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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
26 Maine Mean Old Tom United States Stout 4.4

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

Gentle nose of coffee chocolate and vanilla slightly burnt. Poison opaque almost black body with slightly warm brown overtones and a beige head with good retention and little lace. Pretty sick mouse creamy and foamy but in a good way. Damn this tastes good! Fairly complex and with a long finish. Hits with chocolate coffee combination some vanilla bean playing in the middle along with deeply roasted malts. Perfectly bittered great balance The vanilla bean almost plays as lactose really dry clean finish one of the best stouts I've ever had. (Amazing grain bill: Maris Otter Pale, Chocolate, Caramel 40L, Roasted Barley, Midnight Wheat, Caramel 80L, Flaked Oats.

Jan 4, 2023
01:45:19 AM
27 Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse United States Weizenbock 3.5

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

Surprisingly light nose.... Floral and sour fermented pear. Some baking spice. Clouded copper / Amber body leaves a skim coat but not much lace. Creamy mouth full-bodied perhaps slightly under carbonated. Flavor is basically hefeweizen... Clove maybe some cardamom. Hops are tart perhaps slightly piney. Fairly low on the banana / bubble gum esters. Obviously wheat and in a good way. Drinkable but perhaps a little intense.

Jan 1, 2023
08:17:41 PM
28 Clown Shoes Aurora Orangealis United States IPA 3.7

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

Orange peel dominates the nose with lighter floral notes perhaps lavender. And not quite clear deep golden body with some red overtones topped by a decent off-white head with decent retention and not much lace. Mouth has a real nice tingle good carbonation level moderate to full-bodied palate coating. Not particularly complex in the flavor world definitely some orange peel it's sweet for an instant and then goes a bit sour which is somewhat interesting and finishes really quite dry and clean. There is some pine in there. There's a unique flavor towards the end can't quite put my finger on it not sure if I like that unique flavor it's way high in the back of the mouth and maybe it's just a little bit like gym socks.

Dec 27, 2022
12:56:21 AM
29 One Man Holiday United States Abbey Quadrupel 3.4

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Bread crust and ripe dark fruit in the nose. Dark copper body with low transparency minimal head with very little retention and little if any lace. Mouth is medium body slightly creamy slick and filling. Flavor is biscuit and blackberry syrup with some candy apple quite sweet but with a surprisingly clean finish.

Dec 24, 2022
10:59:45 PM
30 Lucha United States Lager 3.2

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Almost no nose. Pale gold body with almost no head no skim coat. Nice mouth meeting bodied slightly slick minimal carbonation but that's okay. Getting to the flavor I've given it minimal score so far which is kind of sad because they're deliberately trying to recreate a Mexican macro and in terms of look and knows they did a good job. Flavor is superior to say Corona or Pacifico. This would pass for a slightly sweetened pils. Easy drinking. Some grass. Some bitter lemon. Quite nice actually.

Dec 23, 2022
10:10:44 PM
31 Clown Shoes Reindeer Games United States Imperial IPA 4.0

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

A fairly faint nose. Some biscuit and some floral .... Lavender? Clear medium copper body topped with a thin white head that has good retention and leave some foam if not lace on the sides of the glass. Mouth is slightly creamy and quite clean and nicely carbonated. Alcohol is pretty well masked but slightly warming. A very malty flavor not terribly complex but that's kind of okay. Old fashioned hops which is to say bittering and piney. Finishes with a hint of cotton candy but only just a hint and the finish is lengthy and at the end is a bit floral. This is a goddamn good beer.

Dec 22, 2022
10:29:07 PM
32 Toadstool United States Stout 4.2

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

Vinous nose..... Prune cocoa bread orange peel. Deep brown opaque body topped with a nice caramel colored head. Leaves typical nitro skim code on side of the glass. Sick mouth is nicely carbonated somewhat slick and mouthcoating. Flavor quite similar to Murphy's. Chocolatey malt at the forefront, bitter in the middle, with a long finish that is slightly sweet. Notes of espresso throughout and also hints of tangerine. Quite drinkable.

Dec 21, 2022
10:31:47 PM
33 St. Bernardus Abt 12 Belgium Abbey Quadrupel 5.0

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

Big nose .... raisins, brown sugar, vanilla, oak, whisky. Gentle pour produces a 3-4 finger head that is caramel colored with solid retention and great lace over a deep chocolate brown body that is nearly opaque. Mouth has great tingle with spot on carbonation...... medium bodied and nicely slick. So much going on flavor-wise. Plum, prune, coffee, bitter chocolate, followed by hints of fruit punch, ends with a hint of sour and, although alcohol well masked for 10%, a slight warming. Finish is long and quite clean. Neither sweet nor sour, with a hint of bitterness this is just perfectly balanced! Previous high score for some excellent brews from me is around 4.3 but if this isn't a 5 I don't know what could be. Simply perfection in a glass.

