CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Barley Wine from Ipswich Ale Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours deep mahogany into a snifter. White head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Dark caramel aromas. Hot and thick with toffee and dark raisin front to back. Lasting hot alcohol burn. Too hot.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed iBelge from Ipswich Ale Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours deep amber into a shaker. White head with good retention recedes to skim surface. Sweet yeast and resin aromas. Dry with sweet clove and yeast front to back. Lasting earthy finish.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Pilsner from Ipswich Ale Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours clear yellow into a shaker. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Sweet caramel aroma. Medium bodied with caramel and mild earthy hop finish.
CLW (16859) reviewed Revival from Ipswich Ale Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 oz. bottle. Slightly hazy yellow color, thin soapy head. Aroma is mild yeast that gives traces of clove, banana and mild floral hints.
Flavor is weak clove and Belgian yeast that gives of the same banana and flower notes. Lighter body with a mild yeast ester finish. Easy to drink although I would call this a saison be any sense of the imagination. It’s a standard Belgian blond. But the brewer calls it a saison…. I’m not going to fight the labeling. Drying texture with a light body. Ok, OK, it’s borderline a saison. But not in a traditional sense.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Ruby Red IPA from Ipswich Ale Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours deep mahogany into a tulip. Pancake head with good retention recedes leaving spider lacing. Dark caramel and pine aromas. Medium bodied with dark caramel, pine and resin front to back. Lasting bitter earth finish.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Route 101 from Ipswich Ale Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2015. Pours a yellow golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy finish.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Route 101 from Ipswich Ale Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Ipswich Route 101 ].Clear medium yellow color with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, fruity, peach, pineapple, apricot. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, hoppy, fruity, peach. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150811]
Quick3Beers (3145) reviewed Oatmeal Stout from Ipswich Ale Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Pours a dark brown. Heavy chocolate malts, a little smoky. Typical thin oatmeal stout. Okay beer.
CLW (16859) reviewed S.I.P.A. from Ipswich Ale Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 oz. bottle at Julio’s Liquor Brewfest. Hazy yellow color with thin head in a 3 oz sample glass. Aroma is a myriad of fruits, grapefruit zest, orange, maybe peach and light resin.
The fruit is the first thing that hits my tongue and after would a modest grain bill. The finish has some pine. The thing I always get from a session IPA is a light watered down mouthfeel. This does NOT feel watery; I really appreciate that because it’s not easy to make a session feel like a higher gravity ale. The hop profile also gives a larger flavor then what it is. Wow, a session IPA done correctly. Nice job here.
CLW (16859) reviewed Blueberry Shandy from Ipswich Ale Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
12 oz. bottle purchased at CBC, Portsmouth location for a price of $1.75. Right at the pop of the cap I could smell blueberry. After the shandy was poured into a flute glass the lemons could be noticed.
Flavor is balanced between blueberries and lemonade with just a splash sweet bready malt. Slight lemon zest in the center that turns to the malts. Light body with a high carbonation level. For a shandy this is pretty refreshing.