Beer Reviews by HANTRAN

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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
176 Elysian Space Dust United States IPA 4.1

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

Solid in the nose balanced pine and citrus . slightly fogged medium gold body topped by a moderate white head with good lace. Mouth is medium and slick perhaps a bit creamy with subtle carbonation . flavor profile is a hop heads delight. Good sweet malt balance to the predominating citra with alcohol present and warming. Bitter and clean in the finish.

Mar 20, 2017
12:00:00 PM
177 Jack's Abby Excess IPL United States Lager 4.3

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

At first sniff I was loving this and taste followed suit. Great strong nose of lemon and and clover with a hint of biscuit. Unfiltered and sourced locally it pours a hazy light gold body topped with a moderate white head and very nice lacing. Medium body, excellent carbonation. Tart as hell with great but modest citrus, bitter, bitter, bitter pucker up for this monster. These guys brew interesting lagers! The alcohol is warming, the balance for a VERY hoppy lager is spot on. Yes, I really like this brew!

Mar 18, 2017
12:00:00 PM
178 Back East Brewing Misty Mountain IPA United States IPA 3.5

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

Mild nose; orange peel, hint of pine, hint of biscuit. Clear medium gold body moderate white head, minimal lace. Medium body, slightly slick and slightly under-carbonated. Nothing special in the flavor but nothing wrong either; a slightly mild Lagunitas IPA. Nicely balanced, alcohol masked, astringent clean finish, they don't list IBU's but the apparent biterness is significant. Very drinkable and sessionable for a 7%er.

Mar 14, 2017
12:00:00 PM
179 Troegs Nugget Nectar Ale United States IPA 3.9

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

STILL WAITING FOR A TROEGS BEW THAT TASTES GOOD! Pine and flowers in the nose, like rolling in a fresh meadow. and bread in the nose. Surprisingly darkish copper body topped with decent head and minimal lace. Mouth is slick and perhaps under-carbonated. The 93 IBU seems exagerated, its bitter but really? The malt is quite present in the flavor and its well balanced for a hoppy brew.malts are sweetish and the hops surprisingly neutral leaning towards floral.Very nice dry clean finish.

Mar 10, 2017
12:00:00 PM
180 Hanging Hills Brewing YPA United States American Pale Ale 3.6

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

Nice nose, tangerine and pineapple with some sweet bread notes. Slightly odd looking, medium amber but a touch grey somehow, but very clear, moderate white had, little lace. Mouth is a bit oily but not offensive, maybe a hair under-carbonated. Flavor is maybe closer to an IPA, quite neutral overall, with a slightly strident finish, some sour fruit , good balance of malt, quite sessionable.

Feb 11, 2017
12:00:00 PM
181 Funky Bow G-string United States American Pale Ale 3.5

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

Orange, honey, watermelon in the nose. Hazy gold body topped with short lived white head and no real lace. Mouth is a little creamy, carbonation well done. Peach and orange present in the initial taste, malt is minimal and neutral, a high tang at the back of the mouth, bitter fish almost going medicinal. Not bad, not great.

Feb 10, 2017
12:00:00 PM
182 Foley Brothers Citrennial United States IPA 4.1

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

Sweet nose tropical fruit, hey and spring flowers. Hazy unfiltered medium gold body topped with moderate had and moderate lacing. Surprisingly creamy mouth, slick and nice, with good carbonation. Unusual flavor profile on this one. Very tart but neutral bittereing, not picking up the city too much which is kinda nice. Some sour fruit, VERY dry finish. Not a ton of flavor very bitter in the end.

Feb 1, 2017
12:00:00 PM
183 Back East Brewing Porter United States Porter 3.7

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

winey nose with hints of licorice and toasted malts. Not quite opaque dark brown body with hints of ruby topped by moderate head with moderate lace. Mouth is a bit creamy with good carbonation. Some chocolate in the flavor towards the end followed with a clean hop bitterness that finishes quite clean and dry. Somewhat raw cereal flavors that are actually quite nice predominate throughout. Flavor rounds out nicely as it warms.

Jan 27, 2017
12:00:00 PM
184 Broad Brook Brewing Porter's Porter United States Porter 3.7

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

Mild nose of cotton candy and roasted malt. Dark brown body topped by a caramel colored moderate head that leaves a skim coat and slight lacing. The mouth is a bit thin and a bit watery. Flavor is coffee chocolate black cherry. A little cotton candy finishes slightly sweet. Suspect the flavor profile would round out nicely if allowed to warm more. The local was really serving it at a colder temperature than it should have. Unfortunately I have to get home and cook dinner for the wife so I won't taste it at a proper temperature.