Dec 9, 2022
01:26:54 AM
34 Jack's Abby Copper Legend United States Marzen / Oktoberfest 4.0

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Maybe it's me but I'm getting only the faintest nose from this Brew. A hint of malt. What a marzen should look like medium copper body nice frothy head with fantastic retention and really good lace. Nice in the mouth with soft but thorough carbonation. Light malts predominate the flavor some bread some crust some biscuit. Hop level is spot on for type. Hint of sweetness towards the end with a very clean short finish. Just extremely drinkable and another fine effort from Jack's Abby.

Oct 26, 2022
01:05:54 AM
35 Canal Street Kolsch United States Kölsch 4.0

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

Lemon and grass in the nose. Boys almost no head leaves almost no lace lovely light golden body. Nice tingle in the mouth clean medium to light body. Given this a pretty high grade for flavor there's not a lot of flavor there but it's a Kolsch. Tastes a lot like a classic pills there's some grassy field in there perhaps just a hint of lemon rind. Finishes totally clean this is totally crushable and just under 4%. It is what it is and what it is is well done.

Oct 24, 2022
06:25:59 PM
36 Krombacher Pils Germany Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 3.7

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Nose is grass with just a hint of bubblegum surprisingly enough and just a hint of sourdough. Boys are fairly deep golden body with a massive head that leaves quite good lace. Mouth is slightly slick a little bit watery. Very mild flavor perhaps what a good American Mass brewed beverage should taste like but doesn't. There's some grass there's a sourish finish there's some fairly Noble hop hits but just barely there. It's extremely drinkable.

Oct 18, 2022
01:40:28 AM
37 Wynwood La Rubia United States Blonde Ale 3.9

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Grass and biscuit in the nose really a kind of a pilsner nose. Nice golden body minimal head no lace. Really nice level of carbonation in the mouth clean with a moderate body. I really like this blonde it's so easy drinking. Tastes like a good pills but with a little touch of sweetness at the end.

Oct 16, 2022
07:19:54 PM
38 Counter Weight Brewing Workhorse United States Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 3.5

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

Mild nose of biscuit with hints of both citrus and resin hops. Surprisingly clear pale yellow body for an unfiltered Brew tapped by a decent Whitehead that has minimal retention that leaves a nice skim coat. The carbonation is very tingly the mouth is slightly slick medium-bodied and very clean. Lemon and grass in the mouth bittering towards the end somewhat astringent perhaps too much so. The finish is very short and very clean.

Sep 21, 2022
08:54:34 PM
39 Connecticut Casual United States Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 4.4

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

Nice pils nose, grassy meadow with some violet and lemon and hints of ground white peppercorn. Crystal clear light gold body topped with a big head with retention and some foamy lace. Medium bodied slightly slick, slightly creamy. Flavor follows the nose crisp with slight sugar cookie and a bit of tartness on the finish which is long, drying, and clean.

Sep 18, 2022
08:54:26 PM
40 Two Roads No Limits Hefeweizen United States Hefeweizen 3.7

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

Cardamom, bubblegum, clove, citrus peel on the nose. Pours a foggy gold/copper body with good white head and moderate lace. Mouth is well carbonated but a touch thin. Flavor is all bubble gum and clove perhaps lacking in the subtlety of a finer hefe. Pretty good attempt for an American Brewer.

Sep 17, 2022
01:32:01 AM
41 Cruise Control United States Helles / Dortmunder 4.0

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

Bread and pasture and a hint of lavender in the nose. Pale copper body with minimal head and no lace. Mouth is medium bodied slightly creamy with minimal carbonation. Very drinkable... Clean taste biscuit, bright and sweetish, hops slightly floral and a bit of bittering..... Perfectly balanced.

Sep 17, 2022
12:08:05 AM
42 Two Roads Ol’ Factory Pils United States Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 2.4

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Two roads is really ubiquitous in my little home state of Connecticut. I really don't understand why you would want to hop the hell out of something you're calling a pills to the point where the traditional pills flavors are buried by a sweet ish bitter ish presence of hops and malt. Slightly tropical nose that is very faint. Pour is a slightly hazed pale gold with little head that does not have retention and no lace. Average mouth slightly watery not slick carbonation perhaps slightly lacking. Some traditional grassy flavors at first it's a little sweet in the middle and goes very very medicinal at the end absence the medicinal it could get a good flavors score. But hey it is what it is and what it is is you know sort of drinkable with a bit of a nasty finish.

