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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
51 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
52 Thimble Island Brewing India Pale Ale United States IPA 4.2

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

Mild nose of biscuit, pine and ripe fruit. Coper body is lightly hazed with a decent head and good lace. Mouth is medium in body and nice tingle from just right carbonation. The 95 IBU's are there but not as overwhelming as the number. Solid malt backbone on this really approaches a Pale Ale. A hint of the tropical but nicely balanced with old style IPA characteristics. Alcohol is present and warming. Some fig and stone fruit with a nicely bitter finish.

Jul 28, 2022
12:20:08 AM
53 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
54 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
55 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
56 Maine Lunch IPA United States IPA 4.1

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

Mild nose full of grapefruit, pepper and a bit of pine. Pours a golden amber that is clear with a white head that has good retention and very nice lace. Mouth is medium with good fizz and slick. Flavor is for you hopheads, tons of grapefruit, a hint of malt, sweet and sour delight that finishes dry. Alcohol well masked. Finish is very dry and clean.

Jun 13, 2022
10:15:42 PM
57 Smuttynose Finestkind IPA United States IPA 4.1

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

Nose predominately hops,lots of pine and citrus, a thin wiff of vanilla and malt. Smallish white head sits leaves mediocre lace and sits atop a hazy medium amber/light copper body. Mouth feel is medium bodied carbonation a bit flat. Flavor, well this is a beer for the hop heads, nothing delicate of balanced here, its straight ahead hops...a big mouthful of bitter, hint of deep over-ripe fig or raisin, very bitter finish, all appropriate to an American IPA. Well done for what it is. Rerate:2022 head lasts with a nice skim coat and leaves lovely lace. Carbonation is spot on.

Apr 8, 2022
10:32:29 PM
58 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
59 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
60 Wild Leap Local Gold United States Blonde Ale 2.8

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Almost no nose. Lightly hazed yellow body with small head and no lace. Nice mouth... Good tingle medium body. Mild and quenching some lemon some pepper wee bit of grass clean short finish. Had at Ludicris's Chicken and Beer at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport. Best airport food ever best shrimp and grits I've ever had. Terminal d

Feb 13, 2022
04:56:05 PM
61 Ten Bends Hovered Ridge Double IPA United States Imperial IPA 4.1

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

Big long-lasting nose of overripe tropical fruits and some very suitable dankness I'm guessing that ladder comes from the Nelson hops. Fogged pale apricot body topped with a skim coat that leaves suds but not really lace on the side of the glass. Mouth is nice a little creamy good carbonation level with just a hint of tingle almost chewy, almost chewy. Hello I'm weary of NEIPA's this is pretty tasty. A dank dryness coming through at the end really changes this up. Hints of cinnamon and brown sugar at first but levels out with a tartness that finishes dry and as I mentioned dank. I like it.

Feb 4, 2022
07:29:20 PM
62 Collective Arts Stranger Than Fiction Canada Porter 3.9

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

Dark malts and dark overripe fruit in the nose. Opaque deep deep Brown body with a decent head and lovely lace. Medium bodied with a nice carbonation level a bit slick on the tongue and somewhat drying. Unapology sweet with dark chocolate flavors espresso and cotton candy it is a fairly dry finish and the finish is lengthy.

Jan 25, 2022
12:49:48 AM
63 Cigar City Maduro Oatmeal Brown Ale United States Brown Ale 3.6

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

Sweet malt, chocolate, coffee and some high pine notes in the nose. Dark brown not quite opaque body is topped with a caramel colored skim coat that leaves pretty nice suds and some lace. Mouth is pretty light almost watery not a lot of carbonation in the tongue. Flavor not nearly as sweet as the nose black coffee comes through and dominates the aftertaste. There's some deeply roasted malt flavors. Just a hint of dark fruit in the beginning. Very very drinkable somewhat drying.

Jan 24, 2022
01:43:12 AM
64 New England Style IPA (Ale for ALS) United States IPA 2.7

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

This beer is not listed on the website don't know if it's seasonal or was a one time and gone deal. Absolutely huge nose. Typical tropicals plus peach. Fully hazed pale apricot body skim coat that leaves nice lace. Mouth is slick and tingly light bodied. SALTY and not in a good way. No malt no yeast all tropical hop flavors and a huge saltiness.

Jan 21, 2022
12:32:30 AM
65 Big Tree Brewing Mr. Waterbury United States IPA 3.7

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

Big Citron nose knocks you out when you open it. Moderately hazed body pale apricot with small white head that leaves little lace. Nice medium mouth slightly slippery low but decent carbonation with a little tingle. The malts are sweet the citra is intense and not very balanced the finish is dry it's quite drinkable.

Dec 31, 2021
08:03:08 PM
66 LOTS United States Witbier 3.8

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

Powerful nose...tangerine, pineapple, violets, caramelized sugar. Hazy pale gold with minimal head and no lace (a look I seem to find in most Kent Falls IPA's) Nice in the mouth, mild carbonation, slippery, medium in body. Tasty, slightly bitter, orange/tangerine pith and zesty oils, smashable with alcohol well masked, short finish is clean and ever so slightly astringent.

Dec 5, 2021
10:20:17 PM
67 NoDa Jam Session United States American Pale Ale 4.0

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

Floral nose with se pine. Copper body strong lace skim coat. Medium bodied light carbonation not too slippery. On style strong malt body and quite old school bitterness.

Nov 22, 2021
07:31:15 PM
68 Hero Premium Pilsner United States Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 3.8

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

Lovely nose...lemon,floral meadow, fresh cut grass. Clear gold body with little head and no lace. A bit fizzy in the mouth and thinish but ok for type. Very refreshing super clean finish. Nicely hopped mild grassy notes. A hint of sour. Poundable times 10.

Oct 26, 2021
12:30:44 AM
69 Sweetwater 420 Strain G13 United States IPA 3.2

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

Does have a bit of that dank pot aroma in the nose. Average hazy IPA appearance not much lace. Mouth is a bit thin. Doesn't really taste like 6% in fact it tastes a lot like like many low alcohol ipas, not that this is one but it tastes like one, essentially as if you're just drinking hop water. I think the malt characteristic could be stronger it does just ever so slightly remind me of losing a bet and having to drink the bong water.

Sep 18, 2021
07:03:48 PM
70 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
71 Clam Island United States Imperial IPA 4.0

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.

Jul 28, 2021
10:11:51 PM
72 American Ale United States Amber Ale 2.7

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.

Jul 18, 2021
08:52:53 PM
73 Neversink Wheat United States Witbier 4.5

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!

Jul 18, 2021
07:03:32 PM
74 Orval Belgium Belgian Ale 4.0

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.

Jun 27, 2021
07:58:37 PM
75 Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale United States American Pale Ale 4.0

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

Jun 9, 2021
08:03:03 PM