Jan 16, 2017
12:00:00 PM
185 Victory Mad Kings Weisse United States Hefeweizen 4.4

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

Nose: Banana, Orange, Honey, Cookie Dough Appearance: Huge everlasting egg whites head covers a pale, slightly hazed, gold body that continually effervesces. SPOT ON FOR STYLE!!! Mouth: Medium bodied, slick, tingly Flavor: Best American here I've had. Well balanced and hits all the proper notes. The banana, clove routine is, unlike most US Heffe's, understated, nicely grassy at the end and just a bit more hops bitterness than expected, but I like! Finish is slightly sweet and alrighty sour.

Dec 31, 2016
12:00:00 PM
186 Ommegang Nirvana IPA United States IPA 3.4

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

Mild nose of citrus and biscuit. Body is a hazed pale apricot with a moderate white head with moderate retention and lace. Mouth is a bit thin. Favor is mild sweet int he middle and ready with a bitter finish . Very neutral and balanced, very sessional, not much to write hime about.

Dec 21, 2016
12:00:00 PM
187 Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro United States Milk Stout 4.2

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

Very pleasant nose, raisins, vanilla, chocolate, espresso, milk shake, and pine. Very dark brown with tiny hint of ruby and opaque body topped with a dark tan head that has very good retention and minimal lace. The nitro aspect is minimal in the pour which is OK by me. Very creamy in the mouth, moderately bodied. A fairly mild flavor profile is none the less well balanced. Some delicate chocolate notes, a malted milk malt flavor, some high notes of lactic acid, sweet at the finish but clean with little aftertaste. Alcohol very masked. Easy drinking!

Dec 11, 2016
12:00:00 PM
188 Prairie Artisan Ales Gold United States Saison 3.8

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

AS with many of their beers this is not on their website, probably a one time brew. Bitter lemon, honey, slight banana, yeasty funk in the nose. VEry nice nose! Foggy warmish gold body with moderate white head that dissipates rapidly leaving no skim and no lace (this is really gonna knock down and otherwise lovely brew.) Lot of tingle in the mouth although perhaps its under-carbonated, semi slick and slightly watery. I like the flavor, it doesn't really follow the nose, interesting. Tastes very much like a hard cider. Yeasty flavors lots of really high notes, ending is sweet , finish is surprisingly clean and dry; evidence of the Brett working hard I suspect. Alcohol well masked. This beer really highlights the Brett and comes close to crossing the line from saison to gueuze. The Brett here leans towards the pineapple.

Dec 5, 2016
12:00:00 PM
189 Omnipollo Machaper Sweden American Pale Ale 4.2

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

Ok, first of all I put this brewer in as Sweden because its Swedish dudes doing a "gypsy" thing and having beer brewed all over the place, in this case in Denver by Crazy Mountain brewing Company Limited. Very long lasting nose of grassy and lemon and honey with a hint of resin and some deep funk. Appears unflitered, lots of gunk on the bottom of the bomber ...hazy pale yellow body with a decent short lived head that is white white white, and minimal lace. Mouth is medium, slick, and moderately carbonated. Very unusual flavor profile. Classified as a Pale Ale because thats what the label alls it. Its certainly NOT an English style ale. Actually tastes like a slightly sour American IPA.The galaxy shines here, citric and tropical notes abound, lemon and passionfruit, hints of pineapple. Low malt presence for a Pale Ale (and maybe even for an IPA) finishes with sour grassy notes and slight alcohol warming. What comes to mind is a Session IPA IF a Session IPA every tasted good! this thing is could really be slammed. Odd duck but I really love it! (very hard to find out east here.)

Dec 3, 2016
12:00:00 PM
190 Oskar Blues IPA United States IPA 3.6

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

Very acceptable and accessible IPA. Nice IPA nose, pine, mango, fresh cut flowers. Quite yellow in the body, clear with good continuing bubbles, topped by a bright white head with good retention and little lace. Mouth is a touch on the light side of medium a bit too watery, carbonation well done. Flavor is nicely bitter, malts are neutral, some pineapple slightly off putting aftertaste, a bit medicinal but OK.

Nov 27, 2016
12:00:00 PM
191 De Proef By Udder Means Belgium Milk Stout 4.6

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

Nose of black licorice, oatmeal, tootsie tool, and grapes. Black and opaque motor oil pour leaves a head that lasts forever and is creamy and caramel/ruby tinged. Fantastic lace, I hesitate to taste cause it looks so pretty! Mouth is creamy and full with perfect carbonation. Taste is simple, which may actually be hard to do. Licorice, milkshake, nice buttering finish, dry yet creamy in the end. Dark roasted malts. Balance? Hell yes, this thing could work the high wire for Cirque! Probably the best stout I have ever had, at least for those under 10 abv.

