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Foam Brewers
- From:
- Foam Brewers
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #93 - ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #8,535 - Avg:
- 4.17 | pDev: 6.47%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 30, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 27, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Wet hop American pale ale brewed with 50 pounds of fresh local hops from Kirby Farms.
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Reviewed by dano213 from Pennsylvania
4.05/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
16oz can purchased from the fridge as a single for $5.15. Canned 09/10/25, so this is exactly 7 weeks old.
Look: Very hazy, basically opaque, looks a lot like unfiltered pineapple juice. Thick, frothy white head that displays nice retention and lacing. I've got to say that I was not expecting this beer to be hazy - I would have though that a chinook fresh hop IPA would have been West Coast style. Shows how much I know!
Smell: Not only does it look like pineapple juice, it smells like pineapple. Up front, there's a juicy pineapple sweetness that quickly gives way to some green, grassy notes and piney, woody notes. That's about it - there's also a peppery quality and I do get green bell pepper on the finish after swirling the beer. After some time, I'm picking up a lot of floral notes on the nose up front. I don't know flowers very well, but I would say that it kind of has a fresh rose petal aroma. I also get green tea / jasmine vibes.
Taste: The taste very much follows the nose. This is a tasty beer. It is juicy and sweet up front, and fortunately there is balance so the finish expresses some of the green, grassy and piney, woody notes. I do not think that I would not have guessed that this beer is hopped with fresh hops and I do not think that I would have guessed that it is hopped with chinook. Nevertheless, it's cool that it is different from my expectations and I still like it. The finish has a mild to moderate bitterness and it is fairly dry. Related to that juiciness up front, the beer has a moderate acidity that definitely works. It's not a super juicy IPA, but it has restrained elements of that flavor profile. I think that the more I get into it, the more that I can see the more classic chinook hop flavor profile show itself.
Feel: I would say that for a hazy New England style IPA at 7.0% ABV, this beer could have had a bit more body and fluffiness/pillowyness. It's "a bit thin" and that's not a common criticism of IPAs, it's more common to hear that about stouts and porters.
Overall: It's different. Definitely well-made and creative. In general, I'm not the biggest fan of hazy IPAs but I was able to enjoy this one. I certainly appreciated its uniqueness. Foam makes solid beers, I look forward to trying more of them. I'm guessing that the recipe of this beer changes a bit from year to year.
From the can: Brewed in collaboration with Champlain Valley Hops. Vermont Single India Pale Ale. 7.0% ALC | VOL
Champlain Valley Hops, Chinook Fresh Hop 2025
Hinesburg, Vermont
Oct 30, 2025Look: Very hazy, basically opaque, looks a lot like unfiltered pineapple juice. Thick, frothy white head that displays nice retention and lacing. I've got to say that I was not expecting this beer to be hazy - I would have though that a chinook fresh hop IPA would have been West Coast style. Shows how much I know!
Smell: Not only does it look like pineapple juice, it smells like pineapple. Up front, there's a juicy pineapple sweetness that quickly gives way to some green, grassy notes and piney, woody notes. That's about it - there's also a peppery quality and I do get green bell pepper on the finish after swirling the beer. After some time, I'm picking up a lot of floral notes on the nose up front. I don't know flowers very well, but I would say that it kind of has a fresh rose petal aroma. I also get green tea / jasmine vibes.
Taste: The taste very much follows the nose. This is a tasty beer. It is juicy and sweet up front, and fortunately there is balance so the finish expresses some of the green, grassy and piney, woody notes. I do not think that I would not have guessed that this beer is hopped with fresh hops and I do not think that I would have guessed that it is hopped with chinook. Nevertheless, it's cool that it is different from my expectations and I still like it. The finish has a mild to moderate bitterness and it is fairly dry. Related to that juiciness up front, the beer has a moderate acidity that definitely works. It's not a super juicy IPA, but it has restrained elements of that flavor profile. I think that the more I get into it, the more that I can see the more classic chinook hop flavor profile show itself.
Feel: I would say that for a hazy New England style IPA at 7.0% ABV, this beer could have had a bit more body and fluffiness/pillowyness. It's "a bit thin" and that's not a common criticism of IPAs, it's more common to hear that about stouts and porters.
Overall: It's different. Definitely well-made and creative. In general, I'm not the biggest fan of hazy IPAs but I was able to enjoy this one. I certainly appreciated its uniqueness. Foam makes solid beers, I look forward to trying more of them. I'm guessing that the recipe of this beer changes a bit from year to year.
From the can: Brewed in collaboration with Champlain Valley Hops. Vermont Single India Pale Ale. 7.0% ALC | VOL
Champlain Valley Hops, Chinook Fresh Hop 2025
Hinesburg, Vermont
Reviewed by brewme from Massachusetts
3.75/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Picked up a four pack of cans at Bradfords Liquors in Plymouth, Massachusetts for about eighteen dollars. My twenty first brew reviewed from these guys. Canned on date of 9/10/25. Just ok for me.
Oct 09, 2025
Reviewed by brewandbbq from New Hampshire
4.25/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
16oz can dated 9/2/21.
Pours hazy yellow with an inch of white fluff. Moderate retention and lacing. Leafy and green in the nose with shades of honeydew and lemon-lime. Light bodied with a crisp but soft mouthfeel. Lightly dank and citrusy on the palate with minimal malt or bitterness. Tangerine, pear, and lime. Finishes green and juicy.
Oct 17, 2021Pours hazy yellow with an inch of white fluff. Moderate retention and lacing. Leafy and green in the nose with shades of honeydew and lemon-lime. Light bodied with a crisp but soft mouthfeel. Lightly dank and citrusy on the palate with minimal malt or bitterness. Tangerine, pear, and lime. Finishes green and juicy.
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Reviewed from notes. Brought home and served in a becher pint glass as that’s the correct glassware for an APA. The appearance was a pale to hazy yellow to orange slightly off white color with just a cap of a little white foamy head. Trickling light lace. The aroma had a blend of orange pulp to semi-sweet biscuits with a light vanilla. Light melon and then light grassiness, swift yet clean and firm. The flavor definitely leaned towards the sweet side with a touch of resin forming the overall taste. Pillowy sweet in the finish. Not much of an aftertaste, just super light all around. The feel was about medium bodied with a clean sessionability about it. ABV felt appropriate and the carbonation felt good as well. Overall, nicely done APA well worthy of having again. Wish they would bring this back.
Jun 05, 2017
Reviewed by dar482 from New York
4.65/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.65/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
The beer comes in a light gold to straw, a bit of haze.
The aroma citrus, a doughy/bready malt, green and grassy.
The flavor offers tons of honey dew for days, explosive in the front. Light breadiness, whispers of malt, a tinge of sweetness, citrus flows, finishes dry. A straight crusher of a pale ale, drinks around 5%.
Oct 03, 2016The aroma citrus, a doughy/bready malt, green and grassy.
The flavor offers tons of honey dew for days, explosive in the front. Light breadiness, whispers of malt, a tinge of sweetness, citrus flows, finishes dry. A straight crusher of a pale ale, drinks around 5%.
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