Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from an undated can into a lager glass
Poured a clear light amber with two and half fingers of light tan head that disappeared rather quickly leaving no lacing.
Aroma is doughy and yeasty, hints at toasty white bread with a touch of fresh grass.
Taste is yeasty white bread, light caramel, toasty bread crust, and a bit of earthy grassy hops.
Medium body with a lighter carbonation, sweet malts blend with a slight bitterness, finishes fairly crisp. Super easy drinking.
Overall a tasty amber lager, kind of rugged and hearty for such a small beer but it's enjoyable, would be excellent early to mid fall. I'd come back to this one again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from an undated can into a nonic pint glass
Pours deep mahogany brown to black with about a finger of foamy light tan head which disapates rather quickly leaving a touch of light lacing
Aroma of coffee, slight caramel and cocoa. Some light graininess as well.
Taste is similar caramel black coffee, dark bread, with chocolate and slight graininess finishing out
Leans toward a light body, carbonation is medium low, a very smooth very sessionable porter.
Overall I could drink a few of these, light enough to keep drinking but so flavorful. Big things can come in a small package.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Poured from a can stamped "project phoenix initiated 01/01/26" into a willi becher pint glass.
Pours a semi hazy translucent gold with with two and half fingers of foamy white head which receded to leave rings of sticky lacing
The aroma is light underripe pineapple, floral, mint and lime
Taste resembles the aromas, under ripe pineapple and lime and citrus zest making a borderline tartness.
Very light drinking, light in body and soft carbonation leaves a drying experience. The tartness and mild bitterness lend to a long finish that touches the sides of the back of your tongue.
Overall this is mild for the style, kind of lacking and bland after the up front flavors. The tart and bitterness take over and really nothing else is there to balance. With so many beers of this style available I'd probably reach for something else.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: opaque burnt orange color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sharp citrusy rind with some light notes of pine and stifled peaches, light clean malts
Flavor: bitter to bittersweet through the prior noted aromas with a light orangey taste in there underneath; finishes orangey with some pine
Texture: light to medium bodied, some sessionability, the carb level seems low but I wonder if it could have been just a tad lower, hmmmm...quaint hop bitterness
Overall: I believe it's an attempt at a NEIPA but perhaps not one to hang with the big boys or at least not yet.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to English pint glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black with a finger's worth of eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, cararmel/toffee malts, light biscuit and a little bit of dark bread
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a bitter to roasty to semi-sweet quality; finishes dark chocolatey and roasty
Texture: light to medium bodied - maybe a touch closer to light, sessionable, pretty smooth along the tongue
Overall: nicely done porter I'd be willing to come back to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy burnt yellow color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: grassy to floral and a light lemony hop tone then some light pineapple; clean biscuity malts
Flavor: blends all the prior noted aromas together in a semi-bitter to bittersweet manner; finishes floral with some over ripe pineapple
Texture: medium bodied - maybe just a touch under, some sessionability to this; some smoothness but not too much, light hop abrasiveness
Overall: not a bad IPA but did this brewer say this is a NEIPA? Hmmmm...if they did, I think they need to work on that part to make this more NEIPA-like. I still have this again preferably for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to English pint glass.
Appearance: clear yellow color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some lace
Aroma: floral to citrusy hops, clean malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fair bitter to bittersweet quality; finishes floral-ish with a dry citrusy note
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, semi-smooth on the tongue, light hop bitterness
Overall: nice enough APA worthy of coming back to
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can to English pint glass.
Appearance: dark brown color with a one and a half fingers of khaki foamy head which took it's time to fall off then leave some messy lace
Aroma: sweet espresso, milk chocolate and toffee up front sweetly then melds with some coffee roastiness and an underlying tone of earthiness
Flavor: starts sweet through the prior mentioned aromas and ends up balancing in some roasty coffee; mild aftertaste of caramel, espresso and toffee
Texture: medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; fairly smooth along tongue; finishes with the smooth espresso beany sweetness
Overall: I'd say a pretty nicely done oatmeal stout leaning closer to the sweeter side. I believe I could come back to.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can from the brewery. Opaque dark brown with nice sparkle, fizzy orange-tan head with poor retention, light viscosity and no lacing. Aroma is chocolate-covered-espresso beans, earthy malt, mild toffee. Taste is strong, earthy roasted malt, followed by chocolate and coffee with late plastic milk jug in the finish. Fairly thick texture with full body, mostly earthy malt and plastic milk jug finish. Everything was going along just fine until there was something just a smidge off in the finish.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Shadows in My Room from Whitman Brewing Co. 10 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Canned 12/5/24, drunk 6/10/25, compliments of tfontana. Thanks, Tom!
Clear, dark, mahogany and garnet-cola. Very large, light tan head steadily fades to nothing.
Dark grape-laced black malts and roasted barley with a touch of fudge, vanilla and dark chocolate. Very round, fruity, but dark nose with lots of fresh yeast. Clean.
Oily, dark, though not bitter. Or not very bitter, but certainly well-balanced between acidic dark malt and base malt. Creates a milk chocolate, caramel and vanilla character that helps balance the prune, dark chocolate and grape. A bit oily, slick, undercarbonated, though still with a soft texture, fairly malty and good attenuation.