About
Foam. It's always been an unconscious calling like drifting into a cumulus cloud bank on a sun-drenched day, or collapsing in a frothy curl of a breaking wave. Foam; it's natural beauty that rises up and is here and gone in a moment in time. I have spent my working life in foam, beer foam that is, brewing beer, conjuring up mixtures of malt and hops to ferment into a crowning moment of beer. Great beer has always sat under foam. Foam. It's not one ingredient that gives stability; it's many interwoven to create a structure of strength pouring out visual excitement. As I sit for a time, I enjoy that moment. All that remains is the lacing that adorns the empty glass and the making of a great memory. Until next time, see you under the Foam...
Part of the group
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
A4 draught, 5/23/26.
Easygoing melon and pomelo with a hint of white grape. White bread and light honey balance gently. Good acidity lingering with spicy, rich tropical fruit building as it warms.
Big kiwi, musk melon and soft honey to balance the zesty spiciness. Mineral and good acidity with grape and kumquat skin lingering. Varied sweet and bitter notes with super interesting exotic fruit character. Incredibly drinkable. Drying earth/chalk from dry hop.
Easygoing melon and pomelo with a hint of white grape. White bread and light honey balance gently. Good acidity lingering with spicy, rich tropical fruit building as it warms.
Big kiwi, musk melon and soft honey to balance the zesty spiciness. Mineral and good acidity with grape and kumquat skin lingering. Varied sweet and bitter notes with super interesting exotic fruit character. Incredibly drinkable. Drying earth/chalk from dry hop.
Tried
from Draft
at
Area Four
on 23 May 2026
at 20:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: semi-clear bronzed copper color with approximately a finger's worth of white to off white foamy yet rocky sort of head which dissipated nicely and left a little bit of messy semi-sticky lace
Aroma: honey blossom-like sweet tones with pulled mango to guava-ish hop notes and a touch of lemon peel; slight piney sweetness further underneath; clean malts
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet to bitter quality; brisk finish of floral to mango-like noted sweet dryness
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; pretty good smoothness along the tongue; good carb level; medium to low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: pretty nicely done APA that seemed fairly similar to what I remember of the original version of this. Makes me want to do a deep dive into the different hops they used in this version this time around.
Appearance: semi-clear bronzed copper color with approximately a finger's worth of white to off white foamy yet rocky sort of head which dissipated nicely and left a little bit of messy semi-sticky lace
Aroma: honey blossom-like sweet tones with pulled mango to guava-ish hop notes and a touch of lemon peel; slight piney sweetness further underneath; clean malts
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet to bitter quality; brisk finish of floral to mango-like noted sweet dryness
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; pretty good smoothness along the tongue; good carb level; medium to low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: pretty nicely done APA that seemed fairly similar to what I remember of the original version of this. Makes me want to do a deep dive into the different hops they used in this version this time around.
Tried
from Can
at
Foam Brewers
on 14 May 2026
at 19:48
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
On tap at Foam Brewers.
Poured into a tulip.
Appearance: deep dark brown very close to black with a two finger dark tan foamy head which must have sat there for at least four minutes before even thinking of dissipating (ha! I loved watching that!) not much lace
Aroma: deep sweet to earthy subtle roasty coffee beans with velvety mocha soaked vanilla qualities; milk and dark chocolatey tones with decadent tones
Flavor: wonderfully meshed with sweet to roasty bittersweet to toned earthy quaint creamy sweetness; finishes oh so smooth with sweet mocha/vanilla/milk chocolatey/dark chocolatey and sweet butter/creaminess
Texture: medium to full bodied; good as a sipper (ABV didn't hit "too hard" - I think); extremely smooth along the tongue - absolutely nothing distracting anywhere
Overall: well daggum, what a knockout of the park! I would absolutely love to have this again and hopefully the next time maybe next Winter? Yeah, I think this would definitely be awesome then.
*Disclaimer - this was a nitro pour.
Poured into a tulip.
Appearance: deep dark brown very close to black with a two finger dark tan foamy head which must have sat there for at least four minutes before even thinking of dissipating (ha! I loved watching that!) not much lace
Aroma: deep sweet to earthy subtle roasty coffee beans with velvety mocha soaked vanilla qualities; milk and dark chocolatey tones with decadent tones
Flavor: wonderfully meshed with sweet to roasty bittersweet to toned earthy quaint creamy sweetness; finishes oh so smooth with sweet mocha/vanilla/milk chocolatey/dark chocolatey and sweet butter/creaminess
Texture: medium to full bodied; good as a sipper (ABV didn't hit "too hard" - I think); extremely smooth along the tongue - absolutely nothing distracting anywhere
Overall: well daggum, what a knockout of the park! I would absolutely love to have this again and hopefully the next time maybe next Winter? Yeah, I think this would definitely be awesome then.
*Disclaimer - this was a nitro pour.
Tried
from Draft
at
Foam Brewers
on 14 May 2026
at 18:55
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at Foam Brewers on 05/14/2026 (brought out of retirement).
Poured into a tulip.
Appearance: thick burnt yellow opaque-ness with a half a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: what an absolutely wonderful blend of pineapple sweet to pulled guava toned sweet fleshy qualities; slight pear with toned clean malts
Flavor: fantastically blends the prior noted aromas to a sweet clean quality to a bittersweet juicy balanced quality; finishes so clean and juicy with a pinch of pineapple/pear sweetness
Texture: medium bodied; sessionable; very smooth along the tongue with a great low carb about it and superb low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: a beer like this tells me "Foam is back" on track with the NEIPA's or maybe the assist from Widowmaker pushed them over, I don't know but I do know this is one I know I would return to!
