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  • Southern Tier Lake Shore Fog
    rated 3.5 3 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Big frickin pineapple nose, with some autumn leaves in a bonfire. Body is hazy sunshine with a minimal white head with mineral retention and no lace. Mouth is a bit watery with decent carbonation. Tastes of pineapple lemon rind salt pepper and pear. Slightly unpleasant sour finish.

  • Blizzard of Hops
    rated 3.9 3 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Mild nose, pine, papaya, grains of paradise. Clear gold body with nice continuing carbonation, frothy white head , moderate lace. Medium mouth, good tingle, fully coating..Pine and fruit combine in the mouth and are hard to pick out separately which is a nice change. A bit of warming alcohol at the end. Leaves the palette coated. but fairly neutral aftertaste. This is a one note beer but its a rndeally really nice note, very quaffable!

  • Samuel Adam's Alpine Lager
    rated 4.0 3 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

    Mild nose grass and light malts. Reminds me of Hamm's the beer refreshing if you're old enough to remember that. Medium to deep Gold Body almost clear topped with a nice white head that has a lasting skim coat and a bit of lace. Mouth is light but not watery maybe just a little creamy lots of carbonation going in there. Maybe slightly too much carbonation. A lot of pills flavor going on here but more sweetness. Sam's Boston Lager headed to Bavaria but kept a little of Sam's traditional flavor profile with it. There's some lemon some pepper some biscuit and a fair amount of grass. It's pretty tasty and pretty easy drinking. More Please!

  • Juice Bomb IPA
    rated 3.4 3 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    Typical Strong neipa Nose pineapple Tangerine lemon. Forza light copper colored body with a decent white head some retention in a bit of lace. Mouth is slightly creamy fully coating pretty strongly carbonated. Flavor is predominantly sweet I keep getting a hit of strawberry some unripe pear multi slightly thin there's a little bit of somewhat unpleasant herbal taste towards the end all in all so-so Brew

  • Elysian Contact Haze
    rated 3.5 3 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Long lasting tropical nose ... guava, lemon, hint of cereal. Very pale yellow body with small head leaves a white skim coat with little lacing. Thin mouth, almost watery, with decent tingle. Tangerine, White Pepper,some pith on the finish. Flavors go away fast leaving just a touch of fruit on the palate. This really feels like a low cal low alcohol brew and yet it isn't. Kind of odd. Not objectionable, sessionable.

  • Whiskey River Remedy Imperial Stout
    rated 4.1 3 years ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Nose of cotton candy, caramel, brandied raisins, chocolate expresso. Totally opaque deep Brown body with a decent caramel-colored head for the long-lasting skim coat and decent the slightly sudsy lace. Nice mouth medium-bodied slippery very nice carbonation level, mouth coating. Slightly fermented raisins, chocolate, coffee on the pallet. Bit of a charcoal note in there slightly burnt malts. I'm sorry alcohol very present and very warming but nicely balanced. A little bitter in the end finishes slightly sweet was a little charcoal lingering at the back of the tongue

  • Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
    rated 4.4 3 years ago

    Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

    Nose: Brown sugar, raisin, black cherry, sage or oregano in the background. Pitch black body, small short-lived deep tan head with no lace. Lovely on the mouth...creamy, slippery, full, slight tingle, low carbonation. Bit of a sugar bomb or it would get 10 on flavor. Drinking the 2020 will revisit this same vintage in a few years, maybe the sweet will mellow. So ... molasses, warming alcohol, dark cherry, walnut, clean earth, fairly clean finish.

  • East Rock Brewing Vienna Style Lager
    rated 3.9 3 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

    Light roasted malt in the nose with grassy notes, maybe some almond. Medium copper body with decent off white head that leaves a skim coat, some suds on the side but no real lace. Mouth is medium with some creamyness. Carbonation is low. Would love to get a hold of their marzen and oktoberfest to compare flavor. This is malty, bready, sweetening a bit as it warms, totally sessionable. Really clean finish, perhaps a bit lighter than a fest or marzen. Just a hint of bitter on the swallow, a really nicely done brew.

  • Come Hell Or High Water
    rated 4.2 3 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

    Lot of dough in the nose, some citrus, red raspberry. Cloudy dark honey body with solid off white head leaves a good skim coat and a bit of lace. Nice mouth slippery, full, a bit creamy, nice tingle. Alcohol is present and warming, nicely sweet with the honey without being cloying. Hops are herbal. This cleans up well in the end leaving the mouth slightly sweet and a bit coated with a little bitter in the back of the roof and a gentle booze burn. This tastes way too good and goes down way too easy!

  • Lagunitas Hazy Wonder
    rated 3.1 3 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

    Nose is quite grassy considering the huge hop bill (link in description if to a brewer's youtube tasting of the beer), sour fruit, sage, dough. Appearance is odd, NO haze (unlike the vid) crud on bottom of glass and small crud in suspension. Medium yellow, good head, some lace. I understand its unfiltered bkut the crud is off putting, will post a picture. Mouth is on the thin side, good tingle. Taste is mild, some aspirin, herbal, flinty, not picking up all the tropical notes much.