The Good Schist
Hutton & Smith Brewing Company
- From:
- Hutton & Smith Brewing Company
- Tennessee, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #591 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #22,351 - Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 9.79%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 22, 2025
- Added:
- Mar 26, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 10
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by ATL6245 from Georgia
3.89/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Really wish I had a much more fresh sample. This one is almost 12 months old. Seems like a lower key APA with more melon and spicy notes. Drinks nicely at 6%. This is a decent brewery in Chattanooga, TN. Well worth checking out.
Jun 22, 2025
Reviewed by BloodSoakedAleMug from New York
3.9/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Look: Golden yellow with a decent one finger head of dense suds, laces the glass lightly.
Aroma: Toasted bread and caramel malt. A bit of grapefruit oil.
Taste: Malty and chewy with a tropical, zesty and citrusy bite. Dense caramel flavors that transition into bitter fruit. Finish is honeydew melon and orange.
Feel: Heavy with low carbonation. Chewy and dense.
Overall: Thirst quenching and satisfying little pale ale. Decent.
Oct 10, 2024Aroma: Toasted bread and caramel malt. A bit of grapefruit oil.
Taste: Malty and chewy with a tropical, zesty and citrusy bite. Dense caramel flavors that transition into bitter fruit. Finish is honeydew melon and orange.
Feel: Heavy with low carbonation. Chewy and dense.
Overall: Thirst quenching and satisfying little pale ale. Decent.
Reviewed by BigGold from Mississippi
4.25/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Had The Good Schist at Taco Mamacita, Chattanooga, on draft into tumbler, and then poured from 12-oz. can, bottom stamped (apparently) canned on "05/26/2021," into nonic pint.
Pours light-medium gold with clarity and creamy (on draft) but also a bit bubbly (from the can) 1- to 2-finger near-white head, with good retention, leaving nice splotchy lace. Nice aroma of stone fruit and some hop spice. Begins with a little dry hop spice, then lovely stone fruit and slightly sweet malt, leading into a nicely balanced, fruity, crisp and slightly spicy finish.
Great beers don't have to be huge or trendy or gimmicky. Some just nail it.
Jul 04, 2021Pours light-medium gold with clarity and creamy (on draft) but also a bit bubbly (from the can) 1- to 2-finger near-white head, with good retention, leaving nice splotchy lace. Nice aroma of stone fruit and some hop spice. Begins with a little dry hop spice, then lovely stone fruit and slightly sweet malt, leading into a nicely balanced, fruity, crisp and slightly spicy finish.
Great beers don't have to be huge or trendy or gimmicky. Some just nail it.
Reviewed by LT5 from Georgia
5/5 rDev +28.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +28.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Got it on tap at the Chattanooga Choo Choo - Frothy Monkey. I can say without a doubt that this beer was some good schist. Will definitely get it again!
Nov 30, 2020
Reviewed by Buck89 from Tennessee
4.08/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12 oz can into a snifter. Looks like a typical pale ale - slightly hazy amber color with a thick off-white head. Great lacing in the glass. The aroma was there as I cracked the can open - always a good sign. Strawberries, candied tangerines, and oranges were there. The taste featured the above flavors but they were introduced with a sturdy bitterness reminding me that this is an old-school APA. A nice bready malt presence balanced it. Cool fruit flavors like strawberry but not sweet. Dry clean finish. Outstanding APA.
Sep 04, 2018
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