Nov 26, 2016
12:00:00 PM
192 Mystic Saison United States Saison 3.5

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

I like Saisons and measure them agains Dupont. This one was not a winner for me (and I think its now labeled as Saison Renaud.) Typical saison nose and appearance. Mouth could be slicker fix is good. Not a fan of the flavor balance, too astringent/medicinal although all the typical farmhouse notes are there, I suspect its the yeast that is off-putting to me.

Nov 25, 2016
12:00:00 PM
193 Rogue Farms Fresh Roast United States Brown Ale 3.8

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

Black Cherries and rich roasty malts in the nose with some dank woody notes.Pours a very dark opaque brown without and ruby hints and topped with a modest head that is caramel colored and leaves no lace. The mouth is surprisingly thin and the carbonation is low but I kind of like it works. Taste is fairly mild but complex. The overall presentation is sweet malts with deep roasted grain. The finish has slight hop notes, tart apple and the aftertaste is slightly burnt toast. Although the alcohol is not high it is present at the end is is slightly warming.Very sessionable but missing some depth.

Nov 20, 2016
12:00:00 PM
194 Victory Vital IPA United States IPA 2.8

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Wow, after all the citra IPA's I have had lately its nice to smell some malt.Three is an odd grass note in the nose and some sour fruit, odd IPA nose. Another slightly hazed IPA, beginning to wonder if its my glass. Medium gold body is topped with moderate head and some lace. Mouth is fullish and the carbonation a bit underdone and yet fizzy in an unpleaseant way.They say the malts are German but this tastes English to me overall.The finish is sour and sort of dominates the experience. A bit complex with malts playing a small role. I don't hate this taste but its just not an IPA profile. That sour finish is also perhaps medicinal, wonder if I got a bad bottle.

Oct 29, 2016
12:00:00 PM
195 Jack's Abby Beer Geek Helles United States Helles / Dortmunder 3.9

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

Short-lived nose bready and grassy. Pours a light gold body that is slightly hazed with a smallish white head which leaves a thin skim coat and a hint of lace. Mouth is nicely thin with moderate carbonation and a bit slick. Haven't had a lot of helles but this one seems spot on. Some light malt flavor, a touch of lavender, some grass and little honey, a very nice mild sweet-tart at the back of the mouth mid swig, finish is a hint of honey but pretty clean. Very Very Drinkable! (the sum on this one is better than the parts)

Oct 25, 2016
12:00:00 PM
196 Golden Road Wolf Among Weeds IPA United States Imperial IPA 3.9

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

Mild nose of honey, pine, and citrus. Very nice pale yellow body with great transparency is topped by a thin white head with a touch of lace. Mouth is medium to thin slick and a bit fizzy. Flavor is clean with alcohol quite well masked. Well balanced with a tart slightly bitter finish, not a lot of malt, surprisingly, some tangerine, some warming. Really pretty nice!

Oct 13, 2016
12:00:00 PM
197 Southern Tier Imperial Gemini (2014+) United States Imperial IPA 4.0

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

Big honking nose of pine and tropical fruit. A vigorous pour produces an OK head that has moderate retention and lace with a light copper body. Mouth is chewy and slick. A bit sweet with lots of bitter but avoids the Sweet Tart trap. Malt backbone is minimal. Alcohol fairly well masked but warming,

Oct 3, 2016
12:00:00 PM
198 10 Barrel Joe IPA United States IPA 3.9

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

Pineapple and vanilla in the nose.Pours a lovely soft gold with nice head and little lace, good retention. Mouth is quite full and a bit chewy. Flavor is citrus and some tropical fruit with a quite solid malt backbone. Nicely done, very good with Mexican food.

Sep 18, 2016
12:00:00 PM
199 He'Brew Bittersweet Lennys R.I.P.A. United States Imperial IPA 4.0

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

Nose of toasted malt, pine, and bubblegum. Pours a deep copper body with a caramel colored head with good retention and decent lace. Mouth is a bit thin but well carbonated and nicely slick. Lots of rye in the flavor profile. The hops are bittering, there is a sweet note half way through. Alcohol is present and warming. There is a funk to this flavor that I can't put my finger on but is related to the bublbegum nose, it hints at a Belgium farmy yard flavor. Not my cup of tea but well done.

Aug 31, 2016
12:00:00 PM
200 Orono Brewing Amorica Stout United States Stout 3.8

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

Nice growler of fresh Stout. Mild nose of raisin chocolate and hints of pine. Deep brown body with moderate Carmel-colored head, fair retention and very little lace. Mouth is a bit thin and carbonation is on the low side. A fairly sweet Stout. Notes of chocolate and prune with an interesting Sourish finish. A bit of a nice flavor at the end. Very drinkable.

Aug 20, 2016
12:00:00 PM