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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
526 Captain Lawrence Orbital Tilt (Citra) United States IPA 3.3

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

Strong and lasting nose ... biscuit and sour stone fruit and cotton candy. Minimal head, slight skim coat, no lace, medium amber body with lots of sediment. Mouth is thin, moderate tingle. Very much an on complicated flavor profile, more pine then one expects, starts tart, finishes sweet, bit of objectionable medicinal aftertaste.

Nov 27, 2019
12:22:27 PM
527 Back East Brewing Ice Cream Man United States IPA 3.1

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

yup, it does smell like an orange creamsicle. OK, i get the clouded NEIPA look but this one is apricot,murky, little head and no lace. Mouth is a bit thin for a lactose infused brew. Yup, tastes like an orange creamsicle...in a good way. Slightly off finish. This beer is way overrated on beer advocate.

Dec 21, 2019
08:22:21 PM
528 Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing United States IPA 4.1

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

Really nice nose here; pineapple, lemon, clover, honey. Pours a hazy unfiltered medium-yellow body with a short white head that has good retention and OK lace. Mouth if medium bodied and nicely slick, well carbonated tingle tickles the buds. I good white pepper flavor here with well moderated tropical fruit/peach and a slightly sour ending. I find myself a bit tired of NEIPA but this one remains a treat.

May 4, 2020
07:49:04 PM
529 Thimble Island Vanilla Coffee Stout United States Coffee Stout 3.1

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Nose of espresso, toffee, creme boule. Dark brown opaque body topped with almost no head, leaves no lace. Mouth is surprisingly a lite medium, even though no head the mouth seems over-carbonated. An enjoyable and highly artificial flavor profile. Coffee, vanilla, a wee hint of dank dark fruit. Sweetness is a bit cloying.

May 7, 2020
03:47:07 AM
530 Back East Rakautra United States IPA 3.8

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

Nose of tangerine, passion fruit, pineapple with an underlying faint buttered biscuit. Tasty nose. This is a milkshake NEIPA, a yellow and totally clouded body with minimal head and no lace. A mouth on the low side of medium and somewhat low carbonation. Strong bite of tartness and fairly bitter leaves a tiny hint of banana at the end, almost piney in the middle, some sour apple, tobacco and leather. Very unusual profile and very drinkable.

May 18, 2020
09:16:18 PM
531 Cigar City Jai Alai IPA United States IPA 3.9

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

Mild nose, pineapple and pine, toffee. Pours a big pillow of a white head with good retention and lace over a clear medium amber body. Clean mouth on the thin side slightly slick not heavy on the tingle. Hits mild but the bitterness creeps (no offense Nixon) up in the aftertaste. A very balanced flavor profile, nothing stands out....some tobacco, touch of stone fruit, hint of honey, not at all cloying, very well made old style non-NEIPA IPA, Cheers!

May 21, 2020
07:16:21 PM
532 Bell's Hopslam United States Imperial IPA 4.1

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

Mild nose, honey, grassy fields, biscuit. Nice frothy head not much lace atop a very warm amber body. Mouth is creamy and full with a good tingle factor and nicely slick. Bitter, green, apricot pith, wildflower honey, alcohol fairly well masked, almonds, clean dry finish. About as good as a classic DIPA gets.

May 21, 2020
11:40:21 PM
533 Evil Genius Stacy's Mom United States IPA 3.6

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

mild nose not nearly as explosive as claimed. Musty grass predominates with some citrus and some biscuit. Poor is a light copper body with a solid frothy head and very good lace. Mouth is a little creamy for an IPA medium Bodied. They claim low bitterness but at 85 IBU I think that claim is wrong. There is a lot of grain present in the taste almost leans towards a British Pale Ale. I'm getting some of the tropical fruit but not really any lemon or Peach. Finish is extremely dry. I like this flavor profile a lot just don't happen to think it's what they claim it is. To me it's much more an old fashioned IPA as opposed to a new or New England IPA.

May 26, 2020
06:19:26 PM
534 Firefly Hollow Local Bud United States IPA 3.4

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 9

Mild side of standard NEIPA nose, tropical with a little barnyard funk. Medium hazed body that is pale amber toped with average white head, little lace. Mouth is creamy for an IPA, carbonation a bit lacking. Mild and balanced with no predominant flavor, some bitter lemon, a bit of wildflower honey. Extremely sessionable and a good brew to introduce non-IPA drinkers to...I gotta kick up the overall cause its my home state with home state ingredients.

