7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pours black into an English pint. Mocha head with good retention turns soapy as it recedes leaving gloppy lacing. Chocolate and espresso aromas. Medium bodied with charred espresso and pit fruit front to back. Lasting smoked chocolate finish.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2026
at 00:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Poured from a can dated 01/13/26 into and english pint glass
Pours a deep dark cola brown with two fingers of foamy tan head that settles rather quickly leaving rings of lacing.
Nice roasty malt, smoky peat, dark malt, tobacco on the nose.
Taste is roast malt, ashy, peaty, dark roast brewed coffee
Light body with a rather high amount of roast and bitterness. Long dry smoky bitter finish
Overall this is a fairly aggressive dry stout, leans into the dry, roast, and smoke could maybe use a touch more body to balance a bit. I'd visit this one again.
Pours a deep dark cola brown with two fingers of foamy tan head that settles rather quickly leaving rings of lacing.
Nice roasty malt, smoky peat, dark malt, tobacco on the nose.
Taste is roast malt, ashy, peaty, dark roast brewed coffee
Light body with a rather high amount of roast and bitterness. Long dry smoky bitter finish
Overall this is a fairly aggressive dry stout, leans into the dry, roast, and smoke could maybe use a touch more body to balance a bit. I'd visit this one again.
Tried
from Can
from
The Craft Beer Center at East Branch Organics
on 18 Mar 2026
at 02:22
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Canned 9/30/25, drunk 3/17/26.
Well, it's 5.5 months old, but at least it's from the cooler....
Smells lovely yet. Big citrus notes, of course, with succulent, honey-like malts. Even after this long, no huge yeastiness or anything like that. Bit of lemon zest and pepper on the finish.
Still nice and assertively hoppy with a leading bitterness and big citrusy elements that are balanced by a white bread and honey-like malt. Drying continuously, leading to a snappy, dry finish with cracker and chalk (maybe some dry hop?). Nothing weird, no resin, no punch. Just a clean, round, balanced, classic NEIPA. Really love that it's still appropriately bitter even after five months.
Well, it's 5.5 months old, but at least it's from the cooler....
Smells lovely yet. Big citrus notes, of course, with succulent, honey-like malts. Even after this long, no huge yeastiness or anything like that. Bit of lemon zest and pepper on the finish.
Still nice and assertively hoppy with a leading bitterness and big citrusy elements that are balanced by a white bread and honey-like malt. Drying continuously, leading to a snappy, dry finish with cracker and chalk (maybe some dry hop?). Nothing weird, no resin, no punch. Just a clean, round, balanced, classic NEIPA. Really love that it's still appropriately bitter even after five months.
Tried
from Can
from
Fort Point Market
on 17 Mar 2026
at 19:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Poured from and undated can into a nonic pint glass
Pours semi transparent amber to chestnut with a slight haze, one and a half fingers of off white to tan head eventually settles leaving minimal lacing.
Aroma of toasty bread, caramel to honey, orange and spice hops are present as well.
The taste tends to follow with the hops playing a pronounced roll. Plum and raisin meld with the carmel and toasty malt lead into the spice orange from the hops.
Rather sharp and aggressive bitterness throughout the drinking experience finishing dry and clean. Medium body with long bitter finish.
Overall it's a nice ESB but I wish the bitterness was dialed back some. I assume the burtonized water is playing with the hops and it's throwing off the balance. It's still a nice experience I just wish the bitterness was dialed back a touch.
Pours semi transparent amber to chestnut with a slight haze, one and a half fingers of off white to tan head eventually settles leaving minimal lacing.
Aroma of toasty bread, caramel to honey, orange and spice hops are present as well.
The taste tends to follow with the hops playing a pronounced roll. Plum and raisin meld with the carmel and toasty malt lead into the spice orange from the hops.
Rather sharp and aggressive bitterness throughout the drinking experience finishing dry and clean. Medium body with long bitter finish.
Overall it's a nice ESB but I wish the bitterness was dialed back some. I assume the burtonized water is playing with the hops and it's throwing off the balance. It's still a nice experience I just wish the bitterness was dialed back a touch.
Tried
from Can
from
The Craft Beer Center at East Branch Organics
on 17 Mar 2026
at 00:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Aromas are melon, berries, citrus and malt. Flavors are similar to nose and just on the sweet side. Good bitter and carbonation to balance. Alcohol is well hidden. Pretty good beer for a triple. Usually they're too sweet. This is a good one.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 13 Mar 2026
at 03:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from a can dated 11/18/25 into a willi becher pint glass.
Pours a translucent light reddish amber with an off white foamy head that fades into a nice thin cap leaving some soapy lacing
The aroma is resinous hops, orange peel, grapefruit and pine
The taste follows lots of juicy resinous piney hops, citrus but more citrus peel lead into a clean dry bitter finish without being over bearing.