Poured into a tulip.
Appearance: thick burnt yellow opaque-ness with a half a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: what an absolutely wonderful blend of pineapple sweet to pulled guava toned sweet fleshy qualities; slight pear with toned clean malts
Flavor: fantastically blends the prior noted aromas to a sweet clean quality to a bittersweet juicy balanced quality; finishes so clean and juicy with a pinch of pineapple/pear sweetness
Texture: medium bodied; sessionable; very smooth along the tongue with a great low carb about it and superb low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: a beer like this tells me "Foam is back" on track with the NEIPA's or maybe the assist from Widowmaker pushed them over, I don't know but I do know this is one I know I would return to!
Tried
from Draft
at
Foam Brewers
on 14 May 2026
at 18:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can to tulip.
Appearance: orange to copper haziness with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: just seemed super muted initially and really had a hard time opening up but some mixed citrusy to slightly funky sweet character
Flavor: wow! What a 180! Total mango to guava to papaya sweetness and gets extremely juicy; finishes very mango/papaya/guava juicy with an ever so slight touch of dryness
Texture: medium bodied; leaning into being a sipper; very smooth and juicy along the tongue; nice low carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: too bad I can't rate a beer solely on flavor as this would be a near perfect NEIPA but it's good enough to return to.
Appearance: orange to copper haziness with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: just seemed super muted initially and really had a hard time opening up but some mixed citrusy to slightly funky sweet character
Flavor: wow! What a 180! Total mango to guava to papaya sweetness and gets extremely juicy; finishes very mango/papaya/guava juicy with an ever so slight touch of dryness
Texture: medium bodied; leaning into being a sipper; very smooth and juicy along the tongue; nice low carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: too bad I can't rate a beer solely on flavor as this would be a near perfect NEIPA but it's good enough to return to.
Tried
from Can
on 10 May 2026
at 00:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 08 May 2026
at 22:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Canned 3/12/26, drunk 5/7/26.
Good lord that's a lot of...stinky pineapple and intense yeast? Like a very overripe, twangy pineapple, while also leaning in to an incredibly fruity yeast. Some lime, lots of mineral, candied citrus and a round, somewhat sweet, white bread-like maltiness. All of it gives a lot of intensity, but I'm not sure to much success, as the twang is real. That said, even after a few minutes, it's blown off rapidly and I get more of a lime tart character underneath.
Lime-accented peach and canned pineapple, but not twangy, just sort of sweet and overripe. Rather loose texture, but pretty good attenuation. Earth, chalk, yeast on the finish dulls things considerably. The lime zest character (or maybe it's more like preserved lime) is really interesting and compelling, and it has a pretty good body and attenuation, but it's a bit loose and watery and finishes too abruptly. Also, it drinks like it's about 5% or so. I've had NEPAs with considerable more flavor, complexity and texture than this.
Good lord that's a lot of...stinky pineapple and intense yeast? Like a very overripe, twangy pineapple, while also leaning in to an incredibly fruity yeast. Some lime, lots of mineral, candied citrus and a round, somewhat sweet, white bread-like maltiness. All of it gives a lot of intensity, but I'm not sure to much success, as the twang is real. That said, even after a few minutes, it's blown off rapidly and I get more of a lime tart character underneath.
Lime-accented peach and canned pineapple, but not twangy, just sort of sweet and overripe. Rather loose texture, but pretty good attenuation. Earth, chalk, yeast on the finish dulls things considerably. The lime zest character (or maybe it's more like preserved lime) is really interesting and compelling, and it has a pretty good body and attenuation, but it's a bit loose and watery and finishes too abruptly. Also, it drinks like it's about 5% or so. I've had NEPAs with considerable more flavor, complexity and texture than this.
Tried
from Can
from
Half Time
on 07 May 2026
at 20:25
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can: Poured a yellow color ale with a large white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrusy hoppy notes with some citrusy bitter undertones. Taste is also a good mix of citrusy hoppy notes with some citrusy bitter undertones and a semi-dry finish. Body is full for style with good carbonation. Enjoyable West Coast IPA but more resinous hops may have worked better.
Tried
from Can
on 05 May 2026
at 19:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Foam Brewers.
Appearance: burnt yellow bright to almost orange haziness with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet piney to orangey to kiwi and subtle danky crisp sort of sweet floral to subtle chopped oniony tone characters; some biscuity clean malts underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to brittle bittersweet sort of quality with a touch of juiciness in there; finishes mostly kiwi-ish to orangey and floral toned
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; good smoothness with a touch of hop bitterness assertiveness but mostly non-bothersome; good carb level
Overall: I say a pretty nicely done NEIPA I would be willing to return to.
Appearance: burnt yellow bright to almost orange haziness with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet piney to orangey to kiwi and subtle danky crisp sort of sweet floral to subtle chopped oniony tone characters; some biscuity clean malts underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to brittle bittersweet sort of quality with a touch of juiciness in there; finishes mostly kiwi-ish to orangey and floral toned
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; good smoothness with a touch of hop bitterness assertiveness but mostly non-bothersome; good carb level
Overall: I say a pretty nicely done NEIPA I would be willing to return to.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 May 2026
at 19:59