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Foam Brewers
- From:
- Foam Brewers
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #1,941 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #18,407 - Avg:
- 3.97 | pDev: 4.79%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 15, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 05, 2023
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
Brewed with Valley Malt 2 row pilsner malt and VT-grown flaked wheat. Dry-hopped with Champlain Valley Hops' Nugget and Chinook. Notes of Cantaloupe, candied melon, pear, bright, resin. Can art by Charlotte Dworshak.
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.09/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
On tap at Fattey Beer Company in Rochester, NY.
This one pours a partly clear burnt orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This one smells quite melony, with grapefruit, marijuana, and pine resin.
This is West Coast-adjacent, and I enjoy it for that reason. There’s a pleasantly resinous but clean bitterness, with a nicely juicy melon and grapefruit hop character. There’s no real notable maltiness, and this just in general very vibrant for the style.
This is light bodied, clean, crisp, and wonderfully drinkable.
I haven’t had much from Foam in years now, but that might have been a mistake.
Aug 15, 2025This one pours a partly clear burnt orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This one smells quite melony, with grapefruit, marijuana, and pine resin.
This is West Coast-adjacent, and I enjoy it for that reason. There’s a pleasantly resinous but clean bitterness, with a nicely juicy melon and grapefruit hop character. There’s no real notable maltiness, and this just in general very vibrant for the style.
This is light bodied, clean, crisp, and wonderfully drinkable.
I haven’t had much from Foam in years now, but that might have been a mistake.
Reviewed by DaveMaciolek21 from New Jersey
4.04/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Golden pour with a bit of haze. Substantial white head with great glass lacing. Using locally grown Nugget and Chinook hops gives this IPA a decidedly western feel--resinous, modestly fruity on the melon spectrum. The resinous finish is remarkably deep and long-lasting. Just doesn't quit. Love the Vermont homegrown angle. Foam is a special brewer.
Sep 30, 2024
Reviewed by ANIMOUL from California
3.84/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from tap at Positive Pies in Plainfield, VT. Poured straw yellow with two fingers of head that slowly recedes. Great lacing as she goes down. Tastes of tropical fruit - guava & melon - with slight hops on the end. Okay.
Aug 19, 2024
Rated by 322wingedfoot from Pennsylvania
4/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Canned 7/17/24. Very pleasant IPA.
Aug 14, 2024
Reviewed by bobv from Vermont
3.99/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
The end of the "Days Between."
16 ounce can packaged on 08/01/2023,
which would have been my Dad's 99th birthday.
Tasted and reviewed (8/20/23) on the 35th anniversary of his passing.
RIP Vincent V. 8/1/1924-8/20/1988.
Moderate pour yields a 3/4 inch white head over a slightly hazy, near bright body with sticky lacing.
Nose of "all the melon."
Taste of "all the melon." Not much bitterness at all, and upon a warming there is a hint of pear flavor as well.
Moderate feel with medium carbonation.
Overall, not one for all you hazybois, bitterbois, or whatever.
This Foam offering is a nice mellow IPA to pound like there's no tomorrow!
Cheers!!
Aug 21, 202316 ounce can packaged on 08/01/2023,
which would have been my Dad's 99th birthday.
Tasted and reviewed (8/20/23) on the 35th anniversary of his passing.
RIP Vincent V. 8/1/1924-8/20/1988.
Moderate pour yields a 3/4 inch white head over a slightly hazy, near bright body with sticky lacing.
Nose of "all the melon."
Taste of "all the melon." Not much bitterness at all, and upon a warming there is a hint of pear flavor as well.
Moderate feel with medium carbonation.
Overall, not one for all you hazybois, bitterbois, or whatever.
This Foam offering is a nice mellow IPA to pound like there's no tomorrow!
Cheers!!
Reviewed by brewandbbq from New Hampshire
3.69/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
16oz can dated 8/1/23.
Pours clear yellow with a faint haze. Moderate retention. Faint melon in the nose. Medium bodied with a soft but thinnish mouthfeel. Cantaloupe on the palate with minimal malt or bitterness. Finishes with lingering melon.
Aug 09, 2023Pours clear yellow with a faint haze. Moderate retention. Faint melon in the nose. Medium bodied with a soft but thinnish mouthfeel. Cantaloupe on the palate with minimal malt or bitterness. Finishes with lingering melon.
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