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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
76 Marsh Island Pulp Tandems United States Imperial IPA 3.7

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.

Apr 20, 2021
09:26:26 PM
77 Marsh Island Upload To Cloud United States IPA 3.8

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.

Apr 17, 2021
10:59:11 PM
78 Orono Lager United States Lager 3.5

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

Apr 15, 2021
07:47:45 PM
79 Lawson's Little Sip IPA United States IPA 3.5

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.

Apr 4, 2021
07:21:52 PM
80 Brooklyn Total Request IPA United States IPA 4.0

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.

Apr 1, 2021
06:44:16 PM
81 Back Pasture United States Lager 4.4

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

Lovely pils nose. Fresh! (caned 8 days ago after 6 weeks conditioning in a foeder and around 22 weeks lagering) pasture and sour fruit , and a wiff of bubble gum. P Louise Whitehead leaving a bit of lace sits atop I'm almost clear medium Amber body Anthony. Wonderful creamy mouth chewy and slick and perfect carbonation. The flavor profile is blowing me away. Probably the best lager I've ever had. Complex yet extremely well-balanced and just a hint of sour which I think comes from the conditioning an unusually large wooden barrels. There's a little sweet towards the end with a nice sour in the middle the malts are present the Hops are subtle and probably Noble.

Mar 16, 2021
11:58:53 PM
82 The Quill United States Brown Ale 4.2

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

Nose of roasted malts, overripe dark fruit, and lactose. This is a very nice looking beer at least on draft. Keep clear copper body with a lovely beige fluffy head that leaves fantastic lace. The mouth is creamy and full-bodied very nice carbonation level. This one hits sweet and ends with dark bitter chocolate and coffee ground flavors. I'm definitely picking up some lactose in the middle of this is also just a hint of sour and some astringent bittering at the end. This is a really good beer.

Mar 15, 2021
07:27:52 PM
83 Sierra Nevada Big Little Thing United States Imperial IPA 3.7

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

Big sweet lemon mango nose with a hint of biscuit. Poison that quite clear medium Amber body with a decent white head that leaves a skim coat and a touch of lace. Medium to full-bodied slippery on the mouth nice carbonation level. Flavor starts with lemon peel nice bitter bitter the alcohol is not masked and is a big part of the flavor maybe a little too big. Do you know when a sour mango near the Finish and just a hint of pine notes.

Mar 5, 2021
07:51:26 PM
84 Kent Falls Buddy Sprinkles Saves The Day United States IPA 3.8

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

Open this can and smell it across the room. Pineapple, apricot, Clover and honey in the nose. Very hazed light apricot colored body minimal white head with minimal lace. Very nice mouth a bit creamy a touch frothy slippery and satisfying. Like most of Kent Falls ipas this has just that a little hint of aspirin on the back end which I'm not particularly fond of. The rest of the flavor profile is quite nice, ripe pear, apricot or kumquat, just a little sour it's really quite nice if that ending slavery was just a little more mellow a little less astringent / aspirin / allmond.

Feb 27, 2021
11:50:49 PM
85 Industrial Arts State Of The Arts Series: Raspberry Lemon Hibiscus Lager United States Fruit Beer 3.2

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

Rhinos of raspberry jam with a little biscuit in the background. Clear light Scarlet body with minimal white head that leaves a tiny bit of lace. Medium bodied and exceptionally fizzy. Fruit beers are not my cup of tea but reading it for what it is. The raspberry hit is strong well tempered by a little bitter lemon rind and a bit of Flowery hibiscus floating in the background when fears this would be extremely cloying however it's not. The Finish is close to clean the beer is sweet but not as sweet as one fears it might be. It burps a lot.

Feb 27, 2021
08:15:06 PM
86 Pilsner Urquell Czech Republic Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 3.6

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Nose of malt and grass, noble hops. Clear medium gold body with almost nonexistent white head. Wee bit of sudsy lace. Mouth is thin with a low level of carbonation. Flavor is mild but well balanced, clean and simple, light bread, grassy hops, bit of pepper on a very clean ending. Highly sessionable.

