Long Distance Driver
Foam Brewers

Can: Poured a yellow color ale with a large white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrusy hoppy notes with some citrusy bitter undertones. Taste is also a good mix of citrusy hoppy notes with some citrusy bitter undertones and a semi-dry finish. Body is full for style with good carbonation. Enjoyable West Coast IPA but more resinous hops may have worked better.

 

Purchased cold at a store 2-days ago and kept cold until served. Can is a 16-ouncer stamped “CANNED 2/25/26, LATE ARRIVER”.
A ¾”/18mm white head forms of small and medium bubbles. This head fades to a surface coating and a thicker ring within a few minutes. The gold body is about SRM 3 or 4. It is almost clear, but there is a slight chill haze. Lacing is medium.
The aroma is lemon/lime with a mild soapy note.
The taste is medium-bitter with some pine poking through the citrus. There is very little sense of the alcohol.
The mouthfeel is medium with a slight hop oiliness. Carbonation is medium.
As a 5.5% beer labeled as a “West Coast Inspired Pale Ale” I think they nailed the description. I view it as a decent sessionable WCIPA for fishing or lawn mowing.

 

16oz can purchased from the fridge as a single for $3.99. Canned on: 4/08/25, so this beer is almost eleven months old.

Look: Golden color with a very soft haze and a fluffy off-white head with very small bubbles. Nice streams of carbonation rising up the glass.

Smell: Notes of crisp apple and some floral notes. I also get more subtle peppery notes. Soft citrusy notes including mandarin oranges.

Taste: Up front, it has woody notes along with mandarin orange and grapefruit rind and pith. The finish has a sharp bitterness and the beer finishes fairly crisp. I guess that this is a modern interpretation of the West Coast IPA style, as the label calls itself "West Coast Inspired" and the malt bill is very simple here. Tastes like mostly pilsner malt to me, but it's hard to say for sure. The info that I saw on Foam's Instagram page said "Brewed with American and European malts,..."

Feel: It's a crispy one. The malt profile here is fairly minimal. It has a medium minus body. Nicely carbonated.

Overall: It's pretty good. Probably not my favorite American IPA or favorite Foam beer. It is drinkable, as advertised. It would also be better to taste a fresher can next time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 ounce can - $4.00 at Woodstock Beer Market in Woodstock, Georgia.

Appearance: Pours a lightly hazy, golden-yellow body with a tight inch of white froth.

Smell: Lightly bready, a little grainy with a very subtle rustic quality. A fruitiness of berries mingled with citrus with a splash of some sort of purple-colored beverage. Very (very) distant resiny hint.

Taste: A light, basic, lightly bready pils-like maltiness with a modest sweetness and touch of oat creme. A blend of citrus, berryish tones with soft (very soft) spikes of earthy resins. Minutely bitter. Semi-dry, easy-going finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium carbonation.

Overall: It'll do.

 

Picked up a four pack of cans at Bradfords Liquors in Plymouth, Massachusetts for about eighteen dollars. My nineteenth brew from these guys. Watered down, no hint of a WCIPA.

 

 

Weak ABV, weak on the hops. Try a Fiden's West Coast IPA and see how a West Coast style brewed in the Northeast is done properly.