Foam Brewers
Microbrewery
in Burlington,
Vermont,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Foam Brewers
Established in 2016
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Saison De Foam from Foam Brewers 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at Return of the Belgian Beer Fest, 9/17/16 as Saison de Foam 2.0 (same abv).
Very pale golden body shows good clarity and a small, but fairly well-retained white head atop.
Very light simcoe-like notes in the nose of lime, light pine and some dank, spicy vegetal character. It works with the dry, peppery, vegetal yeast notes and produces an overall peppery, spicy, somewhat citric-laden nose that seems to be right up there with some of Oxbow’s hybrid American-hopped table saisons. Great attenuation, with biscuit and cracker-like malts in the background and no resin, alcohol or flaw.
Light tartness up front takes the form of lemon-lime-like acidity as very soft esters (apple, bubble gum, strawberry) collect about on the soft palette of wheat and biscuit-like malts, nicely dry and further softened by the tight carbonation. A bit of bitterness followed by a good dose of black pepper phenolic character ends on more biscuity malt, lightly tart acids and interesting vegetal notes that I think are hop-derived. Awesome, highly drinkable stuff.
thebrewsader (2720) reviewed The Nameless from Foam Brewers 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Tap into a tulip glass showing cloudy orange and a finger of quickly dissipating clean white foam. The nose shows a lot of sharp pine resin. The palate shows a pulpy mouthfeel with gentle and full carbonation. Flavors of moderately intense pine resin with pineapple to citric oranges on the mid-palate and a light bitterness. The linger shows light pineapple and orange citrus again. Fantastic.
thebrewsader (2720) reviewed Television from Foam Brewers 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Tap into a tulip glass showing opaque orange with a quickly dissipating finger of clean white foam. The nose shows pronounced notes of papaya, orange citrus and light pine. The palate has a pulpy mouthfeel with gentle but full carbonation (like foam!). Strong juicy flavors of blood orange and light papaya with a resurgence of such flavors reappearing on the linger. A very light bitterness on the finish. This is clean and amazing.
thebrewsader (2720) reviewed Pavement from Foam Brewers 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Thanks Huhzubendah for sharing the bottle! Poured into a snifter showing unfiltered milky yellow with white foam on the rims. The nose shows intense pithy grapefruit with light pine resin. The palate is light bodied and moderately carbonated. Flavors of intense grapefruit and pine with a very light bitterness on the finish.
KansaiBeerLovers (8914) reviewed Built To Spill from Foam Brewers 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Built to spill Foam Brewers 8% Super cloudy gold with a timy white head. Soft juicy aroma of fruits and prickly pear. Somewhat aggressively carbonated burns down my throat. Very much a New England ipa with a juicy bitter hopiness. Good stuff. Ap 4 ar 8-9 t 8 p 2 o 14 ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Lupi Fresh from Foam Brewers 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught at the brewery, 7/8/16.
Another heavily hazy, New England IPA with a deep brass-bronze tint to it and a good-sized white head showing moderately strong retention.
For their three-word commercial descriptions, Foam does a pretty good job of describing their beers! While I’d say it’s much less piney than it is citrusy and dank, it still has a bit more of an edge to it than pavement with more earthy character breaking through from the yeast and light grain and biscuit from the malt. Ruby red grapefruit and a healthy dose of juicy pineapple with no alcohol or flaw.
Soft, malty texture balances the bitterness easily as strong, spicy, dank notes mix with plentiful citrus. There’s still a good deal of juiciness to go around and the finish dries out pleasantly with more earthiness and crackery malts lingering alongside the dank character. No alcohol or flaw. Very well-done and drinkable.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Pavement from Foam Brewers 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught at the brewery, 7/8/16.
Thoroughly hazy, marigold-to-light-amber with a peachy-canteloupe resemblance and a medium-sized, well-retained white head atop.
