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Finback Brewery - Glendale
- From:
- Finback Brewery - Glendale
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #305 - ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #6,228 - Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 8.21%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 28
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 02, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 06, 2016
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 30
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
IPA brewed with mango.
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Rated by Mctr234 from Rhode Island
4.09/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Fruity. Good.
Aug 08, 2025
Reviewed by BloodSoakedAleMug from New York
4.71/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.71/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Drank within a week of it being canned; this is extremely fresh.
Look: Very similar to orange juice; pours a thick, completely opaque, deep yellow/orange with a dense, one and a half finger head of foam. Head retention is below average; leaves no lacing.
Aroma: Slightly spicy pine needles and bitter grapefruit peel. Sweet and slightly tart aroma of tangerines and pineapple. A little bit of herbal lemon verbena - even some notes of honey and granola.
Taste: Wow... finback never ceases to impress me. Very very complex. Upfront there is a gentle, bitter contrast of lemon verbena and spruce; it goes hand in hand with juicy, but not overtly saccharine flavors of tropical guava, orange and baked, brown sugar glazed pineapple. Softly and gently transitions into velvety flavors of honey drizzled over granola, before petering out into mellow flavors of papaya and tangerine. Delicate notes of condensed cream on the very back end.
Feel: Moderately carbonated. Mid/heavy body (a 7 on a scale of 10 in terms of weight). Very supple and extremely creamy, but still with enough effervescence to prevent it from being flat or insipid. 6.2%abv is undetectable.
Overall: As I said; I'm always impressed by finback. This beer is no exception. I like the weight on this and how the flavor develops very slowly over the course of every sip. Very happy I tried this.
Apr 21, 2022Look: Very similar to orange juice; pours a thick, completely opaque, deep yellow/orange with a dense, one and a half finger head of foam. Head retention is below average; leaves no lacing.
Aroma: Slightly spicy pine needles and bitter grapefruit peel. Sweet and slightly tart aroma of tangerines and pineapple. A little bit of herbal lemon verbena - even some notes of honey and granola.
Taste: Wow... finback never ceases to impress me. Very very complex. Upfront there is a gentle, bitter contrast of lemon verbena and spruce; it goes hand in hand with juicy, but not overtly saccharine flavors of tropical guava, orange and baked, brown sugar glazed pineapple. Softly and gently transitions into velvety flavors of honey drizzled over granola, before petering out into mellow flavors of papaya and tangerine. Delicate notes of condensed cream on the very back end.
Feel: Moderately carbonated. Mid/heavy body (a 7 on a scale of 10 in terms of weight). Very supple and extremely creamy, but still with enough effervescence to prevent it from being flat or insipid. 6.2%abv is undetectable.
Overall: As I said; I'm always impressed by finback. This beer is no exception. I like the weight on this and how the flavor develops very slowly over the course of every sip. Very happy I tried this.
Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California
3.47/5 rDev -16.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev -16.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I mean, it’s fine. I suppose. But so was Donald Duck orange juice when Raul was a little tyke. Yeah, straight up - did a brewery make this beer, or Walt Disney? Cuz I feel like after drinking it I should hit a Slip ‘n’ Slide. Where are the real beers at?
See ya.
Jan 24, 2022See ya.
Reviewed by deleted_user_1111368 from Delaware
4.19/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.19/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Canned 10-17-18 into 16oz IPA
L: Orange creamsicle. Very hazy.. little head or lacing.
S: Well, I would say mango.. but that's not all. It's an orange delight.
T: Mirrors the smell. There was a faint pine flavor.. turning back to mango.
F: Full.. smooth. Light carbonation or bitterness. A good bit of juiciness throughout.
O: I'll have another!
Dec 01, 2018L: Orange creamsicle. Very hazy.. little head or lacing.
S: Well, I would say mango.. but that's not all. It's an orange delight.
T: Mirrors the smell. There was a faint pine flavor.. turning back to mango.
F: Full.. smooth. Light carbonation or bitterness. A good bit of juiciness throughout.
O: I'll have another!
Reviewed by jykleo from New York
4.01/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.01/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Canned on １０ / 17 .
Poured to Birrateque IPA 18OZ Glass on 11/15 .
A:Very hazy light orange colour. one finger of cloud.
S:Mango, pine and some fruity aromas.Not heavy but quite articulate. Good !
T:Mango and pine and tropical notes with some bitterness.
M:Clear and crisp. medium to light body. Very smooth but not sticky and sweet. Light Carbo.
O:Lighter than typical Finback NEIPA. Easy drink but .....
Nov 15, 2018Poured to Birrateque IPA 18OZ Glass on 11/15 .
A:Very hazy light orange colour. one finger of cloud.
S:Mango, pine and some fruity aromas.Not heavy but quite articulate. Good !
T:Mango and pine and tropical notes with some bitterness.
M:Clear and crisp. medium to light body. Very smooth but not sticky and sweet. Light Carbo.
O:Lighter than typical Finback NEIPA. Easy drink but .....
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