May 26, 2020
07:27:26 PM
535 Dogs and Boats United States Imperial IPA 4.4

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

Simply amazing nose...green and honey and violets and peach, long lasting and strong. Light gold body with a white head with fair retention and no lace. Medium to thick mouth, nice coating yet clean. Can you say alcohol masked! This is just dangerously drinkable. Not super bitter, lovely malt backbone. Wildflowers and honey, not tart not sweet not cloying hint of stone fruit and pith, herbal, touch of pine. WOW! This is the best DIPA I have had.

May 27, 2020
09:11:27 PM
536 Charter Oak's Wadsworth IPA United States IPA 4.2

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

Strong nose ..... lemon, pepper, tangerine, honey, violets, lite malts. Hazed light orange body topped with a decent head that is short lived, nice lacing. Mouth is clean, medium bodied, proper tingle.Starts fruity but quickly goes to a piney bitterness, more so than the 65 IBU might suggest. With all the citrus in the nose there is surprisingly little in the mouth. Tastes like an old school IPA which is a treat. From the website an unusually accurate description. "Beer Stats: 6.5%ABV; 65 IBU; 12SRM? Best if served at 48 – 54F (9 – 12C) Tasting Notes: Our Wadsworth India Pale Ale , and its bold red branding, is a well balanced brew at 6.5% ABV; plenty of select malted barley, and an aggressive dose of premium hops, we think you will enjoy the taste and aroma of this style. Charter Oak’s IPA pours with a full head of foam and a rich amber shade. As you bring your glass up to your mouth, one can not help but enjoy the aroma of the citrus, floral, and piney from our fresh, finishing hops. Indeed, a familiar nose for most American west coast India Pale styles. Once the liquid reaches your tongue, our hops are loud and clear and as this IPA reaches the back of your palate, the hops only become more flavorful and intense. Having said this, our IPA is not too bitter and one could argue, with all the hoppiness of this this well balanced style, it is a beer that can be savored all night long."

Jun 13, 2020
02:11:13 AM
537 Gentle on my Mind United States IPA 3.6

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

Not much nose here, faintly tropical fruit...gentle perhaps. Soft gold body is well hazed (NEIPA) topped by a frothy white head that has little lace but leaves a lasting skim coat. Mouth is creamy and slightly under-carbonated. This is indeed gentle in the flavor. Very very drinkable with no outstanding qualities. Nice slightly bitter finish, subtle all the way, unique. IF this is what they set out to do (as the name suggests) then they did it well.

Jul 21, 2020
09:19:21 PM
538 Elysian Contact Haze United States IPA 3.5

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.

Dec 24, 2020
08:06:05 PM
539 Sierra Nevada 40 Hoppy Anniversary Ale United States IPA 4.0

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

Strong nose, lemon peal, pine sap, touch of sourdough. Slightly hazed medium copper body topped by a foamy white head with decent retention and faint lace. Effervescence continues up side of glass. Mouth is full-some and slightly creamy, good tingle. Flavor is straightforward, well balanced, bit of pine, hint of tropical notes, slightly sour and nicely bitter finish.

Jul 26, 2020
11:49:26 PM
540 18-Watt IPA United States IPA 3.4

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Nose: Pineapple, tangerine, lemon, lawn clippings. Medium gold, hazed, good white head, no lace. Mouth is a bit thin and a bit fizzy. Sour orange rind, lemon zest, funked up grass... finish is more like a decent pilsner.An odd duck but quite drinkable/sessionable.

Aug 16, 2020
01:15:16 AM
541 Goose Island Next Coast IPA United States IPA 3.8

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

Moderate nose of pine, grass, barnyard funk, cracker, yeast. Clear medium gold body topped with serious pillow and very good lacing.Good tingle on the tongue, medium bodied. An unusual slight sourness for an IPA befitting of the funk in the nose, almost tastes like a pils. Touch of pine, touch of tobacco, bit of pepper. I'm not getting much of the tropical claimed. I like it but its very NOT an IPA profile.

Aug 18, 2020
02:01:18 AM
542 Long Trail Brewing Little Anomaly United States IPA 3.5

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

Nose: Pineapple, bubblegum, cotton candy. Hazy pale peach colored body topped by a thin head with minimum retention and no lace. Mouth is moderate bodied with a lot of fizz. So, OK, this is a low alcohol and lower calorie effort. This is more drinkable than most such brews. Tropical notes in the middle followed by some sour and finishes dry with a bit of bitter. Some pineapple, some lemon pith, some pepper, some grass. Giving flavor an 8 (if it was a regular IPA it would be a 5). While being lower in alcohol than most of the low alcs I have tried this one does NOT just taste like hop water so for that...well done.

