Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
A golden blonde ale with a thick off white head. A light hoppy aroma with light vegetable notes, a bit of fruity esters. In mouth, a light crisp APA with herbal hops, light lingering bitterness, not bad but nothing special. Bottle at Lucky’s Logan Airport, Dec. 28 2009.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
12oz bottle pours a fizzy, transparent gold with a thin, clumping white head. Aroma is sweet, grassy, biscuits, pale malts, a little citrus zing. Flavor is a bit bland, a little flabby, some light sweetness, a little grassy, white bread. Finish is watery.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12oz bottle pours a translucent, deep caramel brown with a frothy, creamy slightly tan head. The beer settles like a glass of Guinness. Very nice looking. Aroma is fairly mild, some distinct caramel sweetness, a little dusty, very earthy, a touch peaty. Flavor is big on the sweetness up front, caramel, toasted malts, sweet malts, a touch of orange. Finish is a little watery with both some lasting sweetness and some lasting bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12oz bottle pours a translucent copper amber with a thin, creamy white head. Aroma is a little understated, some light maltiness, crackers, lemons and some orange zest. The hops come through better in the flavor, a little piney, some lemons, with a strong malt back bone, caramel, sweet dough, some toasted grains, nice sweet malts. Finish is medium bodied and smooth. Kick a little more into the nose and you’d have something very very nice. Even as is, I think this is underrated.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
not sure if i would have albeled this an oktoberfest/marzen, but a nice easy beer that proved to be good for a session. abv is not high enough to be a factor, and the taste was good enough to last through six bottles and not get sick of it. good malt/ hop balance, no real distinguishing flavors or tastes, some yeasty malt notes, not sweet like a true marzen, but out of 6 other beers i kept going back to this one.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Dark Ale from Ipswich Ale Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours mahogany with deep ruby red edges and thin tan head. The aroma has malt roastiness, caramel malts, earthiness and a touch of burnt malts. The taste is pretty full with some carbonation enhanced roast and malts moving into burnt malt notes and some earthiness. The burnt notes sort of lead the flavor charge with additional hints of chocolate murmuring up from time to time. After a few minutes the aroma seems to have faded away too just about nothing.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Oatmeal Stout from Ipswich Ale Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A deep dark stout with a thick moka head. In aroma, a nice sweet milk chocolate bar, with light British hops. In mouth, a hoppy stout with bitter chocolate, intense English hops, herbal. Rich and smooth bodied. Tasted Nov. 21 2009, with MartinT. Merci Martin!
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Oatmeal Stout from Ipswich Ale Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
13th August 2008. Opaque black beer, no head., only a little carbonation. Silky smoothness, presumably from the oatmeal. Medium toasted malt and with a bitterish coffee finish. The silky palate keeps the score up on this one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours a chill-hazed gold into a weizen. White head quickly recedes to hug rim. Gym clothes and clove aromas. Crisp, dry and thin with mild banana from front to back. MIld lemon in the finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours mahogany-tinged black into a shaker. Off-white head recedes to hug rim. Pumpkin bread and nutmeg aromas. Crisp and dry with sweet pumpkin upfront with a lasting spiced finish.