Subsidiaries
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Tap into a snifter showing lightly filtered dark yellow with sparse white foam. The nose shows dried apricot and passion fruit. The palate is full bodied and well carbonated. Flavors of thick honey and pineapple with a moderate citric edge. Finish is more honey and pineapple.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jul 2017
at 22:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 7
Tap into a snifter showing lightly filtered light yellow with white foam lacing. The nose shows a lot of juicy papaya. The palate is medium bodied and well carbonated. Light flavors of papaya with a strong malt backbone and light corn malts on the finish. Lacks fullness of flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jul 2017
at 22:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Tap into a snifter showing lightly filtered light yellow with white foam lacing. The nose shows a lot of dank cannabis. The palate is medium bodied and well carbonated but so smooth. Light flavours of cannabis and not much else. Closer to a pale ale.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2017
at 13:05
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Tap into a teku showing moderately filtered orange with no head. The nose shows tart notes of bretty funk and stone fruit. The palate is light bodied and well carbonated. Moderately tart with flavors of tart apricot and light peach.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jul 2017
at 12:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at the source. Murky orangish-bronze, foamy white head. Aroma of citrus, resin, orange zest. Taste follows nose with the strawberry now coming through. Some caramel malt. Pine. Juicy bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jun 2017
at 23:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at the source. Hazy orange-copper, foamy white head. Aroma of citrus and passion fruit. Taste is citrus, grapefruit, passion fruit, caramel. Finish is nicely balanced - both bitter and sweet.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jun 2017
at 23:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draught at the brewery, 5/26/17.
Little/no head atop this brassy, canteloupe-golden-colored beer with a solid haziness.
Yum, sulfur! Lots of funk and poignant acetic notes punctuate an oaky, sour, lemony, very gueuze-redolent nose. It’s certainly rich and sumptuous, if you can say that about a sour ale, though I don’t find it too oaky nor too acetic-forward; obviously that will not be true for everyone. No alcohol of flaw. Quite an impressive amount of aroma there for only 5.5%.
Soft, malty texture showcases a funky, tart/lightly sour character that is highlighted by lemon, moderate oak and big fruity acetic and Brett combinations producing something of a red and yellow fruit character that is highly flavorful. Oak tannin further comforts and helps mitigate the acidity and only the slightly loose carbonation detracts. Biscuity wheat plays well with the fruity Brett and plentiful lactic acidity with sulfur in the mix for the full-on lambic-like experience. Honey-like malt, oak and tart Brett/lacto lingering.
Little/no head atop this brassy, canteloupe-golden-colored beer with a solid haziness.
Yum, sulfur! Lots of funk and poignant acetic notes punctuate an oaky, sour, lemony, very gueuze-redolent nose. It’s certainly rich and sumptuous, if you can say that about a sour ale, though I don’t find it too oaky nor too acetic-forward; obviously that will not be true for everyone. No alcohol of flaw. Quite an impressive amount of aroma there for only 5.5%.
Soft, malty texture showcases a funky, tart/lightly sour character that is highlighted by lemon, moderate oak and big fruity acetic and Brett combinations producing something of a red and yellow fruit character that is highly flavorful. Oak tannin further comforts and helps mitigate the acidity and only the slightly loose carbonation detracts. Biscuity wheat plays well with the fruity Brett and plentiful lactic acidity with sulfur in the mix for the full-on lambic-like experience. Honey-like malt, oak and tart Brett/lacto lingering.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jun 2017
at 13:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draught at the brewery, 5/26/17.
Lightly hazy, copper-amber with deep maize hues and an off-white head that recedes quickly to a ring, as expected for the style.
And as expected in the nose, it’s a full on assault of lactic acid, sourdough and crazy esters/alcohols. Light caramel-like sweetness that you’d expect from a kvass but obviously considerably more sour and funky. This is certainly no commercial, lightly tart, moderately sweet, bread and rye kvass and is much more akin to a mixed fermenation American sour due to the saison yeast and the strong lactobacillus presence. Still, it’s very interesting and retains the spirit of a kvass with all of this crazy bread/dough/rye character. Lemon and caraway are done lightly and provide no overt character of their own but are integrated nicely.
Quite dry, obviously well-attenuated with tons of complex bread/dough/yeast/bacteria funk and rustic qualities. A lemony-lactic-yogurt-like edge to it keeps it crisp and tart on the finish but the beer has a soft texture, nonetheless, and with low but tight carbonation. Very interesting, well-done and while certainly no traditional kvass, a fun sour in the spirit of one.
Lightly hazy, copper-amber with deep maize hues and an off-white head that recedes quickly to a ring, as expected for the style.
