of something tropical, well buried. A light and clean and very drinkable dipa, but, where is the Galaxy hop muscle? This used to be a robustly bitter hop with good tropical fruit depth. It's large scale cultivation seems to have robbed it, quite a bit.
Reubs (35480) reviewed Trailblazer from Connecticut Valley Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can sourced from Beerdome and shared at home (15/06/2019) - hazy golden orange with a white head. Intense fruity with some punchy tangerine and mango notes, nice and juicy, medium body, touch of citrus rind bitterness into the solid hoppy close.
Reubs (35480) reviewed Cosmic Circus from Connecticut Valley Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can sourced from Beerdome and shared at home (15/06/2019) - hazy opaque yellow pour with a thin white head. Fruity with lots of pineapple and grapefruit, some orange, zesty bitter citrus peel, medium body, light bitter hoppy finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
I Draught /I Light yellowish head, leaving lace over fully hazy orange-ochre beer. Very dry hops, hopbales, citrussy lupulin overload. Sweet-bitterish, orangepeel, grapefruit, bananapeel. Slightly cheesy, asafoetida. Feels pretty carbonated, hopoilslick, at least medium bodied. Better than average DIPA.
--- Beer merged from original tick of Bravo Tango Export Edition on 26 Jan 2021 at 21:06 - Score: 8