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Fall Festivus
Cricket Hill Brewing Co.
- From:
- Cricket Hill Brewing Co.
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
Ranked #376 - ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 78
Ranked #26,892 - Avg:
- 3.36 | pDev: 14.88%
- Reviews:
- 38
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 10, 2022
- Added:
- Nov 08, 2008
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Reviewed by jgido759 from New Jersey
3.35/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.35/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
On tap at the brewery. Pours a darker amber with a thin head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is malty, with a hint of Fall spices. Taste is malty with a hint of caramel with a slight peppery bitter finish. Medium carbonation. A good Fall beer. . .
Oct 10, 2022Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey
3.73/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12/28/20...pours medium dark amber w/ a fluffy head of white foam. Sweet malty caramel nose. Caramel sweet with peppy bitter. Starts as an amber ale but pops a bit more. Real solid bitter for balance. Solid.
Apr 04, 2021Reviewed by dacrza1 from New Jersey
3.23/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.23/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
DATE: December 9, 2018... OCCASION: resting after a good and busy weekend... GLASSWARE: Stoudts pint... pours a feverish, copious amount of off-white head that clumps into an Elvis-like head atop a dark chestnut body alive with bubbling clusters.... the first impression is its malt-forward, bready and toasted, with earthy and light floral hops... the whole aroma is somewhat mellow, if not down-tuned.... this sips with a bold body, medium strength and substantial for an ESB--almost an Americanization of the style--with a worthwhile mouthfeel and a buttery finish... besides the toasted malts, butter, and flower, one can note tea, plum, grapefruit, and some uneven qualities... at 6.5%, this strong-arms the drinking experience with a heightened bitterness that requires some puckering... overall, I can see what Cricket Hill is going for, and it weds reasonably well with the season that was... the bitterness and muddled flavors drop this a bit, but the effect is close to a late fall pairing...
Dec 10, 2018Reviewed by strohme2 from Michigan
3.47/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Chestnut brown with autumn highlights. Earthy and wood on the nose. Smell is kind of off-putting.
Caramel, tobacco, sweet malt, pine and slight citrus hop profile. Medium mouthfeel.
Listed as an IPA, feels more like an amber.
Oct 02, 2016Caramel, tobacco, sweet malt, pine and slight citrus hop profile. Medium mouthfeel.
Listed as an IPA, feels more like an amber.
Reviewed by njcraftguy from New Jersey
3.99/5 rDev +18.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +18.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A nice fall/winter beer. Good flavor but nothing special. Would drink again. Pretty low ABV for a fall style beer but also smooth and drinkable. Fairly tasty
Nov 09, 2015Reviewed by RJIV from New Jersey
4.61/5 rDev +37.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.61/5 rDev +37.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Had on draft.
Much different form what I remember, which was more of a red dominant marzen.
This beer pours a nice, solid copper color.
Smell of hops upfront with an underlying caramel sweetness.
Hops follow through with the upfront flavor, but gives way to a nice caramel, toffee sweetness.
The beer is thicker than other amber.
You can either call this a hoppy amber ale or red IPA - either way this beer is extremely well balanced between hops and malts. Really impressive from a brewery that does a lot of good not great beers.
Oct 13, 2015Much different form what I remember, which was more of a red dominant marzen.
This beer pours a nice, solid copper color.
Smell of hops upfront with an underlying caramel sweetness.
Hops follow through with the upfront flavor, but gives way to a nice caramel, toffee sweetness.
The beer is thicker than other amber.
You can either call this a hoppy amber ale or red IPA - either way this beer is extremely well balanced between hops and malts. Really impressive from a brewery that does a lot of good not great beers.
Rated by ChadwickHines
3.25/5 rDev -3.3%
3.25/5 rDev -3.3%
Excellent fall beer. Too much hops lately for a fall beer. To the IPA and Pale ale person such as myself it is not an issue.
Nov 22, 2014Rated by seedyone from New York
3.5/5 rDev +4.2%
3.5/5 rDev +4.2%
10/17/12 On tap at Rattle n Hum, NYC. Great body. Creamy. Balanced. All that good stuff, but I need to keep looking. Obsessed by the quest.
Oct 25, 2014
Fall Festivus from Cricket Hill Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
72 ratings
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