And as expected in the nose, it’s a full on assault of lactic acid, sourdough and crazy esters/alcohols. Light caramel-like sweetness that you’d expect from a kvass but obviously considerably more sour and funky. This is certainly no commercial, lightly tart, moderately sweet, bread and rye kvass and is much more akin to a mixed fermenation American sour due to the saison yeast and the strong lactobacillus presence. Still, it’s very interesting and retains the spirit of a kvass with all of this crazy bread/dough/rye character. Lemon and caraway are done lightly and provide no overt character of their own but are integrated nicely.
Quite dry, obviously well-attenuated with tons of complex bread/dough/yeast/bacteria funk and rustic qualities. A lemony-lactic-yogurt-like edge to it keeps it crisp and tart on the finish but the beer has a soft texture, nonetheless, and with low but tight carbonation. Very interesting, well-done and while certainly no traditional kvass, a fun sour in the spirit of one.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jun 2017
at 10:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at the brewery, 5/26/17.
Murky/soupy, very New England IPA-y appearance is a copper-caramel color with an immediately-disappearing, white head.
Similar aromatically to Experimental Jetset though a little more classic pine/grapefruit character with less spice and lush dankness. More overtly tropical, as well, with mango pit and kiwi augmented by a lightly caramel-accented honey-like malt sweetness. No resin or alcohol and the pine doesn’t dominate. I like that many of their DIPAs are quite different from one another; not just juice bombs with the same exact yeast and tropical fruit character like so many in this category.
Quite malty with caramel, bread and biscuit creating a soft, supple texture with light, engaging carbonation and good attenuation overall. The malt is a bit more forward here than in many of their IPAs but to combat that, this one is also very, very juicy. Kiwi, mango and trailing pine and grapefruit add back some balance via more dry, bitter notes as spicy, Galaxy-like notes linger. Another nice one; drinks very easy for its size.
Murky/soupy, very New England IPA-y appearance is a copper-caramel color with an immediately-disappearing, white head.
Similar aromatically to Experimental Jetset though a little more classic pine/grapefruit character with less spice and lush dankness. More overtly tropical, as well, with mango pit and kiwi augmented by a lightly caramel-accented honey-like malt sweetness. No resin or alcohol and the pine doesn’t dominate. I like that many of their DIPAs are quite different from one another; not just juice bombs with the same exact yeast and tropical fruit character like so many in this category.
Quite malty with caramel, bread and biscuit creating a soft, supple texture with light, engaging carbonation and good attenuation overall. The malt is a bit more forward here than in many of their IPAs but to combat that, this one is also very, very juicy. Kiwi, mango and trailing pine and grapefruit add back some balance via more dry, bitter notes as spicy, Galaxy-like notes linger. Another nice one; drinks very easy for its size.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2017
at 10:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at the brewery, 5/26/17.
Soupy one here with the typical brass-golden color that goes with it and a white head atop showing low retention.
All sorts of dank, rather spicy hop notes with pepper, pine and lush vegetal greenery. I wouldn’t call it overly tropical, though. As usual, it feels like it’s quite dry based on the nose, as very little malt breaks through. Cracker and biscuity wheat-like notes with soft guava and light earthiness as it warms and breathes. Clean, with no alcohol noted and pretty low on the resin despite there being quite a bit of pine and other spicy notes.
Surprisingly sweet in the mouth, though it’s certainly still on the dry side. I suppose it’s just more of a relative thing. Malty sweet with honey-like notes and tons of buttercream-like wheat character that really helps to balance (maybe overbalance) the hop character. Pine and spicy, lush, green (aka dank) notes abound and the bitterness seems all but soaked up by the malt. Kind of an extreme or very prototypical example of the NEIPA, though importantly, it’s not yeasty. Melon and guava linger gently on the finish. Interesting and quite nice. Maybe a bit sweet, but tough to really complain about that.
Soupy one here with the typical brass-golden color that goes with it and a white head atop showing low retention.
All sorts of dank, rather spicy hop notes with pepper, pine and lush vegetal greenery. I wouldn’t call it overly tropical, though. As usual, it feels like it’s quite dry based on the nose, as very little malt breaks through. Cracker and biscuity wheat-like notes with soft guava and light earthiness as it warms and breathes. Clean, with no alcohol noted and pretty low on the resin despite there being quite a bit of pine and other spicy notes.
Surprisingly sweet in the mouth, though it’s certainly still on the dry side. I suppose it’s just more of a relative thing. Malty sweet with honey-like notes and tons of buttercream-like wheat character that really helps to balance (maybe overbalance) the hop character. Pine and spicy, lush, green (aka dank) notes abound and the bitterness seems all but soaked up by the malt. Kind of an extreme or very prototypical example of the NEIPA, though importantly, it’s not yeasty. Melon and guava linger gently on the finish. Interesting and quite nice. Maybe a bit sweet, but tough to really complain about that.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2017
at 18:06