Aug 24, 2020
01:54:24 AM
543 Kent Falls The Hollow United States Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 3.7

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

Nose: Rainy meadow, wet fall leaves, salty sea shore, fig, vanilla, fresh biscuit. Clear yellow body topped with moderate white head, leaves a skim coat and decent lace. Mouth: a bit Creamy medium Flavor: A bit sour, a bit medicinal/aspirin some bitter in the end. Very very green, tart no sweet. Some farmhouse funk, hint of bitter green herbs.

Oct 21, 2020
11:59:03 PM
544 Kent Falls Superscript IPA United States IPA 3.3

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Big NEIPA nose mostly pineapple, maybe some guava, strong citrus more tangerine than grapefruit. Standard medium yellow fully hazed body with minimal head and retention and no lace. Mouth is a bit watery. Needs more malt backbone in my opinion. Also the can is mislabeled calling this an Imperial Pale Ale, its not and Kent Falls seems to label all there IPA's as Imperial Pale Ales something lost in translation? Flavor is nice but weak, leaves you wanting more of the same flavor. some lemon in the end. Pepper, a hint of pine, very clean finish with no aftertaste. Sessionable.

Nov 19, 2020
08:54:54 PM
545 Kent Falls Delve United States IPA 3.9

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

Huge NEIPA nose ripe sweet tropical fruit abounding. Foggy medium gold body with minimal head and no lace.(this seems to be a pattern with KFB's IPAs.) Also another IPA with the can mislabeled as an Imperial Pale Ale, its 6%. They also mislabeled their Superscript IPA the same way.Mouth on this is creamy medium with very nice fiz. Flavor follows the nose and adds significant bittering in the middle, finish is quite clean. Also a lot of grassy flavors present. This is tasty! I think this is my first taste of Kveik yeast, interesting stuff. https://growlermag.com/rise-of-the-super-yeast-kveik/

Sep 5, 2020
01:56:05 AM
546 Housatonic Rivere Sacred Grounds United States Porter 3.9

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

Coffee Porter: Nose of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, and green herbal notes. Deep brown opaque body topped with short-lived caramel-colored head which leaves a good skim coat and good lacing. Mouth is medium bodied, slightly creamy and quite fizzy. Flavor is complex,some coffee a bit of chocolate in mid taste, sweet near the end and then finishes slightly bitter. As often (it seems to me) with chocolate and/or coffee brews there is some hint of artificial flavoring. Not saying it IS artificial. Its probably my palette and something about the way alcohol, which is slightly present here, the chocolate combine.

Sep 11, 2020
10:59:11 PM
547 Kent Falls Haircuts For Everybody United States IPA 3.4

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

Nose as unusual as its name. Very faint vanilla, bubblegum, touch of grass. NEIPA milkshake body is cloudy pale peach, moderate off-white head leaves skim coat and no lace. Thin body, good tingle. Non-descript flavor profile is un-complex, surprisingly pils-like, grass, apricot, sessionable.

Aug 22, 2021
09:13:01 PM
548 Kent Falls Yeesh! United States Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 4.2

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

Classic pils nose, grassy touch of vanilla, Clear pale gold body topped with a white head leaving a nice skim coat very good lace constant effervescence. Moderate body perhaps a bit too carbonated. Flavor is classic czech pils, big ole grassy meadow, slightly off-putting aftertaste is a bit too astringent, a hint of aspirin. Overall a pretty good attempt.

Nov 17, 2020
07:58:34 PM
549 Cigar City Guayabera Citra Pale Ale United States American Pale Ale 4.1

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

Solid citra nose balanced with some bread notes and a hint of pine. Slightly hazed pale gold body topped with minimal head and a bit of lace. Nice mouth, not quite chewy, good tingle. Not complicated but excellent balance; pineapple, orange peel, some drying on the finish which is clean with decent bittering and alcohol slightly warming. Not a classic pale ale (citra) but very drinkable!

Nov 20, 2020
01:32:25 AM
550 Zero Gravity Conehead IPA United States IPA 4.1

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

Mild citrus nose with some grassy notes and some violet, hint of dough. Lovely pour leads to a medium yellow body with a nice white head with some retention, skim coat, and good lacing. Mouth is medium and slightly foamy slightly slick, bit of wheat creamy. Overall a somewhat sour impression. Notes of tangerine, wild mushroom, grassy field, tart, balanced, a bit astringent in the end with a dry finish.

Oct 23, 2020
07:03:13 PM