Brewer's Series #6 IPL
Berkshire Brewing Company
- From:
- Berkshire Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- India Pale Lager (IPL)
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 6.43%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 20, 2017
- Added:
- Jul 24, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 6
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Rated by rktrat from Massachusetts
3.74/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Don't usually drink ales. This one was tasty on a hot afternoon
Jul 03, 2016
Rated by PSanger from Connecticut
3.95/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Delicious easy drinking IPL. Quality beer at a reasonable price.
Apr 27, 2016
Reviewed by smcolw from Massachusetts
4.15/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Cloudy, dark gold color. Moderate head but it leaves a great lattice of lace on the glass.
Quite malty to the nose. Lightly sweet with an almost apple cider aroma.
The flavor is a tad bit sweet but the hop brings a good balance with some bitterness. Interesting complexity with a wide range of flavors. Great body for a lager, the carbonation is subdued. I get some alcohol in the finish. The aftertaste is balanced nicely. A very easy to drink beer with no flaws and decent complexity. Easy to love.
Feb 14, 2016Quite malty to the nose. Lightly sweet with an almost apple cider aroma.
The flavor is a tad bit sweet but the hop brings a good balance with some bitterness. Interesting complexity with a wide range of flavors. Great body for a lager, the carbonation is subdued. I get some alcohol in the finish. The aftertaste is balanced nicely. A very easy to drink beer with no flaws and decent complexity. Easy to love.
Reviewed by VelvetExtract from Massachusetts
3.29/5 rDev -11.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -11.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
On tap. Sample pour. Aroma is mildly hoppy. A little buttery. Some floral hops. Flavor is slightly buttery, too. I would prefer this to have a more intense hoppiness. I thought the hops were mostly floral. I got a soft lager-yeastiness as well. This one could have been better.
Jan 31, 2016
Reviewed by TheManiacalOne from Rhode Island
3.79/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
On-tap 1/3/2016 at Doherty’s East Ave Irish Pub in Pawtucket, RI, served in a tapered pint glass.
A: The beer is a dark gold color, with a large foamy off-white head that fades slowly and leaves a thick lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains grassy hops, lager yeast, caramelized malts and some citrus.
T: The taste starts out bready with flavors of lager yeast and a hearty but not too heavy malt character. Then some sweetness comes in from flavors of caramel and citrus. The hops presence is mild but complementary and brings a good balance. The after-taste is slightly bready.
M: Crisp and smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, decent kick, good representation of style, this is a solid beer to drink for a while.
Jan 03, 2016A: The beer is a dark gold color, with a large foamy off-white head that fades slowly and leaves a thick lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains grassy hops, lager yeast, caramelized malts and some citrus.
T: The taste starts out bready with flavors of lager yeast and a hearty but not too heavy malt character. Then some sweetness comes in from flavors of caramel and citrus. The hops presence is mild but complementary and brings a good balance. The after-taste is slightly bready.
M: Crisp and smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, decent kick, good representation of style, this is a solid beer to drink for a while.
Rated by DonWeymouth from Massachusetts
3.79/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Nice smooth flavor with hoppy aftertaste.
Nov 15, 2015
Reviewed by ColdOneKev from North Carolina
3.83/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A - Semi-clear orange body with a medium white head that leaves moderate lacing.
S - Light biscuit and maybe some light spicey hops. Not much to the nose.
T - Cereal, biscuit backbone cut off by some noble-like hops. Spicy, medicinal. Ends crisp. Reminds you this is a lager.
M - Medium body, medium/low carb. Dries the palate.
O - This is a nice take on the style I like to try everything from Berkshire. Worth trying, but I probably wouldn't revisit.
Oct 31, 2015S - Light biscuit and maybe some light spicey hops. Not much to the nose.
T - Cereal, biscuit backbone cut off by some noble-like hops. Spicy, medicinal. Ends crisp. Reminds you this is a lager.
M - Medium body, medium/low carb. Dries the palate.
O - This is a nice take on the style I like to try everything from Berkshire. Worth trying, but I probably wouldn't revisit.
Reviewed by cbutova from Massachusetts
3.73/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
The Foundry is the best. On draft.
A- Fairly hazy close to cloudy yellow orange body from the tap to a becher. A large, frothy white cap rises up to several fingers. Good head retention and ample lace webs.
S- Fairly mild for an IPL at 6% but hops are certainly up front with floral, herbal and citrus zesty hops. Cereal grains and yeast bread back that up.
T- Citrus zest mostly like orange and tangerine from the hops. Floral, pine resin and herbal notes as well. Slight hints of cereal, bread, apple esters and grapes.
MF- Creamy and frothy overall consistency. Carbonation is on the high side and helps the texture establish itself. Fairly bitter finish.
A solid effort by a classic New England brewery. Citrus leads to pine and cereal in a fairly pale lager body.
Jul 24, 2015A- Fairly hazy close to cloudy yellow orange body from the tap to a becher. A large, frothy white cap rises up to several fingers. Good head retention and ample lace webs.
S- Fairly mild for an IPL at 6% but hops are certainly up front with floral, herbal and citrus zesty hops. Cereal grains and yeast bread back that up.
T- Citrus zest mostly like orange and tangerine from the hops. Floral, pine resin and herbal notes as well. Slight hints of cereal, bread, apple esters and grapes.
MF- Creamy and frothy overall consistency. Carbonation is on the high side and helps the texture establish itself. Fairly bitter finish.
A solid effort by a classic New England brewery. Citrus leads to pine and cereal in a fairly pale lager body.
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