Farnham Ale & Lager 64
Farnham Ale & Lager
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- Style:
- IPA - American
Ranked #6,824 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #44,488 - Avg:
- 3.44 | pDev: 14.24%
- Reviews:
- 9
- Ratings:
- From:
- Farnham Ale & Lager
- Quebec, Canada
- Avail:
- Year-round
- Wants
- 1
- Gots
- 9
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Notes:
Reviews: 9
| Ratings: 33
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Reviews by LanceH:
LanceH from Canada (ON)
2.94/5 rDev -14.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Aug 27, 2016
2.94/5 rDev -14.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Aug 27, 2016
More User Reviews:
Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
3.5/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Can: Poured a clear copper color ale with a nice tan color head with good retention with some good lacing. Aroma of dry hoppy notes with light dry caramel malt notes. Taste is also dominated by some dry hoppy caramel malt notes with light bitter ness at the end. Body is about average with good carbonation. Enjoyable and easily drinkable with good English-style hops presence.
Feb 17, 2014
3.5/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Can: Poured a clear copper color ale with a nice tan color head with good retention with some good lacing. Aroma of dry hoppy notes with light dry caramel malt notes. Taste is also dominated by some dry hoppy caramel malt notes with light bitter ness at the end. Body is about average with good carbonation. Enjoyable and easily drinkable with good English-style hops presence.
Feb 17, 2014
smcolw from Massachusetts
3.65/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Large, big bubbled head. It settles slowly, forming a dome on the decent. Minimal spots for lace. Light amber color and relatively clear.
Mild aroma of semi-sweet toasted malt. Very low hop nose.
The flavor has a strong toasted malt start with a notable hop bite in the swallow and aftertaste. Full bodied but with a sizable effervescence. The flavor has a touch of earthiness to it, but the hop dominates.
Aug 03, 2014
3.65/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Large, big bubbled head. It settles slowly, forming a dome on the decent. Minimal spots for lace. Light amber color and relatively clear.
Mild aroma of semi-sweet toasted malt. Very low hop nose.
The flavor has a strong toasted malt start with a notable hop bite in the swallow and aftertaste. Full bodied but with a sizable effervescence. The flavor has a touch of earthiness to it, but the hop dominates.
Aug 03, 2014
bylerteck from Canada (ON)
2.69/5 rDev -21.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Way too malty for the style. Letdown.
Feb 13, 2015
2.69/5 rDev -21.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Way too malty for the style. Letdown.
Feb 13, 2015
VbolieuV from Canada (QC)
3.24/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Amber-red in color, with small head that disappear quickly. An overly sweet smell, with bread hints. Overly sweet in the mouth too, way too malty with almost no hop taste. Really underwhelming.
Aug 04, 2015
3.24/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Amber-red in color, with small head that disappear quickly. An overly sweet smell, with bread hints. Overly sweet in the mouth too, way too malty with almost no hop taste. Really underwhelming.
Aug 04, 2015
anotherpg from Massachusetts
3.13/5 rDev -9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
From a can. This beer is not an IPA, as others have noted, but more of a Canadian interpretation of what a really sweet IPA should be like. I mean, it's sweet, it's malty, and then, at the very end, it's bitter. That's an IPA, eh? This is a curiousity that I like because it shows how much taste and culture dominates beer. It's weird and tastes *just like every beer in Quebec to me* which is to say, malty and sweet. Except they made it better, because it's an IPA, eh?
Sep 09, 2017
3.13/5 rDev -9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
From a can. This beer is not an IPA, as others have noted, but more of a Canadian interpretation of what a really sweet IPA should be like. I mean, it's sweet, it's malty, and then, at the very end, it's bitter. That's an IPA, eh? This is a curiousity that I like because it shows how much taste and culture dominates beer. It's weird and tastes *just like every beer in Quebec to me* which is to say, malty and sweet. Except they made it better, because it's an IPA, eh?
Sep 09, 2017
djcreepshow from Canada (NS)
3.77/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Oct 25, 2015
3.77/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Oct 25, 2015
Prost76 from New Hampshire
3.28/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Sep 08, 2016
3.28/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Sep 08, 2016
MJ63 from Canada (ON)
4.23/5 rDev +23%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Sep 15, 2015
4.23/5 rDev +23%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Sep 15, 2015
Haydn-Juby from Vermont
3.69/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Not dissimilar in appearance to an Irish red, honestly. Lacing and head retention were great. On the nose I get just about an equal mix of slightly citrusy hops and sweet caramelized malt; both are rather subdued though. On the palate malt leads the forefront. It is rather bitter however, just not that "hoppy" or citrusy. It's maybe even a bit harsh, in terms of bitterness. A pretty creamy body, which probably has a lot to do with the head staying around forever. Really this just seems like a slightly stronger and much bitter Irish red. That being said I rather like this beer and it's okay.
