tfontana
Fremont, CA, United States 🇺🇸 Member SupporterOptions
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8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
Half pour on tap at the brewery. Opaque black, nice viscosity, persistent ring of head, no lacing. Aroma is strong bourbon, caramel, dark fruit. Taste mirrors aroma. Smooth, creamy texture, soft carbonation, finish as taste. Nice BBA quad!
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2025
at 22:40
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 oz. pour as part of a flight at the brewery. Virtually opaque dark brown w/light mahogany, nice viscosity. Aroma is strong mix of dark fruit, caramel, bourbon. Taste is strong caramel, dark fruit, bourbon, well balanced. Smooth texture, soft carbonation, finish as taste. Good strength, decent complexity, nice balance.
Tried
from Draft
at
Heavy Riff Brewing Company
on 29 Jun 2025
at 20:08
tfontana has a new beer style achievement
Level 3 for Cream Ale ticks with a total of 15 ticks of this master style.
Love Gun Vanilla Cream Ale from Heavy Riff Brewing Company was the one that did it!
10 months ago
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4 oz. pour as part of a flight at the brewery. Pale yellow w/ring of head, no sparkle, light lacing. Aroma is strong vanilla cream. Taste is strong vanilla cream, mild milk chocolate-orange. Smooth, frothy texture, average carbonation, fairly dry, crisp finish as taste. Now that’s a cream ale I can get behind. Good strength and balance and quite interesting.
Tried
from Draft
at
Heavy Riff Brewing Company
on 29 Jun 2025
at 19:43
tfontana has a new beer style achievement
Level 5 for Wheat Ale ticks with a total of 50 ticks of this master style.
Squeeze Box Lemon Wheat from Heavy Riff Brewing Company was the one that did it!
10 months ago
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
4 oz. pour as part of a flight at the brewery. Lightly hazy, pale, bright yellow, light sparkle, ring of head, no lacing. Aroma is subtle wheat. Taste is strongly tart fruit (red raspberry) over milder lemon peel, wheat. Smooth texture, soft carbonation, finish as taste. Tartness is strongly tart but everything else is pretty muted.
Tried
from Draft
at
Heavy Riff Brewing Company
on 29 Jun 2025
at 19:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4 oz. as part of a flight on tap. Opaque dark yellow, no head or lacing. Aroma is berry, pine, citrus.Taste is berry, citrus, vague pine. Smooth, frothy texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste w/dry bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2025
at 19:04
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Taster pour on tap shared by CLW. Opaque pale, milky yellow, ephemeral head, no lacing. Aroma is citrus, grapefruit and herb. Taste is strong pine, citrus over herb. Smooth, frothy texture, soft carbonation, finish as taste. Wish grapey Nelson were here.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2025
at 19:09