Silphium
Traverse City, MI, United States 🇺🇸 MemberOptions
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Silphium has a new beer style achievement
Level 3 for Pale Ale - New England / Hazy ticks with a total of 15 ticks of this sub style.
Tomato Pie from Other Half Brewing was the one that did it!
3 months ago
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cloudy medium orange body, medium clumping cream head. Classic juicy nose with papaya, citrus, stone fruits, and some dank/herbal elements. Crisp , juicy body with a nice rindy bite and notes of papaya, stone fruits, and strawberry. Drier and less full than their IPA versions but maintains the complexity and nice mouthfeel. Very good.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2026
at 20:24
Silphium has a new beer style achievement
Level 3 for IPA - Flavoured ticks with a total of 15 ticks of this sub style.
Zipper Ripper: Honey Combover from Hoof Hearted Brewing was the one that did it!
4 months ago
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Hazy (not cloudy) pale orange body, thin off-white head. Aroma and nose sweet and juicy, mostly pineapple and honey, with citrus undertones. The alcohol is well-hidden if the reported ABV is accurate. Kind of simple, mostly a sugar bomb.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2026
at 22:12
Silphium has a new beer style achievement
Level 2 for IPA - Red ticks with a total of 10 ticks of this sub style.
Red Sweater IPA from Founders Brewing Co. was the one that did it!
6 months ago
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Deep copper body, medium to thin cream head. Crisp resinous nose with light toasted malts. Firm and sharp body with citrus peel and pine and just enough nutty, sweetish malt to provide flavor but not weigh the body down. Really nice job by Founders on this new seasonal offering.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Dec 2025
at 22:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cloudy medium mango-orange body, medium dense cream head. Aroma sweet and spicy citrus peel, tropical fruit juice, and some catty-dank herbal elements. Full-bodied with a nice initial citrus bite backed by tart papaya, citrus flesh, and stone fruits. Earthy vegetal finish. Still green and bright, with a canned date of 11/5/2025 and consumed 11/28/2025.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2025
at 21:08
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy quince-orange body, thick puffy cream head. Aroma sweet with stone fruits and hints of citrus. Body is creamy with an herbal, citrusy bite, featuring stone fruits, candy cigarettes, and grapeskin/tannins. Finishes somewhat chalky but smooths out after several sips. This is a nice and well-balanced hazy IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2025
at 23:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy medium orange body, medium cream head. Initial aroma fairly light, crisp with citrus and pine, with more perfumy notes as it warms. Body perfumy with grapeskin, berries, lemon-lime, pine, and candy cigarettes, creamy and dry with a moderate bitter bite. Not quite the gin-and-tonic of some of their IPAs, but it leans in that direction, with a drier and different twist.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Oct 2025
at 21:25
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Like an aging band with a new banger record, Bell's nailed this delicious beer. Everything is top-notch, but the aroma is the real standout here, dense and rich with layers and layers of cocoa, coffee, roast, prune, raisin, soy, bourbon, oak, and alcohol. The flavor is nearly as impressive, with tobacco joining the fray. Rich and heavy body, well-carbonated despite the significant barrel time. This drinks like no expense or care was spared, and is a beautiful throwback to the headiest days of craft beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2025
at 22:20