Balthazar (86), Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 2, 2006 Lightly cloudy golden color with a fizzy cream colored head. Clean tangy hops dominated this beer offset just enough by light yeast. Maybe some very light fruity overtones. Nice blue glass bottle and resealable top... probably the best thing about this beer.
 LyndaNova (497), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
| 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 7/20 |
Sep 2, 2006 Cold 33.8 oz blue swing top bottle: Pours a clear golden amber with very minimal ivory bubbles. Aroma is of apple and hops. Fizzy on the tongue. Taste is mainly bitter with notes of fruit. Moderately bitter aftertaste.
Volgon (2490), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 2, 2006 Large blue swingtop bottle: Pours lightly cloudy light orange with a thick white head, aroma has apples, flowers and earthy hops, full bodied for the style, nice strong carbonation, long grainy ending, starts and ends lightly bitter.
HighGateGuy95 (13), Keene, New Hampshire, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
May 17, 2006 Updated: May 19, 2006slight hints of fruityness to the nose, Very light golden in color light body, well balanced and yes, it is refreshing.
Ale4Ed (7), Beacon Falls, Connecticut, USA
does not count  | 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 28, 2006 I have to agree with most of what has been posted on this light, tasty ale. Again, I buy it fresh since it is a local brewer. I share it with my friends who are ’afraid’ of craft brews, they love it.
Cletus (5059), Connecticut, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 12, 2005 Pours out coppery with a white head. Smells of bread, nuts, grapefruit and sugar. Tastes appley with some mellow spicey notes. Great think lively mouthfeel.
ClarkVV (3578), Allston, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 1, 2005 2005 1L swingtop bottle, quite beautiful as all have said. A very sparkling, shining golden appearance, a deep, true golden color, with just a hint of light copper. Very hazy, with sediment suspended in minute particles all throughout the glass, I really love when that occurs. Creamy, yellow-flecked white head. Very well-retained and leaves immense sheets of lace plastered to the glass. Aroma of sugar cookies, nutty hops, very earthy and lightly bitter. Light floral notes and some lemon sorbet with honey on it. Begins with a big, sticky bitterness, that clings to the tongue, backed up by some notes reminding me of orange-blossom honey. Very pleasing, creamy mouthfeel, fresh and unfiltered. Ends very dry and bitter, as magic_hat says, it has a bit too much on the bittering and not quite enough hops flavor. Lots going on on the finish, but it’s mostly hops driven; peppery, soily, nutty notes from the boiled hops with some light toasty malt, almost worty-sweet. Some light flowers and honey linger, and the hops bitterness steadily builds on the palate, really dulling the other flavors by the end of the bottle. No alcohol apparency, with a dusty, lightly dirty (not in a bad way) yeastiness. Well-made beer, but let’s have less hops bitterness and more hops flavor.
Cottrell (72), Connecticut, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 21, 2005 This is a pretty good Spring Pale ale, but it has room for improvement. The bittering hops are a little too intense, and it could use some finishing hops to cover up a little. This is borderlining an IPA. Good malt backbone, a nice fairly dry beer. A little unbalanced, but good none the less. And I love the 1 liter swing top bottles, great for us homebrewers.
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