Leans towards a medium body with medium carbonation, finishes fairly dry leading you in for another drink.
Overall it's a nice example of a red IPA, nice combination of juicy and resinous hops with a clean fermentation, one I'd enjoy again.
Pours a translucent light reddish amber with an off white foamy head that fades into a nice thin cap leaving some soapy lacing
The aroma is resinous hops, orange peel, grapefruit and pine
The taste follows lots of juicy resinous piney hops, citrus but more citrus peel lead into a clean dry bitter finish without being over bearing.
Leans towards a medium body with medium carbonation, finishes fairly dry leading you in for another drink.
Overall it's a nice example of a red IPA, nice combination of juicy and resinous hops with a clean fermentation, one I'd enjoy again.
Tried
from Can
from
The Craft Beer Center at East Branch Organics
on 11 Mar 2026
at 00:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Illegibly-dated can, drunk 3/9/26.
Lovely, tastefully-done vanilla balances the chocolatey-char of the stout. Clean and lightly sweet, seemingly. Bit of earthiness and such from the dark character with light raisin and moderate fruitiness on the end.
Soft and chocolatey initially, turning fairly bitter on the finish, more vanilla bitterness than roasted barley bitterness, which is a bit sharper and less pleasant. Soft and chewy texture, otherwise, with good malt and oat and good attenuation. If we could get rid of the heavy bitterness from the vanilla and get a bit more sweetness out of them that would be much better.
Lovely, tastefully-done vanilla balances the chocolatey-char of the stout. Clean and lightly sweet, seemingly. Bit of earthiness and such from the dark character with light raisin and moderate fruitiness on the end.
Soft and chocolatey initially, turning fairly bitter on the finish, more vanilla bitterness than roasted barley bitterness, which is a bit sharper and less pleasant. Soft and chewy texture, otherwise, with good malt and oat and good attenuation. If we could get rid of the heavy bitterness from the vanilla and get a bit more sweetness out of them that would be much better.
Tried
from Can
from
Half Time
on 09 Mar 2026
at 21:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very nicely balanced. Pleasant citrus-tropical fruit balance, restrained rindy bitterness, supportive pale malts. Lightly juicy. No oaty nonsense. Highly drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2026
at 22:07
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to weizen glass.
Appearance: cloudy yellow/orange color with a three finger rocky foamy white head which took it's time to dissipate and once it did, some light messy lace stuck to the glass.
Aroma: great arrangement of sweet wheat, clove, bubblegum, banana with a little bit of underlying vanilla & tart citrusy character.
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to tart quality; finishes with the banana and sweet wheat with the bubblegum
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable; smooth along the tongue then the expected and wanted tart wheaty kick
Overall: I say a very nicely done German hefeweizen I would very much love to have again.
Can to weizen glass.
Appearance: cloudy yellow/orange color with a three finger rocky foamy white head which took it's time to dissipate and once it did, some light messy lace stuck to the glass.
Aroma: great arrangement of sweet wheat, clove, bubblegum, banana with a little bit of underlying vanilla & tart citrusy character.
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to tart quality; finishes with the banana and sweet wheat with the bubblegum
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable; smooth along the tongue then the expected and wanted tart wheaty kick
Overall: I say a very nicely done German hefeweizen I would very much love to have again.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2026
at 17:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: golden copper color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated to leave a lot of messy lace all over the place
Aroma: funky to tart to Brett/sour-toned, herbal, earthy and floral character; light tea notes; then a brisk malty accent
Flavor: wraps up the prior noted aromas to a fine funky to tea-like herbal character; finishes herbal/earthy to floral and funky-like tea character
Texture: medium bodied - maybe a touch under; somewhat sessionable; some smoothness but becoming somewhat slippery
Overall: I think I get this beer enough that the tea they added was to "make" the beer what they wanted it to be. To me, yes, one of my eyebrows might be raised a bit but hey, I'm just going to chalk it up to say "Hey, that's just Grimm, man!"
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: golden copper color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated to leave a lot of messy lace all over the place
Aroma: funky to tart to Brett/sour-toned, herbal, earthy and floral character; light tea notes; then a brisk malty accent
Flavor: wraps up the prior noted aromas to a fine funky to tea-like herbal character; finishes herbal/earthy to floral and funky-like tea character
Texture: medium bodied - maybe a touch under; somewhat sessionable; some smoothness but becoming somewhat slippery
Overall: I think I get this beer enough that the tea they added was to "make" the beer what they wanted it to be. To me, yes, one of my eyebrows might be raised a bit but hey, I'm just going to chalk it up to say "Hey, that's just Grimm, man!"
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2026
at 17:33