Feb 26, 2021
10:21:07 PM
87 Counter Weight Brewing Headway IPA United States IPA 3.8

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

NEIPA nose; pineapple but with a floral component and a touch of spice. Fogged golden body, nice white head with good lace. Mouth is bracing medium bodied, slippery and tingly. Flavor is not complex, standard NEIPA, no distinct beginning or middle, malt not contributing much, bit sweet near the end and a touch astringent in the aftertaste.

Feb 23, 2021
08:31:54 PM
88 Charter Oak 1687 Brown Ale United States Brown Ale 4.0

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

Bread dough, vanilla, baking spices, in the nose. Deep Ruby Brown body with an off-white head leave the skim coat and a touch of lace. Mouth is both creamy and tingly nice carbonation level fully coating. There's a lot going on in the flavor with fairly distinct phases. Start creamy with just a hint of dark fruit in the middle and a touch of charred malt and chocolate towards the end. Aftertaste is slightly sweet slightly oily and slightly bitter, very drinkable.

Feb 21, 2021
10:39:24 PM
89 All Alone With Everywhere To Go United States American Pale Ale 3.5

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

Huge tropical nose, pineapple, green apple, sweetened cookie dough. Totally fogged light yellow body tap to the moderate head leave suds but no lace. 12 things in mouth not quite watery fizzy carbonation. This is an all Galaxy version with Connecticut grains typical for this Brewery. Not a lot of taste at the start but a fairly nasty aspirin taste at the end. Lots of herbaceous bitter greens. Some honey on the front end.

Feb 15, 2021
12:09:07 AM
90 Broken Symmetry Stratus United States IPA 4.3

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

So let's just start by saying this is a really wonderful beer. The nose is a tropical New England IPA nose it's tropical and it's got some Clementine and just some hints of grass very little malt in the nose. Pours a very light-colored copper body but a really nice white head that leaves a good skim coat and very good lace. The body is almost clear unusual for a New England IPA, into my eyes quite pleasing. The mouth is medium-bodied with spot-on carbonation and nice slipperiness. Display her profile is really a classic IPA profile it's got a lot of pine resin and just a hint of that newfangled tropical coming through. There's a whole lot of green in this taste compared to most New ENGLAND IPA's. Tobacco leather caramel corn bitter salad greens a little bit salty. This beer is blowing me away

Feb 8, 2021
07:22:34 PM
91 Sierra Nevada Pale Ale United States American Pale Ale 3.8

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

Well i finally got around to reviewing this standard. Pours the color of honey and actually is a bit pale, quite lovely with a nice two finger tight and dirty white head. Head is short-lived but leaves a moderate amount of good lacing. Nose is pine, vanilla, and perhaps a toasty malts with perhaps just a hint of ginger. Mouthfeel is moderate to light in body with nicely done carbonation. Taste is great and moderately complex. Hits slightly sweet with a hint of carmel follows malty then good pine and pepper in the swallow after-taste is a bit resinous and just on the sweet side of dry but quite clean. A very well done American style of Pale Ale (which is to say quite hoppy for its type.) Very solid session brew.

Feb 7, 2021
07:50:27 PM
92 Fiddlehead India Pale Ale United States IPA 4.0

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

Having this on draft at icons in New Fairfield. Mild nose of citrus and Pine . Hazed dark golden body Topped with a decent white head that leaves a skim coat and very nice lacing . Mouth is light and slick Slightly creamy Understated carbonation . This is just a really nice IPA A little sweet With a Tarte bite of hops in the middle Extremely clean finish Dangerously sessionable

Feb 3, 2021
07:43:36 PM
93 Sierra Nevada Hop Bullet Double IPA United States Imperial IPA 3.5

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

Floral nose and bread notes, strawberry. Golden Barbie Moderate head little retention no lace . Mouth is slightly watery A lot of tingle Perhaps a bit over carbonated. Time lemon light bread notes Pepper. Alcohol well Masked .

