6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Golden, bright, long stemware at the lic location.
Yeasty nose. Very subtle fruit, chewing gum, something like mango.
Fizzy, yeasty, bready, lemon, slight apricot acidy, white grapefruit pith finish. Very slight sweetness.
Thin & leaning sharp, mellow carb.
Decent, just leaning a touch the wrong way into yeasty territory.
Yeasty nose. Very subtle fruit, chewing gum, something like mango.
Fizzy, yeasty, bready, lemon, slight apricot acidy, white grapefruit pith finish. Very slight sweetness.
Thin & leaning sharp, mellow carb.
Decent, just leaning a touch the wrong way into yeasty territory.
Tried
from Draft
at
Finback LIC
on 06 Apr 2026
at 16:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours hazy yellow with a white head. Taste is white wine, pineapple, funk and horseblanket.
Tried
from Draft
from
Craft + Carry - Hell's Kitchen
on 02 Apr 2026
at 22:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours very murky yellow with a white head. Citrus, lemon, melon notes, very juicy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Apr 2026
at 03:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Malmö March tasting at Palace Hall 21/03/2026 - roasted dark malty aroma and taste, some chocolatey malts, coffee roast, getting some coconut and nicely balanced spiced notes into the dark malty finish. Good stuff.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2026
at 18:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from a can dated 02/09/2026 in a becher pint.
Pours a mostly transparent light straw yellow a slight haze with a finger of white head. The head settles to a light covering leaving behind a little lacing that slides back down the glass.
Aroma is bright tart lemon, tropical kiwi, pineapple sweet mandarin orange.
Flavor is more of a pithy citrus, orange, orange peel, tart white grape.
The mouth feel is medium light body with bright carbonation. Dry with plenty of bitterness for the style which balances the perceived sweetness nicely.
Overall this is a nice example of a west coast IPA.brewed on the opposite coast. It's a bright ray of sunshine in what has been a long cold winter. It's been quite a while since I've had a finback beer and I am happy to return to them.
Pours a mostly transparent light straw yellow a slight haze with a finger of white head. The head settles to a light covering leaving behind a little lacing that slides back down the glass.
Aroma is bright tart lemon, tropical kiwi, pineapple sweet mandarin orange.
Flavor is more of a pithy citrus, orange, orange peel, tart white grape.
The mouth feel is medium light body with bright carbonation. Dry with plenty of bitterness for the style which balances the perceived sweetness nicely.
Overall this is a nice example of a west coast IPA.brewed on the opposite coast. It's a bright ray of sunshine in what has been a long cold winter. It's been quite a while since I've had a finback beer and I am happy to return to them.
Tried
from Can
from
The Craft Beer Center at East Branch Organics
on 20 Mar 2026
at 01:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: thick orangey pale color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated inward to leave some light messy lace
Aroma: huge grapefruity to mango to pineapple-y & mixed citrusy hoppiness; lighy biscuity malts with a touch of sweet oats
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine juicy sweet to bittersweet quality; finishes juicy through tropical juicy hops
Texture: medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; extremely smooth along the tongue - the use of the oats was practically perfectly done here
Overall: what a wonderful NEIPA this was. Of course, I would return to this.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: thick orangey pale color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated inward to leave some light messy lace
Aroma: huge grapefruity to mango to pineapple-y & mixed citrusy hoppiness; lighy biscuity malts with a touch of sweet oats
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine juicy sweet to bittersweet quality; finishes juicy through tropical juicy hops
Texture: medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; extremely smooth along the tongue - the use of the oats was practically perfectly done here
Overall: what a wonderful NEIPA this was. Of course, I would return to this.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2026
at 22:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in color with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: roasted coffee tones, vanilla, dark chocolate and some milk chocolate
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a sweet to roasty blend; finishes mostly through the coffee and vanilla
Texture: medium bodied, slightly sessionable; great smoothness that gets a little bit creamy
Overall: a very nicely done porter I would welcome again quite possibly as a dessert beer.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in color with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: roasted coffee tones, vanilla, dark chocolate and some milk chocolate
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a sweet to roasty blend; finishes mostly through the coffee and vanilla
Texture: medium bodied, slightly sessionable; great smoothness that gets a little bit creamy
Overall: a very nicely done porter I would welcome again quite possibly as a dessert beer.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2026
at 22:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: pale orange haziness with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: pineapple, lemony, piney and some mango-like hops; clean malts underneath
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fair bittersweet to sweet quality; finishes juicy through the pineapple & mango-like hops
Texture: medium bodied, good as a sipper; some smoothness with a little bit of punchiness from the hops but tolerable and not overbearing
Overall: a very nicely done NEDIPA worthy of returning to.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: pale orange haziness with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: pineapple, lemony, piney and some mango-like hops; clean malts underneath
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fair bittersweet to sweet quality; finishes juicy through the pineapple & mango-like hops
Texture: medium bodied, good as a sipper; some smoothness with a little bit of punchiness from the hops but tolerable and not overbearing
Overall: a very nicely done NEDIPA worthy of returning to.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2026
at 21:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Thanks Spence!
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: orange juice looking haziness with a three finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy to pineapple-y to grapefruity to mango-like hoppiness with a super light clean malt backbone
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to sweet juicy to bittersweet juicy quality; finishes juicy through the citrusy and pineapple notes
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable; very smooth along the tongue
Overall: a very nicely done NEIPA worth coming back to.
Thanks Spence!
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: orange juice looking haziness with a three finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy to pineapple-y to grapefruity to mango-like hoppiness with a super light clean malt backbone
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to sweet juicy to bittersweet juicy quality; finishes juicy through the citrusy and pineapple notes
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable; very smooth along the tongue
Overall: a very nicely done NEIPA worth coming back to.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2026
at 21:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: golden yellow color with some transparency; white foamy head which settled too quickly to notice how big it was, no lace
Aroma: peppercorn, ginger and clove with a light bubblegum then some honey, chamomile/herbal tone
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fair sweet to spicy and herbal quality; finishes leaning into the peppercorn, ginger and a light note of chamomile
Texture: light to medium bodied, some kind of sessionability to this beer; light smoothness as the spices seem to provide a little bit of assertive vibe to the tongue - mostly non-offensive
Overall: interesting take on a witbier, I'd say very Americanized - I think I could come back to this.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: golden yellow color with some transparency; white foamy head which settled too quickly to notice how big it was, no lace
Aroma: peppercorn, ginger and clove with a light bubblegum then some honey, chamomile/herbal tone
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fair sweet to spicy and herbal quality; finishes leaning into the peppercorn, ginger and a light note of chamomile
Texture: light to medium bodied, some kind of sessionability to this beer; light smoothness as the spices seem to provide a little bit of assertive vibe to the tongue - mostly non-offensive
Overall: interesting take on a witbier, I'd say very Americanized - I think I could come back to this.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Mar 2026
at 14:04