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  • Clam Island
    rated 4.0 2 years ago

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

    Mild inoffensive NEIPA nose, perhaps slightly less tropical than most; guava, mango, touch of grass and biscuit. Fogged pale gold body topped with ok head and good lace and little leaves a good skim. Nice in the mouth, tingly just right, a bit slippery and medium bodied. I am liking the flavor profile. Its NEIPA but moderate, I am wondering if there is wheat in the malt bill. Alcohol at the end is slightly warming. The finish is very clean and almost no aftertaste. There is a nice bitterness in mid swallow and before that just a touch of tropical profile; maybe tangerine and a wee wee hint of pulp.

  • American Ale
    rated 2.7 2 years ago

    Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 8

    Rerate 7/2021 Mild nose of malt not really a lot going on there. Cloudy copper / orange body pores almost no head and no lace. Mouth is slightly watery with a bit of a tingle. Flavor is malt forward possibly Crystal malts a bit sweet certainly not complex a hint of bitter and the Finish you could probably drink a lot of this it reminds me of McSorley's.

  • Neversink Wheat
    rated 4.5 2 years ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 10

    Tobacco and juniper and orange in the subtle nose. (They call this a botanical wheat and its got spent botanicals from their gin producing partner.) Medium sunny gold fully fogged body topped with a lasting white head that leaves a nice skim coat and a hint of lace. I like this mouth, its a bit foamy, hints at creamy, slightly slick and clean. I do feel like the hummingbird sucking from a flower on the label of the can. This is floral and mellow and dryish. At the end there more than a hint of bitters from the botanicals and just a hint of floral sweetness but the finish is quite clean. I am really enjoying this one from my little known and relatively local brewers. On a hot summer day this is lovely!

  • Orval
    rated 4.0 2 years ago

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

    Drinking a late 2019 in mid 2021, not sure how it had been treated. Not getting the fabulous nose oft mentioned. Smells like a mild heffe, some bubblegum, some barnyard funk. Huge, too huge really, white head makes for a challenging pour. Cloudy medium apricot-colored body under that huge head and leaves interesting lace. Mouth is slightly creamy and very full, very carbonated...over-carbonated? I would like to call this finish sour but sadly medicinal is more appropriate. Warming alcohol is a big part of the ending. Starts almost neutral then a rapid hit of bitter, then heads off into the pasture before that unpleasant ending but that goes away and leaves a fairly clean and just slightly sweet aftertaste. Definitely complex. Smooths out s it warms a bit or maybe I am just getting used to the aspirin finish.

  • Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale
    rated 4.0 2 years ago

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

    Very little happening in the nose. Light copper body with a white, moderate head that leaves a bit of lace. Mouth is medium bodied and a touch under-carbonated for my tastes. Malts are a bit on the sweet side, some carmel, hops are citrus and pine, not much spice. Finish is a bit sticky and sweet. Overall a fairly mild APA but well brewed and very sessionable, and available in the only smoking bar at the Atlanta airport (concourse A).(airport pricing) re-rate on draft this time hitting the spot on a hot and muggy evening not sure what was going on before when I reviewed it from the airport in Atlanta but damn this is really tasty salad hop character a little hint of wheat body is just fine leaving decent lace completely drinkable just be a spot on

  • Marsh Island Pulp Tandems
    rated 3.7 3 years ago

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

    Huge Citrus nose long lasting orange Tangerine lemon. Fully formed medium lemon body with a decent head that lasts and minor lace. Mouth is a bit chewy a bit creamy decent carbonation. Getting pretty tired of the neipa flavor profile. This one's a bit multi-year than most but still overwhelming citrus. Maybe a touch of bubble gum on the back end. Something a bit off aspirin like in the aftertaste.

  • Marsh Island Upload To Cloud
    rated 3.8 3 years ago

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

    Typical milkshake neipa nose, Tangerine pineapple. Hazy yellow body topped with an average white head that leaves a tiny bit of lace. Mouth is medium-bodied well carbonated and slightly drying. Flavor is a little more tart than I expected perhaps a bit more bittering hops than the average neipa still lots of citrus in the flavor maybe some Peach some tangerine some pineapple. Finish is slightly alkaline / allmond somewhat drying.

  • Orono Lager
    rated 3.5 3 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 9

    Malt in the nose sweet and long-lasting. Pale gold body with continuing effervescence and crystal-clear is spot-on, but the Whitehead is fizzy with no retention and no lace. The mouse is on the light side of medium slightly slick just a touch creamy and fizzy. The flavor is sweet, maze is present, the Hops are understated and probably Noble. Extremely drinkable with a dry finish very sessionable

  • Lawson's Little Sip IPA
    rated 3.5 3 years ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

    Huge lasting nose of pineapple a little cotton candy and perfume notes of rose petal. A clear pale gold body it stopped by a decent white head that leaves little lace. Mouth is slightly thin in quite fizzy. Hops play the major role in this flavor with very little contribution from the malt. The dominant tropical knows is switched up here for the more traditional Piney flavor although definitely tropical in the background. There is a delayed astringency to this Brew after the swallow that is slightly unpleasant. Nonetheless quite drinkable.

  • Brooklyn Total Request IPA
    rated 4.0 3 years ago

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

    Long lasting New England hazy nose. Tropical pineapple Tangerine grapefruit and just a hint of bubble gum in the nose. Hazy medium orange Amber body topped with a very fluffy nice pillowy Whitehead leave some lace. Mouth is a big slick medium-bodied could use maybe a touch more fizz. Whatever notes of Tangerine peel some Alkaline almonds like flavors slightly astringent finish but fairly clean alcohol pretty well masked, but slightly warming. Really pretty tasty nothing too special but well-made.