Feb 2, 2021
01:21:26 AM
94 Sierra Nevada Torpedo Ale United States IPA 3.6

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Malt and biscuit dominate the nose With faint pain and citrus notes . 4 is a medium copper clear body With a decent off-white head that lasts leaves a nice skim coat And pretty good Lace . Medium body in the mouth And surprisingly foamy . Perhaps a touch over carbonated . Old-fashioned IPA flavor profile Definitely more bitter than their Pale Ale . Leather and tobacco , honey near the end , A little aspirin at the end , Alcohol is warming , Finish is dry and pretty Clean. Nice to get an old fashioned IPA in these days .

Feb 1, 2021
07:19:24 PM
95 Morland Old Speckled Hen United Kingdom Extra Special Bitter 3.9

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

Mild in the nose, sweet and sour and perhaps a bit cloying, malt bread pepper and citrus. Very nice very very long-lasting head is just off-white and foamy, sitting atop a pale copper body. Very creamy mouth with medium to heavy body. Flavor of ripe banana meeting a small dose of hops bitterness, and a sweet maple syrup flavor to boot. Alcohol is present as well. Eventaully goes a bit sour. Not the way I remember English bitters tasting in the 70's pubs in London, close but a bit heavier and more sour, unique.

Jan 29, 2021
06:43:44 PM
96 Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale United States IPA 4.1

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Nose of Pine and biscuit and some significant malt. copper body with a frothy egg-white head that lasts forever and has incredible lace. Creamy medium mouth with significant tingle. Flavor is nicely bitter in an old fashioned IPA way. Some almond some Pine resin some biscuit some leather and tobacco.

Jan 28, 2021
10:02:51 PM
97 Southern Tier 8 Days A Week United States Blonde Ale 3.7

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Nose similar to a Pilsner but with less grass and a bit more biscuit. Pours a pale yellow with minimal white head with little retention and little lace. Decent mouth not quite watery, quite tingly well-done carbonation. A bit spicier in the end than many blondes which is quite nice. Some apple or pear in the middle and a very clean finish. Light grass and biscuit at the start . Quite nicely done actually and very drinkable.

Jan 24, 2021
08:09:38 PM
98 Accelerator United States Doppelbock 1.9

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 4

Almost no nose to speak of. Some lightly roasted malts possibly Crystal malts. light brown body topped with almost no head and no lace. The mouth is thin and tingly. Some vague hints of chocolate in the flavor some vague pear which is very odd for the style and a bit of a chemical aftertaste. A bit more Hoppy than one expects and lacking in that bread flavored component. If you have to have a two roads beer that I like. Anybody want five bottles?

Jan 23, 2021
07:57:21 PM
99 Mast Landing Gunner's Daughter United States Milk Stout 4.3

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Fantastic nose; chocolate, coffee, vanilla ice cream, hazelnut. Opaque super dark brown body apt with a huge frothy 10 head the blast and leaves incredible lace., mouth is medium-bodied slightly light. Quite clean and not coating. Flavor of burnt malts, Arabic coffee, vanilla malted, Bittersweet baking chocolate and yes maybe the can is Right some touches of peanut butter. This is some damn good stuff.

Jan 22, 2021
08:32:27 PM
100 Live Session United States American Pale Ale 3.8

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

Pale nose mostly Citra some sweet malt / biscuit notes. Clear medium gold body with continuing effervescence topped with a frothy white head that is short-lived but leaves great lace. The mouth is light Bodied with a nice carbonation level. Taste a bit more like a mild IPA than a mild Pale Ale but it is extremely sessionable and since that's the name I'm going to give it an eight for flavor even though the flavor is light weight. Nicely balanced decent little hopkick a bitterness in the middle the tropical notes are played down somewhat maybe some lemon peel definitely some pepper Little Biscuit in the end. Very very sessionable.

Jan 21, 2021
06:44:29 PM