Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: thick orange haziness with a quarter finger of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: peach, grapefruit, dark berries, melon and piney hops, light clean malts
Flavor: tries to take the prior noted aromas to blend but seems to fall slightly short as being fully cohesive in any sense of bittersweet to sweet sort of qualities - it just seems all over the place then becomes somewhat hard to discern the finish other than it's somewhat dry and kinda peachy-ish sweet
Texture: medium bodied - maybe a touch under; leans to being a sipper; some smoothness, nice low carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: great appearance, aromas and textures but get that flavor cohesive and then I'll give this a shot again.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Red Rover from Four Quarters Brewing 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark red in color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which tapered off at a nice pace to leave some sliding lace
Aroma: floral to earthy hops, malty bready tones, sly sweet funk with a light hay/straw note, light spicy/woody character; some meadow/field notes and a little bit of wet basement
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a mild funky to earthy and basement-y musty sweet quality; finishes malty, semi-funky with substantial hay/straw sweetness
Texture: medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; good smoothness with some light nicking of the woody spice on the tongue but nothing offensive, good carb level
Overall: I say a nicely done Biere de Mars from Four Quarters!
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Mazzy Star from Four Quarters Brewing 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to English pint glass
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a three finger khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light messy lace
Aroma: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, coffee roastiness, sweet coffee, light notes of sweet wafery malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to roasty quality with a light bittering tone underneath; finishes sweet coffee-ish with some milk chocolate
Texture: medium bodied, semi-sessionable, nice smoothness with a touch of creaminess in there and then nothing distracting
Overall: a very nicely done milk/sweet stout that seems way better balanced than many ones of the same style.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: study amber color with a slight transparency about it and a finger and a quarter of eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet clean caramel/toffee malts with toasted nuts and an eloquent level of maple syrup, mellow earthiness underneath
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet malty to toasted nutty quality; finishes leading with the maple syrup and a little bit of toasted nuts
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; great smoothness along the tongue but just enough dryness (which isn't much) to level out the some of the maple syrup which could have been very sticky as most maple syrup beers tend to be
Overall: what an absolute gem of an amber ale with the exact amount needed to not let this beer be cloying but give enough in the aroma to be a mighty fine beer for this time of year.
gave a cheers!
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Stargazer from Four Quarters Brewing 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: glossy burnt yellow color with a little bit of orange to it and a three finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: peachy to pineapple-y with a little bit of mango and mixed citrusy hop tones; subtle woody notes light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet quality; finishes leaning into the peachy/pineapple tone
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; great smoothness - nothing distracting - just a great even flow of beer over the tongue; nice carb level
Overall: so this is a modern take on an XPA by Four Quarters. Right on, I'd return to this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: milky pale yellow to bronze color with a two finger white foamy head which tapered off at a nice pace to leave some light lace
Aroma: some pineapple to mango and mixed citrusy hops; light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet sort of quality; finishes leaning into the pineapple to mango hop tones
Texture: light to medium bodied, semi-sessionable; nice smoothness along the tongue; good carb level
Overall: very worth DIPA of coming back to.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Nebula 472 from Four Quarters Brewing 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy burnt yellow haziness with a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: coconut to mixed citrusy to woody and piney hop notes; clean crackery malts underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to light bitter and semi-woody quality; finishes leaning into the coconut and piney hop depth
Texture: light to medium bodied - maybe a touch closer to medium; good sessionability; good smoothness and nothing distracting from the hops - just a great flow along the tongue; good carb level
Overall: very nicely done done DIPA worthy of coming back to.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Nebula 630 from Four Quarters Brewing 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark orange close cloudiness with a two finger white foamy head which slipped off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: slightly banana to stiff sort of sweet cherry with a little bit of peachy sweetness then some lemony tones; light malts way down in there
Flavor: mostly leads with the lemony to peachy and slight cherry hop notes; lingering finish of the lemon to peachy notes and the malts
Texture: light to medium bodied, semi-sessionable; some smoothness but also a gentle hop bitterness assertiveness - nothing over the top - just noticeable
Overall: these new HBC-630 hops seem cool and I hope they catch on. I'd return to this beer!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
On tap at Vermont Tap House, Williston, VT on 11/20/2019
Poured into a tulip.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in color with a finger and a quarter of khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: milk chocolate, light notes of sweet coffee, touch of roasted coffee then some doughy/baked tones with a pomme-like sweetness rolling in underneath
Flavor: copies the aromas pretty spot on in a variety of different sweet ways; finishes leaning into the chocolate and doughy/baked qualities
Texture: medium bodied, leaning into being a sipper; some smoothness - nothing distracting and nice carb level
Overall: I realize the doughy/baked tone was probably the donut and I'm not exactly why I got more of a pomme-like tone rather than actual apples, but it is what it is and this is one I would still return to.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Spectra from Four Quarters Brewing 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: bright hazy orange color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mango to pineapple, mixed citrusy with a little bit of fresh pine hoppy notes; light biscuity malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine juicy sweet to bittersweet juicy quality; finishes juicy smooth with the mangoes and pineapples
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper; plenty of smoothness with no hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: pretty nicely done NEDIPA well worthy of coming back to.