Gondola Session
Common Roots Brewing Company
- From:
- Common Roots Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #3,260 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #25,850 - Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 8.73%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 25, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 31, 2019
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Shiredave from New York
3.48/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Yet another in the never ending line of hazy, soft and fluffy pale ales that look and taste nothing like the IPA's I've enjoyed for over 25 years, much less what the world has known as an IPA for 300 years or so.
Pale, pastel yellow, opaque and unappetizing with a bright white head and good retention.
Aroma is weak with fruit candy sweetness that follows up in the flavor.
Over carbonated with zero depth or character, no alcohol bite in this smallish session beer but it is easy drinking and refreshing.
Aug 25, 2025Pale, pastel yellow, opaque and unappetizing with a bright white head and good retention.
Aroma is weak with fruit candy sweetness that follows up in the flavor.
Over carbonated with zero depth or character, no alcohol bite in this smallish session beer but it is easy drinking and refreshing.
Reviewed by DaveMaciolek21 from New Jersey
3.71/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Enjoyed appropriately at the tail end of a ski trip. Hazy golden pour with a solid foam head that sticks around for a while. The blended flavors come at you at once. You'll pick up tropical fruit, citrus (most closely tangerine) with a nice resinous counterpoint. This is all accomplished with a light, refreshing touch. Great thirst-quencher. After one, why not have another!
Feb 01, 2024
Reviewed by smcolw from Massachusetts
3.59/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.59/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Impressive, dense head of 2 fingers. It recedes at a moderate pace leaving some micro-spots in its wake. The liquid is very hazy, but not quite cloudy/milky. The color is whitish straw.
Prickly and piney nose with a mild, quite-pale malt background.
Tastewise, I call this a backwards beer. the bittering hop is more dominant up front on the initial sip while there is a sweet maltose like flavor just before the swallow. The body is lighter with a higher level of carbonation, giving this beer a thin watery feel. The flavor holds up to keep it from the lawnmower category but ultimately doesn't occur for me as complex.
Jan 19, 2024Prickly and piney nose with a mild, quite-pale malt background.
Tastewise, I call this a backwards beer. the bittering hop is more dominant up front on the initial sip while there is a sweet maltose like flavor just before the swallow. The body is lighter with a higher level of carbonation, giving this beer a thin watery feel. The flavor holds up to keep it from the lawnmower category but ultimately doesn't occur for me as complex.
Reviewed by MutuelsMark from Kentucky
3.73/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Golden in color with a nice little white head. Nose is fresh citrus rind. Taste is slightly bitter, however very refreshing. Not much mouthfeel or backend bitterness.
Dec 30, 2022
Rated by RRB328 from Massachusetts
3.95/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.95/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Tried with Tim, 3/12/22
Mar 12, 2022
Reviewed by bobv from Vermont
3.98/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
16 ounce can.
Canned 11/04/21.
Moderate to vigorous pour yields a one inch white head over a hazy golden body with sticky lacing.
Head recedes quicker than most.
Nose of citrus and slight tropical fruit with even slighter floral/herbal notes.
Taste mirrors nose quite closely with orange through the middle.
Finish is a gently bitter citrus pith.
Very good mouthfeel from start to finish.
Overall, a real nice take on the style from a new-to-me brewery.
Cheers!
Dec 11, 2021Canned 11/04/21.
Moderate to vigorous pour yields a one inch white head over a hazy golden body with sticky lacing.
Head recedes quicker than most.
Nose of citrus and slight tropical fruit with even slighter floral/herbal notes.
Taste mirrors nose quite closely with orange through the middle.
Finish is a gently bitter citrus pith.
Very good mouthfeel from start to finish.
Overall, a real nice take on the style from a new-to-me brewery.
Cheers!
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