Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Bottling date of 01/20/2016.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a burnt to ruddy orange color with a thin white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Semi-sticky white foamy lacing forms around the glass.
The smell, oh wow, just oh wow! Pure orange pulp pummeling down bitter grapefruit rind. Subtle sweet and bitter pine slides in for the balance.
The taste emphatically pulls together the sweet and the bitter so tight yet so graceful to lay the bittersweetness down on my taste buds. Really awesome juicy orange aftertaste leads into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sipping to almost sessionable quality to it. Carbonation finishes at a nice pace allowing the bitterness to cough up the appropriate harshness for the style.
Overall, Frost just seems to be getting better every day. Their research is proving to the Vermont beer market that they’re here for good. They knocked this one out of the park! Hell yeah!
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Winter Ale from Frost Beer Works 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Batch #059; 01/06/2016.
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a glossy burnt brown color with a quickly dissipating slim finger’s worth of white head. Lacing was sporadic and messy all over the place.
The smell was extremely nice as the smokiness invades subtle sweet chocolate and nutty malts. Strong notes of dark fruits gracefully slide in underneath.
The taste was moderately sweet with a nice bitter and dry/smokey to subtle roastiness laying down on my tongue. Semi-sweet to subtle roasty and smokey aftertaste runs into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a subtle gracing of rich sweetness clinging to my tongue. Carbonation runs fairly light. Nuttiness replaces the bitterness hitting my tongue nicely.
Overall, for an old ale, Frost knocked this one out of the park! Oh hell yeah, could be one of my favorite beers by them. Looking forward to getting another bottle, somehow, thanks Andy.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Lush Double IPA from Frost Beer Works 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Batch #053, dated 12/10/2015.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a glossy to hazy burnt orange color with a thin film of a white head. Thin foamy lace clings to the side of the glass nicely.
The smell starts off with sweet to bitter orange pulp and rind burning into juicy sweet almost grapefruit sweetness.
The taste was moderately sweet with an ample amount of bitter grapefruit to orange pulp to rind riding on into the aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a nice juicy sweet sessionability about it. Carbonation rides fairly low on this one.
Overall, drinking this makes me never want to drive out to Hill Farmstead ever again as this is an exceptionally well done DIPA. Holy damn and a half!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Batch #057 \"12/17/2015\"
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a black color with a one finger off white to tan foamy to filmy head. Light lacing glossed around the glass nicely.
The smell started off with a roasted chocolate maltiness in front of some roasted nutty to slight graininess. Light breadiness surrounds the rest of the aroma nicely.
The taste was moderately bitter and roasty with an ample amount of the sweetness of the chocolate sliding in for the balance nicely. There’s a dry roasty aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionable feel about it. Carbonation feels good, nothing overbearing still, nice bitter to roasty feels biting at my tongue.
Overall, for an Imperial Stout, this is good and I’d have it again.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Stout from Frost Beer Works 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Batch #048. 11/12/2015.
Treated as an American Stout, this was poured into a nonic pint glass.
The appearance was a black color with a tan foamy level slim quarter finger-ed head. As the head dissipated, a delicate film of lace stuck to the glass.
The smell took rich sweet milk chocolate, dark chocolate, some roasted coffee beans and nuts and blended with a layer of sweet grain.
The taste was a stellar blend between the roast, the sweet and the bitter between the chocolate, coffee, flaked oats and nuts. Dryly, the aftertaste wraps up the flavors and gives way to a sly little finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a sweet sessionable dry and creamy feel sticking yet also sliding on my tongue in a smooth sort of way.
Overall, as an American Stout, this one works. I’m not used to Frost making a non-hoppy beer as I’m glad I got to add it on here and be its first reviewer. Looking forward to grabbing this one again this winter.
nimbleprop (16838) reviewed Another IPA from Frost Beer Works 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
22oz bottle from Hunger Mountain Coop, pours a dark orange with some creamy, white head. Nose is muddled, dried orange peel, malt, soap, light pine, everything you expect from an IPA. Nothing new though. Flavor has malt, light candy, quite piney, a little pink peppercorn, orange. Medium bodied. Sadly, just like the label promises... just another IPA.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Some IIPA from Frost Beer Works 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
22 oz. bottle, sent from yourilevesque (thanks a lot, Youri!), pours an opaque deep dark orangey brown with a large frothy white head. Aroma brings out a good balance of rich resinous hops and caramel malt. Flavour is along the same lines, with rich resinous hops, some citrus rind and a big caramel malt backbone. A little maltier than I usually like, but this is done really well. Very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On the bottle reads \"batch #034, 10/01/2015.\"
This was poured into a nonic pint glass.
The appearance was subtle hazy burnt orange close to a ruddy brown color with a light transparency about it. A nice level eggshell white foamy slim coat of a head maintains its worth for a good minute before gently dissipating. Foamy lacing graces the glass nicely.
The smell starts off with a sharp sweet to toasty crisp rye spice leading into some sweet breadiness and allowing some citrus and grassy hops to slyly move in underneath. Some light black pepper slides in underneath.
The taste was a nice blend of sweet to spicy goodness leading into a dry semi-sweet sticky aftertaste and finishes crisp and dry.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonation runs fairly light and smooth to allow the rye bitterness along with the citrus combine sharpen and hit my tongue pretty nicely.
Overall, this was a pretty good AIPA. Good job Frost for pulling off a nice example of a seasonal rye IPA. Though it’s fairly dry, I’d still have it again.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Fall Ale from Frost Beer Works 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
This was poured into an English pint glass.
Batch #038, 10/01/2015.
The appearance was a semi-dark amber to red color with a light transparency about it and a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than about forty seconds. Lacing was fairly clingy and somewhat thick.
The smell started off with a sweet breadiness running into a slight caramel maltiness and allowing some roasty nuts to blend nicely.
The taste was moderately sweet with a light earthy to semi-herbal quality rolling about. Breadiness is dry and semi-sweet in the aftertaste and leading into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in body with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation runs light allowing the earthy/herbal quality to take effect and smooth and dry things out a bit on my tongue.
Overall, its a good Amber that I could have again. I’d say it could probably go well with or in beef stew.
Scopey (25220) reviewed Just Pale Ale from Frost Beer Works 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle consumed in NH. It pours clear orange - amber with a small white head. The nose is soft, fresh, savoury, lemon, kaffir lime and fresh mint. The taste is crisp, bitter, minerals, lemon verbena, pithy lime, cracker and straw with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Simple, but enjoyable enough.