Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From Aug 2008
This pours a hazy pale gold with a 2 finger head of foam.
The smell has a strong corny smell along with some fruit and some spice.
The taste is bready with some fruit flavours of maybe mango and some orange. I also get a yeasty flavourness that I didn't expect from a Cream Ale. It's quite nice.
Great head retention on this medium bodied Ale and it finishes with a fruity tartness and hop bitterness that is both pleasing and long lasting.
This one really tastes different and I'd have to say, in a positive way. And man, at 4.5%abv, it yells out drinkability. Good stuff.
My apologies to the trader that sent this to me as I accidentally moved this bottle to the fridge without putting the info in to my memory bank.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours a slightly hazy light amber from a can. Tart light fruit aroma, nice tart fruity but nondescript flavor. Good beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From Aug 2007
I got this bottle in a trade with Wasatch. Thanks, John!
Pours from 12oz bottle a cloudy light gold with a nice big head of foam that fades after a while but every time I take a sip and put my glass down, there's *another* close to 1" layer staring at me from the glass and...there's lots of sticky lacing.
The smell is very hoppy with notes of pine and citrus.
The taste, well, it's hoppy as hell with big pine and grapefruit profiles but there must be just enough malt in there because I don't find it overly bitter except right near and through the finish. Man, that grapefruit is ruling it now and it makes me want to take sip after sip and at only 5%abv, I'm definitely going to indulge myself. Btw, if I want to bring out the bitterness more, I just swish it in my mouth and then, my mouth puckers a bit. lol. This is a damn good IPA and a fun one to drink. How do I know it's fun? After every sip, I find myself smiling. ;^)
Bottom line: This is my first Haverhill brew and boy am I impressed!
Kleg (3852) ticked Maize-A-Faire from The Tap Brewing Company (MA) 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours blood orange into a shaker. White head with little retention recedes to skim surface. Sourdough and hot caramel aromas. Soft with sour vegetables and rotting fruit skin front to back. Dry dusty particulate finish.
CLW (16859) reviewed SMaSH Pilsner from The Tap Brewing Company (MA) 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
5 oz glass at the brewery. Unfiltered/ hazy appearance. Aroma of malt and biscuits. Mild German hop note. The flavor shows of malt, biscuits, and cereal. Low bitterness. Ends clean. Very traditional. Good for the style.
CLW (16859) reviewed ClauseniIPA from The Tap Brewing Company (MA) 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
5 oz. at the source. Cloudy, pale and orange colored in appearance with a small white head. Aroma of citrus peel, sour grains, maybe grapefruit. Similar flavor, tropical and zesty with mild lactic hint toward the finish.
The fruit in combination with the tartness would maybe this appealing for any Sourhead. Medium to light body with a slight lighter feel. Pretty refreshing on a mild summer day.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
5 oz. sample at the brewery. Aroma reminds me of NZL hop profile, peach skin, pineapple, and mango. The aroma smells fantastic.
The flavor starts off great, that tropical fruit combo follow by a pale grain backbone. Juicy texture with a low bitterness level. The flavor doesn’t carry all the way through, falls just a bit flat in the end Easily my favorite of everything on draft during this visit. Still easily drinkable.
CLW (16859) reviewed Skydog from The Tap Brewing Company (MA) 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
5 oz. sample at the source. Color is a deep brown, thin head. Aromas of malt and some toffee. Taste the same with a little bitterness. Texture is thin but makes for a decent summer drinker out on the deck. Typical lager style. The flavor is fine.
CLW (16859) reviewed California Poms from The Tap Brewing Company (MA) 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
5 oz sample at the brewery. It pours a light amber in color with a thin white head. Aroma is mild Pomegranate and slight wheat. Flavor has some of the pomegranate flavor with some of the wheat backbone. Texture is thin and borderline watery, pretty ordinary. Nothing really wrong here, just simple.