8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg pour from NH Brewfest. Appearance is dark black pour with small amount of amber/red at edges of glass, off-white ring of head with attractive lacing, no sparkle. Aroma is roasted malts with good amount of coffee, chocolate, and vanilla. Taste is moderately sweet (maybe a tad too much?) with more chocolate than coffee. Palate is medium with mainly soft/mellow carbonation overall but small amount of zing, finish is balance of bitter and sweet with slight nod to sweet. Overall, high marks all around.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2015
at 21:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4oz sample at the Brewery. Pours a hazy yellow with a faint pinkish tinge to it and a frothy off white head that persists forever. Classic wit aroma with a slightly yeasty earthiness offset with some light orange and spice. Add some tart cranberries and it really adds another layer to this beer. Slightly tart a little fruity and earthy in the flavor. Light to medium body with slick tart mouthfeel and a moderate level of carbonation. I’m not a huge fan of this style but somehow adding a bit of cranberry makes this somewhat drinkable, great job North’s.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2015
at 19:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. can purchased at Craft Beer Cellar, Portsmouth. Hazy orange in color with spotty head retention in the pint glass. Aroma is pretty nice, tropical fruit, light florals and mild pine.
The malt bill is nice and balance the sturdy amount of hops. The malts gives sweetness but doesn’t become to sweet. As any IPA, this is best had real fresh because other wise this nice hop profile will fade. The hops right now are bright and are exactly as the aroma. Juicy tropical fruit in the center with a nice lasting pine toward the finish. Nicely crafted and I really enjoy the balance of fruit and pine.
The malt bill is nice and balance the sturdy amount of hops. The malts gives sweetness but doesn’t become to sweet. As any IPA, this is best had real fresh because other wise this nice hop profile will fade. The hops right now are bright and are exactly as the aroma. Juicy tropical fruit in the center with a nice lasting pine toward the finish. Nicely crafted and I really enjoy the balance of fruit and pine.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2015
at 16:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 oz. can purchased at Craft Beer Cellar, Portsmouth. Thin lasting white head sits on top of a black liquid. Aroma has a decent amount of vanilla with nice notes of coffee and chocolate bar.
The texture of the porter is mildly dry with some roast. Lasting flavors of vanilla and some sugary chocolate. Body is average for the style with the overall feel being sweet. Nicely craft beer but I wish it had a little bitterness to help balance the sweetness.
The texture of the porter is mildly dry with some roast. Lasting flavors of vanilla and some sugary chocolate. Body is average for the style with the overall feel being sweet. Nicely craft beer but I wish it had a little bitterness to help balance the sweetness.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2015
at 16:25
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from the Brewery. Clean very dark brown with faint garnet at the edges and a decent sized tightly bubbled beige head that shows moderate retention. Rich chocolate kissed with vanilla on the nose, along with lightly creamed coffee and hints of earth. The flavor is sweet sugary milk chocolate and coffee milk with a touch of caramel creme candies. Earthy hop flavor and a touch of ethanol helps to balance the malty sweetness. Medium body with light to moderate level of carbonation. Malty coffee and chocolate with hints of vanilla, thats a pretty good beer.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2015
at 20:03
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can from the brewery, and on tap. Brilliantly clear deep golden color with a huge bubbly bone white head that persists forever before leaving some nice stickies on the sides of the glass. Big citrus and pine resin on the nose with a bready lightly toasted maltiness to back it up. Light earth and a touch of stone fruit round the nose out nicely. The flavor holds a solid toastiness and light bready caramel malt. Big grapefruity citrus with plenty of earthy pine hopiness. Moderate hop bitterness especially as it lingers long into the finish. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a bitter resinous mouthfeel. That’s a pretty damn good IPA right there!
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2015
at 18:29
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from the Brewery, shhh don’t tell them I took it I don’t think they know. :) Pours a deep copper color with a faint reddish glow and a rocky off white head that persists forever. Rich melanoid, toasty maltiness with a fair amount of earthy smoky almost meaty aromas wafting at me. The flavor is a bit heavier on the smoked character than the aroma suggested. Meaty earthy smoky flavors with some faint sweet bready toasty maltiness. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation. Pretty damn good smoked beer right here! I look forward to trying more from them when they open.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Aug 2015
at 20:00