Ahhhhh yes, that’s the ticket. A fully-realized New England juice bomb here and I couldn’t have been more thrilled with it. Right up there with Trillium/TH/Alchemist/HF and the like, with intensely juicy aromatics showcasing watermelon, ruby red grapefruit, mango and pineapple. Sweet, succulent, honey-like malts lie behind it, supporting the juicy notes easily while no alcohol or flaw is noted. Clean yeast at this brewery, to the max. Couldn’t really lock on their house character, if any, but that’s probably more from having very strong IPAs and a bold-flavored saison and gose.
Incredibly soft, malty texture full of tight carbonation. Great attenuation, with nectarine, mango and melon and a near perfect amount of citrus and bitterness balancing. Really glad we stopped here and excited to get back and try more. These guys know what’s up as far as making top-notch IPAs.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Built To Spill from Foam Brewers 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at the brewery, 7/8/16.
Heavily hazy, borderline soupy, peachy-gold with a strong brass tint to the body. White head atop is rocky and shows moderate to moderately strong retention.
After the slightly over-adjuncted saison and gose, I was a little nervous, but still hopeful for the best from what I expected to be New England IPAs. Not disappointed. Having Built to Spill and Pavement side-by-side proved to give the edge to Pavement by a noticeable but not huge margin. This one was the more dry, slightly more citric of the two, with more understated, tangy, sweaty citra and pineapple. A bit more sparsely malted, it was still soft in the mouth, yet more dry and considerably less juicy. Still, nothing to scoff at, the hop flavors and aromatics were all developed deftly, with a good knowledge of appropriate bittering additions and a very liberal use of whirl and dry hop. As well, the beer is clean and shows no sign of alcohol.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Indie from Foam Brewers 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught at the brewery, 7/8/16. Clear (chill haze), copper-golden body has a small, off-white head atop showing moderate to low retention. Big melon notes in the nose are balanced by a deep salinity. Smells strong of the watermelon, but it’s authentic, fresh and hard to not love. Honey, light grain and bread behind it help dry things out a bit as very gentle tartness tries (and fails) to take hold. No alcohol or flaw. Again, I do love the watermelon flavor and it goes wonderfully with the saltiness, but I still think it’s just a bit too prominent. Tartness on the end could use a boost as well, and perhaps the low amounts of lactic character, relative to the style, also aid the watermelon in seeming too domineering. Still, tight carbonation, honey, biscuit and salt do provide moderate dryness and the beer is still quite enjoyable, as long as you like lots of watermelon. Could see a full glass of this getting quite fatiguing, though. 7/3/7/3/14 Rerate on draught at the brewery 7/6/24. Still a shit ton of watermelon and I understand my earlier rating, though this one feels a bit more balanced, salty and just a hint tarter. Though I could still see more acidity elevating this.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Glass Ceiling from Foam Brewers 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draught at the brewery, 7/8/16.
Deep canteloupe-golden body is thoroughly hazy but sports a large, well-retained, off-white head.
Vanilla, honey, buttercream, white bread and even a touch of cereal all announce a very malty nose. Peppercorn done pretty restrainedly, and what’s there helps balance the sweeter malt tones. I guess this has actual pear in it as well, though it comes off more melon-like. Not sure what other spices are in this thing but there’s A LOT going on in the nose. I think the saison element definitely gets a little lost in the shuffle, unfortunately. Clean, though, with no alcohol.
Big, dextrinous, malty body shows strong, tight carbonation and medium attenuation. Fruity apple-pear and pink peppercorn attempt to balance the big body, trying to put a dent in some of these sugars. I don’t think they’re quite successful in the end, as a fair amount of vanilla-honey-caramel-like sugariness builds up on the palate. I do like the undercurrents of the saison character, though. Seems pretty legit; peppery, no clove or bubble gum and with light fruit esters and earthiness. Unfortunately it’s just a bit too staunchly malty-sweet. Alcohol catches up with you, as well.
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