7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz can poured, picked up at Hop and Hound. After one visit to Stemma on a much less often than wanted trip up to Bellingham, I'm excited to see the cans make their way to my walking distance local. Really fun brew here too. I'm always a little skeptical about fruited IPA's, but this one really worked nicely. Glowing sunny delight haze, soft foam head. Guava and tropical fruit puree aroma upon opening the can. Really refreshing nose. No mistaking the fruit here. It's a guava bomb, and I'm glad it is. It's a delicious flavor, and works well with the hop profile. Low bitter, mostly orange juicy finish. Again, very refreshing. Excellent post workout fruit here.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Apr 2020
at 03:24
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Stemma, pours a clear amber with a small beige head. Aroma is very laid back, with bready malt and restrained hops. Flavour is has a touch more oomph, with gentle hop resins and some caramel malt. Lacking depth or cohesion. Weak amber.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2019
at 22:34
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Stemma, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out cereal malt and straw. Flavour is along the same lines, with straw, sweet cereal malt, and biscuity notes. Clean and drinkable, but totally uninteresting.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2019
at 22:32
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap at Stemma, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out light lemon, with harsh bitterness, and some chaotic farmhouse esters. Flavour is even harsher and more chaotic, with lemon, harsh bitterness, and farmhouse notes. Amateur brew - this is difficult to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2019
at 22:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Stemma, pours a hazy bright yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out gentle chalky yeast, light dank hops, and biscuity malt. Flavour is bright, with pithy stone fruits, piney hops, and crisp biscuity malt. Not much in the way of chaotic yeast. Nicely crafted.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2019
at 22:25
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at Stemma, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out candied sugar, estery notes, and biscuity malt. Flavour is fairly sweet and estery, with candied sugar, Belgian yeast, and biscuity malt. Estery and sugary with little refinement. Not good.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2019
at 22:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap at Stemma, pours a hazy dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out earthy notes, muffled caramel and some Christmas spices. Flavour is sweet and spicy, with lots of caramel malt, gentle holiday spices, and some banana esters. Kind of confusing what this is supposed to be. Pleasant estery, malty, spicy ale of some sort.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2019
at 22:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft pour pint at Hop and Hound. A bright golden pour, minimal haze, plenty of mousse foam head. Quite a bitter IPA here. Lots of grassy, piney notes, with a small dose of melon. Sturdy grain backbone, and balanced pretty well. Long lingering grassy hop bitterness. Pretty good IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Nov 2019
at 01:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Stemma, pours a cloudy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is very doughy, with tropical fruity hops, some dankness, and biscuity malt. Flavour is along the same lines, with tropical fruity hops, bitter pine, and doughy malt. Fresh and bright. This is excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2019
at 20:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Stemma, pours a cloudy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out bitter, bright piney hops, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is bright and bitter, with lots of bitter piney hops, backed by crisp biscuity malt. Bright and piney finish. Good simple west coast IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2019
at 20:33