Afterglow
Foundation Brewing Company
- From:
- Foundation Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #1,322 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #14,743 - Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 7.27%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 60
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 30, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 23, 2015
- Wants:
- 19
- Gots:
- 104
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Afterglow is an American IPA, rich in West Coast and South Pacific hop flavors and aroma. The juicy malt base enhances the notes of tangerine, pine, and berries from the hops. It finishes with a pleasingly dank and firm bitterness.
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.93/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A: The beer is very hazy to cloudy yellow in color. It poured with a finger high white head that has very good retention properties and consistently left a half finger high head covering the surface and lots of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of tropical fruits and dank pine are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell, except that the flavors of pine are a bit stronger and more noticeable towards the finish. There is a moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and a bit crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This IPA has interesting contrasts between aromas and flavors imparted by the hops.
Serving type: can
Oct 02, 2022S: Light to moderate aromas of tropical fruits and dank pine are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell, except that the flavors of pine are a bit stronger and more noticeable towards the finish. There is a moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and a bit crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This IPA has interesting contrasts between aromas and flavors imparted by the hops.
Serving type: can
Reviewed by DaveMaciolek21 from New Jersey
3.98/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Bright gold pour, thin white head. Kind of in the middle as far as hop aggressiveness. The beer straddles citrus and pine in taste, and is nicely balanced. A good choice for killing a thirst, or cooling down a warm day.
Mar 23, 2021
Rated by SlickNickens from New Hampshire
4.25/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
The more I drink, the more I like. 8.5
May 31, 2020
Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
4.39/5 rDev +10%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev +10%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Poured from the can into a Spiegelau IPA glass. Canned September 30th 2019, Dare to Just Say Glow!
Dark amber orange body color, with a slight opaque body color, not quite turbid but solid. Head is a good three fingers of good impression, and nice retention. Light bubbled with a slightly khaki color and very soapy pill like lacing.
Subtley accented nose on the hop front, but quite diverse as well. Hints sweet sensing green herbs, even floral a bit, with some mild earth qualities also. Quite a lot to bounce off of, with nothing horribly sweet or bitter sensing.
Palate takes some real neat turns. Hop angle is very much diverse but goes in more interesting directions. First is a blast of an almost peach and tangerine fruit quality. The aftertaste is a light dankness mixing with a touch of sharp berry like fruit and more citrus orange in the mix. Simple malt backbone has a touch of chewy bread, and is easily supporting all the flavors.
Great tasting IPA.
Dec 05, 2019Dark amber orange body color, with a slight opaque body color, not quite turbid but solid. Head is a good three fingers of good impression, and nice retention. Light bubbled with a slightly khaki color and very soapy pill like lacing.
Subtley accented nose on the hop front, but quite diverse as well. Hints sweet sensing green herbs, even floral a bit, with some mild earth qualities also. Quite a lot to bounce off of, with nothing horribly sweet or bitter sensing.
Palate takes some real neat turns. Hop angle is very much diverse but goes in more interesting directions. First is a blast of an almost peach and tangerine fruit quality. The aftertaste is a light dankness mixing with a touch of sharp berry like fruit and more citrus orange in the mix. Simple malt backbone has a touch of chewy bread, and is easily supporting all the flavors.
Great tasting IPA.
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