Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Original Ale from Ipswich Ale Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
This beer came in my beer club - I am not familiar with the brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a medium amber color with a large yellow-white head. The aroma was sour, tangy and a bit rotten with a trace of sulfur. The flavor was sour, bitter and lightly nutty. There is a hint of rotten vegetables.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Oatmeal Stout from Ipswich Ale Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
A wonderful dark brown head that is thick as all hell and like that one beer that advertised that you can stick a pencil in it, I am sure that a pencil would stand in this beer. Dark as all night of course and it smells like a wonderful candy shop in the early morning when everything is being taken out of the oven. The beer is thick as anything of course. Alcohol taste is contained under the panoply of flavor. Hits you in the face with the coffee and the chocolate. Not quite sweet, but certainly not bitter. Rich and big if anything. Thoroughly drinkable.
radagast83 (13490) reviewed Stone Cat Blonde from Ipswich Ale Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at Arlington Cinema ’N’ Drafthouse. Waitress wasn’t sure if they had this or Backdraft, and as what I drank was not a brown ale, it has to be this. Typical, but honestly good beer. Nice flavor, but not quite what I’d expect from a wheat, more amber/golden like.
notalush (7339) reviewed Oatmeal Stout from Ipswich Ale Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Yet another beer I’ve had a bunch of times and neglected to rate until now - this has quickly become one of my favorite oatmeal stouts - nearly black pour with an impressive, frothy tan head - very burnt, roasty, nearly woody aroma, with background notes of bakers chocolate, tobacco and coffee - fairly bitter and roasty, with dry cocoa flavors - a bit of milk/cream sweetness and some oats balance the bitterness, and give it a silky mouthfeel - finishes with espresso and tobacco notes, and subtle blueberry - rich and complex.
maniac (11822) reviewed Stone Cat Blonde from Ipswich Ale Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at the River City Beer and Seafood Festival. Clear golden body with a medium frothy white head. Sweet caramel and light honey aroma. Sweet caramel flavor with a grassy bitter ending.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed India Pale Ale from Ipswich Ale Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From a Growler: it poured a big tan froffy head and had an amber brown colour that looked almost unfiltered. The smell was a splendid fruity IPA smell. When i drank it, it tingled in my mouth, but went down smoothly never the less. Bitter and hoppy, but the right amount of each.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Original Ale from Ipswich Ale Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Fluffy, thickish head with an amber-brown colour to it. Some carbonation hangs around initially. Smell is pretty standard and not too noticeable. Taste is a combination of the malts and the hops and the hops are certainly not hidden. A modicum of rosatinss also hangs about.
notalush (7339) reviewed Nut Brown Ale from Ipswich Ale Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from beastiefan2k (thanks, Eugene!) - copper/brown pour, with small lace - quite a hoppy aroma, with some biscuity british maltiness going on, light nuttiness, some caramel, earthy character - fairly grassy, dry, herbal, with quite a high hop profile for the style - slight caramel sweetness and bready malt flavors - mineral/chalkiness on the back end - tastes more like and ESB than a brown ale - fairly tasty, but lacking ay memorable or distinguishing character.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at Brazen Head - despite my bad experience with the BA dark, I tried this anyway, and I’m glad I did because this stuff was pretty nice - thick, opaque pour - nice combination of roasted malts, wood, and bourbon in the aroma - the sweetness of the original brew is subdued, but the roasted qualities remain, combining well with flavors the barrel add to the beer - vanilla and bourbon were present, but not overpowering - I could have drank nothing but this beer at the cask fest and been happy - quite nice.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask at Brazen Head - this was the first beer of the afternoon for me, and it did NOT get me off on the right foot - semi-cloudy, rust-colored beer - faint aroma of damp wood, cheap whiskey and stale malts - very thin body, with nutty, slightly sweet caramel flavors from the brown ale that I could barely taste - the barrel beat all the life out of this beer - the flavor was dominated by wood, with tiny hints of booze - it pretty much tasted like I was, literally, sucking on the inside of a bourbon barrel - somewhat sour character in the finish that didn’t taste intentional, but actualy made the beer a little better - not good - not good at all.