Moderate dank hop aroma. Crisp bite that clears the palate and initially leaves little behind, then slowly moderate dank hop flavor build a bit. Very dry finish.
Canned 7/17/2026, drank on 8/16/2026
4 out of 5 stars.
Altamont Pounds of Green
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Asher Tree Hugger Organic Amber
Faint aroma of caramel malts. Taste is a slightly tart combination of yeast, amber malt, ama a clean bread malt. Finishes fairly smooth with a mild aftertaste of ripe fruit. Overall clean. Decent, but not exciting.
Canned 7/29, drank on 8/8.
4 out of 5 stars.
Melvin Method Krush
Thick, sticky sweet hop aroma. Taste is fairly smooth, without a hop bite. Flavor is moderate hops, but finishes fairly clean, with a hint of grapefruit-like sour in the background.
Canned 5/7/2026, drank 8/6/2026
4 out of 5 stars.
Altamont Hella Hoppy IIPA
Mild fruity and dank hop aroma. Soft hop bite followed by super strong flavor mix of hops. Aftertaste is danky and resinous. A ton of heavy hop flavors, but you don’t really taste the alcohol of the 9.0%.
Canned 3/18/26, drank on 8/2/26.
4 out of 5 stars.
North Peak Vesper
Faint sweet aroma, almost like light fruit. Slight crispness, with sweet malt flavor and tasteful but not bitter hops. Drying effect on palate from yeast on the back end, finishing fairly dry, but a broad sweet fruity flavor with hints of bitterness in the background.
Canned 5/11/2026, drank on 7/18/2026.
4 or of 5 stars.
Hop Butcher Double Snorkel Squad
Somewhat strong sweet hop aroma. Slightly tart tang up front, followed by an in-rush of heavy juice flavor. Can taste the alcohol, buried in pale malt flavor. Aftertaste has lingering moderate hop bitterness.
Canned 5/11/2026, drank 5/29/2026.
4 out of 5 stars.
Founders Baltic Porter
Slightly sweet aroma, with hints of dark malts. Fairly thick and sticky on the palate with a crispness that comes in to clear things out. Eventually a sweetness comes in with hints of dark malts again and lingers. Strange combination of dark sweetness and crispness.
Bottled 2/13/2026, tasted on 4/24/2026
4 out of 5 stars.
Bristol Brewing Compass IPA
Faint hop aromas. Moderate hop bitterness mixed with caramel malt flavors. Finishes fairly crisp, with lingering hop bitterness.
Canned 1/20/2026, tasted 4/1/2026
4 out of 5 stars.
Short’s The Mighty Shorse
Faint fruity aroma. Very smooth on the palate, with a mild peach flavor. Aftertaste has some bitterness, like a combination of the peach flavor and some hop bitterness. This fades and just leaves a mild peach flavor.
Canned 10/14/25, drank 2/8/2026
4 out of 5 stars.
La Cumbre Malpais Stout
Dark sweet malt aroma. Slightly tart taste that fades to a moderate malt and yeast sweetness. Finishes fairly clean. Tasty.
4 out of 5 stars.