Sep 11, 2022
12:34:20 AM
43 Counter Weight Brewing Fest Bier United States Marzen / Oktoberfest 4.1

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

Lite aroma ..... Grass, lemon, a sour note of sorts. Clear medium copper body topped with a moderate white head with slight retention and good lace. Nice mouth well carbonated, tingly, slick and lite bodied. Really tasty the malt predominates and is biscuity. The hops are, I think, noble and perfectly balanced. Lighter than a Marzen with a clean and slightly sweet finish. Exceptionally drinkable. Alcohol very well masked. I feel bad downgrading the appearance this is really a delightful beer.

Oct 3, 2022
10:52:18 PM
44 Ghost Island United States Imperial IPA 4.2

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

Very strong tropical fruit in the nose with some pine lurking in there as well also a bit of cotton candy. Medium copper colored body tapped by a two-finger whitehead that lasts well and leaves good lace. Mouth is surprisingly creamy and slightly oily. Flavor reminiscent of heady topper. Bitter predominates. Fairly strong malt background some biscuit some green herbs as well, perhaps a bit more green than tropical. Slightest stringency towards the end hint of aspirin. Finishes clean long and drying. All in all a very tasty Brew.

Aug 8, 2022
11:11:55 PM
45 Alchemist Heady Topper United States Imperial IPA 4.0

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Amazing nose really pungent. I'm getting pine tropical fruit and bread fairly equally balanced just a major nasal assault. Medium gold body is pretty hazed and tapped with a rather minimal head that doesn't leave much lace. Clean thin mouth very nicely carbonated and quite coating. I'm getting an ugly medicinal finish from this can which I don't recall getting on previous samples. This sucker is bitter with a touch of sour at the end. Taste really follows the nose with a mixture of good old fashioned IPA pine resin and New England IPA flavors of peach and perhaps some green tropical fruit. I'm going to rewrite this again later because I don't remember it tasting quite like this previously and I'm wondering if I've got a funky can. But here it is for now.

Aug 2, 2022
01:25:28 AM
46 Samuel Smith Taddy Porter United Kingdom Porter 3.7

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

Nose: sweet dark fruit, raisins, sour dough, chocolate. Dark brown body with ruby highlights. Topped with a moderate off-white head that leaves a to decent skin coat and some frothy lace. Medium bodied with a perfect tingly carbonation the mouth is slightly slippery and fullsom . Easy drinking with a chocolatey finish and a slight bitter burnt coffee taste as well. A lot of very sweet possibly red fruit in the middle strawberry? Red raspberry for sure. An interesting Brew.

Jul 25, 2022
07:57:54 PM
47 Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel Germany Dunkel Weizen 4.4

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

Aroma is faint, very bready, a hint of baking spices. Pours a lovely deep golden brown body with a off-white foamy head that has great retention and lace. Mouth is fizzy in a pleasant way, slightly creamy and clean. My first Hefe that is Dunkel and I like it a lot! The banana, clove, bubblegum flavors are quite laid back and just excellently balanced with the sweet wheat malts. The is brewing at a top level!

Jul 17, 2022
07:52:34 PM
48 Stoneface IPA United States IPA 4.1

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

Nice but unremarkable nose the citra is a bit underplayed which is nice for a change. On tap for an IPA should look like clear medium gold body decent white head that leaves a skim coat and lovely lace. Mouth is medium and oddly a bit thin but also just a little bit creamy kind of fun ever so slightly slick. Flavor grows on me as it warms a touch. The malt backbone starts to become a little more prominent it's definitely bitter but in some ways it's a little buttery almost leaning towards an English style pale ale but with a very strong hop presence that is a little bit on the herbal side. I might be overrating this but I'm just getting tired of hazy ipa's.

Jun 17, 2022
06:30:53 PM
49 Bells Porter United States Porter 3.9

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Very minimal nose presented slight hint of malted mil and an odd mustyness.. An almost opaque dark brown body with hints of Ruby highlight tapped by a tan two finger head that leaves lovely lace. Mouth is almost watery and quite carbonated. The flavor is long and drying and quite clean at the finish. Slight hints of coffee grounds and dark cooking chocolate. There's a tiny bit of sweetness that is perfectly balanced with a lot of roasted malt and a nice degree of bittering. This is really a killer Brew I just wish it presented a little more on the nose. And it's very very sessionable.

Apr 7, 2022
02:52:46 AM
50 Tampa Bay Reef Donkey United States American Pale Ale 4.1

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

The nose is hazier than the beer that is to say it's got that tropical fruit thing going on in and a bit of dank bong water in a good way. Hell apricot body fully hazed with a skim coat that leaves beautiful lace. I like the mouth on this it's almost clean like an old fashioned IPA a little slick perfect carbonation. Flavor follows the nose mild tropical fruits make a nice bitter finish long-lasting pretty clean. There's a little bit of barnyard funk going on here again it's that dank bong water.

Feb 14, 2022
10:19:52 PM