Beer Reviews by HANTRAN

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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
76 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
77 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
78 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
79 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
80 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
81 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
82 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
83 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
84 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
85 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
86 Southern Tier Lake Shore Fog United States IPA 3.5

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

Big frickin pineapple nose, with some autumn leaves in a bonfire. Body is hazy sunshine with a minimal white head with mineral retention and no lace. Mouth is a bit watery with decent carbonation. Tastes of pineapple lemon rind salt pepper and pear. Slightly unpleasant sour finish.

Jan 18, 2021
11:15:39 PM
87 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
88 Blizzard of Hops United States IPA 3.9

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

Mild nose, pine, papaya, grains of paradise. Clear gold body with nice continuing carbonation, frothy white head , moderate lace. Medium mouth, good tingle, fully coating..Pine and fruit combine in the mouth and are hard to pick out separately which is a nice change. A bit of warming alcohol at the end. Leaves the palette coated. but fairly neutral aftertaste. This is a one note beer but its a rndeally really nice note, very quaffable!

Jan 5, 2021
06:43:35 PM
89 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
90 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
91 Juice Bomb IPA United States IPA 3.4

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

Typical Strong neipa Nose pineapple Tangerine lemon. Forza light copper colored body with a decent white head some retention in a bit of lace. Mouth is slightly creamy fully coating pretty strongly carbonated. Flavor is predominantly sweet I keep getting a hit of strawberry some unripe pear multi slightly thin there's a little bit of somewhat unpleasant herbal taste towards the end all in all so-so Brew

Dec 28, 2020
04:47:20 PM
92 Whiskey River Remedy Imperial Stout United States Imperial Stout 4.1

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

Nose of cotton candy, caramel, brandied raisins, chocolate expresso. Totally opaque deep Brown body with a decent caramel-colored head for the long-lasting skim coat and decent the slightly sudsy lace. Nice mouth medium-bodied slippery very nice carbonation level, mouth coating. Slightly fermented raisins, chocolate, coffee on the pallet. Bit of a charcoal note in there slightly burnt malts. I'm sorry alcohol very present and very warming but nicely balanced. A little bitter in the end finishes slightly sweet was a little charcoal lingering at the back of the tongue

Dec 23, 2020
10:29:15 PM
93 Samuel Adam's Alpine Lager United States Lager 4.0

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

Mild nose grass and light malts. Reminds me of Hamm's the beer refreshing if you're old enough to remember that. Medium to deep Gold Body almost clear topped with a nice white head that has a lasting skim coat and a bit of lace. Mouth is light but not watery maybe just a little creamy lots of carbonation going in there. Maybe slightly too much carbonation. A lot of pills flavor going on here but more sweetness. Sam's Boston Lager headed to Bavaria but kept a little of Sam's traditional flavor profile with it. There's some lemon some pepper some biscuit and a fair amount of grass. It's pretty tasty and pretty easy drinking. More Please!

Dec 29, 2020
06:58:30 PM
94 Goose Island Bourbon County Stout United States Imperial Stout 4.4

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

Nose: Brown sugar, raisin, black cherry, sage or oregano in the background. Pitch black body, small short-lived deep tan head with no lace. Lovely on the mouth...creamy, slippery, full, slight tingle, low carbonation. Bit of a sugar bomb or it would get 10 on flavor. Drinking the 2020 will revisit this same vintage in a few years, maybe the sweet will mellow. So ... molasses, warming alcohol, dark cherry, walnut, clean earth, fairly clean finish.

Dec 19, 2020
12:01:54 AM
95 East Rock Brewing Vienna Style Lager United States Lager 3.9

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

Light roasted malt in the nose with grassy notes, maybe some almond. Medium copper body with decent off white head that leaves a skim coat, some suds on the side but no real lace. Mouth is medium with some creamyness. Carbonation is low. Would love to get a hold of their marzen and oktoberfest to compare flavor. This is malty, bready, sweetening a bit as it warms, totally sessionable. Really clean finish, perhaps a bit lighter than a fest or marzen. Just a hint of bitter on the swallow, a really nicely done brew.

Dec 14, 2020
10:56:50 PM
96 Come Hell Or High Water United States American Barleywine 4.2

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

Lot of dough in the nose, some citrus, red raspberry. Cloudy dark honey body with solid off white head leaves a good skim coat and a bit of lace. Nice mouth slippery, full, a bit creamy, nice tingle. Alcohol is present and warming, nicely sweet with the honey without being cloying. Hops are herbal. This cleans up well in the end leaving the mouth slightly sweet and a bit coated with a little bitter in the back of the roof and a gentle booze burn. This tastes way too good and goes down way too easy!

Dec 13, 2020
11:14:18 PM
97 Kent Falls Awkward Hug United States IPA 4.2

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

Strong nose...pineapple, biscuit, orange, lemon, salty breeze. Pale gold body fully hazed topped by a nice egg white with decent retention, nice skim coat, and moderate lace. Slightly thin mouth, spot on carbonation, clean. Flavor is growing on me, solid bitter in the middle, slightly sour on the back end, bit of citrus peel on the aftertaste. There is a little barnyard funk/mustiness in here and a hint of white pepper.

Dec 9, 2020
09:27:49 PM
98 Hop Commander IPA United States Imperial IPA 4.2

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

Clear gold body topped by a decent white head with moderate lace and retention. Ideal for me anyway IPA mouth is slippery, carbonation is spot-on, and just slightly creamy. This East Coast Brewer puts forth a classic West Coast IPA before neipa became the hot new ticket. I find that most refreshing these days. A lot of pine, slight Citrus coming from the Citra but not overpowering as it often is these days. Very solidly bitter. A little sweetness from the mall towards the back end dissolves into a hit of bitter, the Finish is dry as a bone. Mild nose of pine citrus with a bit of floral in it.

Dec 6, 2020
07:10:30 PM
99 Multiverse Imperial Stout United States Stout 3.6

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

Nice big stout nose, prune, chocolate, coffee, bread crust. Opaque darkest of dark brown body pours a frothy burnt umber head with minimal retention leaves a bit of skim, no lace. Creamy mouth, great tingle, slick and coating. Taste is sweet caramelized sugars, prune, plum, a hint of chocolate, bit of bitter coffee in the aftertaste, leaves mouth coated not clean. Alcohol masked, a hint of cough syrup going on in the end.

Nov 30, 2020
07:04:55 PM
100 Saison Dupont Dry Hopping Belgium Saison 4.3

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

Grass, clove, cardomom, bubble gum in the nose. Beautiful looking beer medium gold body slightly foggy, Rocky egg white head lasts forever with amazing lace. Mouth is full, creamy, not quite chewy. Flavor is good the original is a subtle kiss this is a smack in the face. Cardamom a little clove a little bubble gum a little banana, sour finish not unlike a good hefi. Would be great with a nasty cheese and some stinky meat.

Nov 26, 2020
10:59:32 PM