Jan 16, 2015
3.69/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Not dissimilar in appearance to an Irish red, honestly. Lacing and head retention were great. On the nose I get just about an equal mix of slightly citrusy hops and sweet caramelized malt; both are rather subdued though. On the palate malt leads the forefront. It is rather bitter however, just not that "hoppy" or citrusy. It's maybe even a bit harsh, in terms of bitterness. A pretty creamy body, which probably has a lot to do with the head staying around forever. Really this just seems like a slightly stronger and much bitter Irish red. That being said I rather like this beer and it's okay.
Jan 16, 2015
TheDoctor from Canada (QC)
3.78/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
A:
Pours a clear ruddy amber with a little finger and a half of tan head that stays a scummy film throughout. Meh retention; spotty lacing.
S:
Malty and slightly herbal. Caramel, soap, lemon rind, fresh cut grass.
T:
Creamy and flatly hoppy. Lots of earthy hops, brown sugar, dirt, pine, ash, caramel.
M:
Medium bodied, even, coating, and creamy with a tingly finish and good carbonation. Supoib!
O:
Nice tasting IPA (although it could definitely pass for an APA—or maybe American Amber).
First of all, it is nice to see cans. It pours pretty unimpressive, but I think that further is evidence of the can's appeal—not to mention portability; and is generally a tasty beer. I think it is deceiving how malty it smells compared to the taste, but it has a nice woodsy/English hop profile and is pretty damn drinkable. Tasty beer to celebrate my return to La Belle Province.
Would have again; worth trying, would be a good intro to hoppy beers for someone curious to get into them.
Jun 01, 2014
3.78/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
A:
Pours a clear ruddy amber with a little finger and a half of tan head that stays a scummy film throughout. Meh retention; spotty lacing.
S:
Malty and slightly herbal. Caramel, soap, lemon rind, fresh cut grass.
T:
Creamy and flatly hoppy. Lots of earthy hops, brown sugar, dirt, pine, ash, caramel.
M:
Medium bodied, even, coating, and creamy with a tingly finish and good carbonation. Supoib!
O:
Nice tasting IPA (although it could definitely pass for an APA—or maybe American Amber).
First of all, it is nice to see cans. It pours pretty unimpressive, but I think that further is evidence of the can's appeal—not to mention portability; and is generally a tasty beer. I think it is deceiving how malty it smells compared to the taste, but it has a nice woodsy/English hop profile and is pretty damn drinkable. Tasty beer to celebrate my return to La Belle Province.
Would have again; worth trying, would be a good intro to hoppy beers for someone curious to get into them.
Jun 01, 2014
Brob245 from Missouri
3.69/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Sep 16, 2015
3.69/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Sep 16, 2015
T-34-85 from New York
3.38/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Dec 08, 2015
3.38/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Dec 08, 2015
Poljazz22 from Canada (QC)
3.57/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Reddish tan color beige head goes to thin beige ring.Fine carbonation.
Flowery hops and some malt.
British IPA flavor with extra bitterness. It is on the British IPA side apart from some extra bitterness.
Easy to drink. You feel some of the alcohol afterwards. Perhaps too much watery feel? Well managed carbonation.
A nice balanced IPA on an Sunday afternoon.
From a 16 us oz can $2.50 can when you buy 4!
Jul 03, 2016
3.57/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Reddish tan color beige head goes to thin beige ring.Fine carbonation.
Flowery hops and some malt.
British IPA flavor with extra bitterness. It is on the British IPA side apart from some extra bitterness.
Easy to drink. You feel some of the alcohol afterwards. Perhaps too much watery feel? Well managed carbonation.
A nice balanced IPA on an Sunday afternoon.
From a 16 us oz can $2.50 can when you buy 4!
Jul 03, 2016
TimWakimika from Canada (QC)
3.25/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours a clear amber. This doesn't taste much like an IPA. Quite sweet on the malt; limited hops in the aroma and flavour. Some caramel notes on the finish.
Jan 16, 2016
3.25/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours a clear amber. This doesn't taste much like an IPA. Quite sweet on the malt; limited hops in the aroma and flavour. Some caramel notes on the finish.
Jan 16, 2016
Farnham Ale & Lager 64 from Farnham Ale & Lager
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
33 ratings
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