First Harvest: Pale Ale
Tilted Barn Brewery
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- Style:
- American Pale Ale (APA)
Ranked #749 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #17,344 - Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 7.94%
- Reviews:
- 5
- Ratings:
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- Tilted Barn Brewery
- Rhode Island, United States
- Avail:
- Rotating
- Wants
- 1
- Gots
- 3
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
Notes:
Reviews: 5
| Ratings: 16
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Reviews by hikeeba:
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3.71/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Growler fresh from the Barn poured into a Proclamation tulip glass. Cloudy blonde, mild aroma, gentle lacing. Very nice pale ale, drinks like a session beer but they say 6.5% abv. My first visit to this humble little brewery, and I enjoyed it very much. They grow a lot of hops and stress local ingredients, which I like a lot.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Growler fresh from the Barn poured into a Proclamation tulip glass. Cloudy blonde, mild aroma, gentle lacing. Very nice pale ale, drinks like a session beer but they say 6.5% abv. My first visit to this humble little brewery, and I enjoyed it very much. They grow a lot of hops and stress local ingredients, which I like a lot.
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4.21/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured 12/3/16 from a 32oz growler that was filled at the brewery the previous day, into a US tumbler pint glass.
A: The beer is a light gold color, with a thin white head that fades slowly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains fruity citrus, piney hops and caramelized malts.
T: The taste starts out with a strong piney hops bitterness that is quickly followed by sweet flavors of fruity citrus and caramel. The malt character is hearty but not too heavy and creates a very good balance. The after-taste is hoppy and sweet.
M: Crisp and smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.
O: Tasty, goes down very easily, not too filling, good kick, very good representation of style, this is a nice hoppy beer to drink for a long time.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured 12/3/16 from a 32oz growler that was filled at the brewery the previous day, into a US tumbler pint glass.
A: The beer is a light gold color, with a thin white head that fades slowly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains fruity citrus, piney hops and caramelized malts.
T: The taste starts out with a strong piney hops bitterness that is quickly followed by sweet flavors of fruity citrus and caramel. The malt character is hearty but not too heavy and creates a very good balance. The after-taste is hoppy and sweet.
M: Crisp and smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.
O: Tasty, goes down very easily, not too filling, good kick, very good representation of style, this is a nice hoppy beer to drink for a long time.
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4.07/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
64oz. growler filled on 12/18/14. Served in a shaker pint. Pours a dull, hazy orange with a dense, 1.5 inch buttermilk-colored head. Great nose on this beer - citrus, topical fruit and medicinal rind. Taste consistent with nose; however, a bit watered down and there's also a slightly smokey quality. Finish expresses a slightly medicinal bitterness that lingers between quaffs. Mouthfeel is light-medium in body, but closer to light, with a lively carbonation that falls just shy of prickly. A nice pale ale with a lot going on. I'm a bit surprised by the abv. Doesn't seem like it should ring in as high as it does.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
64oz. growler filled on 12/18/14. Served in a shaker pint. Pours a dull, hazy orange with a dense, 1.5 inch buttermilk-colored head. Great nose on this beer - citrus, topical fruit and medicinal rind. Taste consistent with nose; however, a bit watered down and there's also a slightly smokey quality. Finish expresses a slightly medicinal bitterness that lingers between quaffs. Mouthfeel is light-medium in body, but closer to light, with a lively carbonation that falls just shy of prickly. A nice pale ale with a lot going on. I'm a bit surprised by the abv. Doesn't seem like it should ring in as high as it does.
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4.27/5 rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.58/5 rDev -11.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
4.24/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Originally tasted in November, heard there was a new recipe. Hope the quality did not go down!
Original rating: 4.54
New rating: 4.21
Unfortunately I had to drop smell, taste and overall a bit. I lost the great mango sweetness which balance out the hoppiness. There was a bit of astringent quality to the aftertaste which was not appealing. Still a very good pale ale, but not challenging the MA or VT big boys like the original version.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Originally tasted in November, heard there was a new recipe. Hope the quality did not go down!
Original rating: 4.54
New rating: 4.21
Unfortunately I had to drop smell, taste and overall a bit. I lost the great mango sweetness which balance out the hoppiness. There was a bit of astringent quality to the aftertaste which was not appealing. Still a very good pale ale, but not challenging the MA or VT big boys like the original version.
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4.47/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Finally took the short drive to Exeter, RI to check out Tilted Barn, which has been getting some good buzz in these parts. In the middle of nowhere..off a long winding country road. The brewery is a small room inside a barn, and the tasting room is right next door. Nice setup, friendly people.
On to the beer - the hazy look, strong piney/tropical aroma and balanced taste are all reminiscent of the top tier northern VT Pale Ales/IPAs. It doesn't hit you in the face with bitterness, and the well balanced flavors make it scarily easy to drink. The 750 I purchased was gone within a couple of hours.
I'll definitely make a return trip.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Finally took the short drive to Exeter, RI to check out Tilted Barn, which has been getting some good buzz in these parts. In the middle of nowhere..off a long winding country road. The brewery is a small room inside a barn, and the tasting room is right next door. Nice setup, friendly people.
On to the beer - the hazy look, strong piney/tropical aroma and balanced taste are all reminiscent of the top tier northern VT Pale Ales/IPAs. It doesn't hit you in the face with bitterness, and the well balanced flavors make it scarily easy to drink. The 750 I purchased was gone within a couple of hours.
I'll definitely make a return trip.
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3.75/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.23/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
First Harvest: Pale Ale from Tilted Barn Brewery
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
16 ratings
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