First Drop
Upper Pass Beer Company

 

Had a pint at Killarney Pub near Okemo. Ask for a hazy this was on tap…. Excellent! A well rounded American Pale Ale! I will look for this one again.

 

 

On tap at Jeremiah’s Tavern in Rochester, NY.

This one pours a semi-hazy golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like marijuana, orange, pine, grapefruit, and some pineapple, with a touch of malty sweetness.

This is pretty solid, a fairly prototypical Vermont hoppy beer. There’s a pleasant bitterness, just a hint of maltiness, and a nice juicy but semi-dry hop character.

This is light bodied, and pretty drinkable.

This is a pretty solid choice. It’s mid-tier for Vermont, but the competition there is quite high.

Picked-up a four-pack of cans at Bradford's in Plymouth for about fourteen dollars. My second brew reviewed from these guys. Canned on date of 3 weeks ago. Solid LAB.

 

 

Pours an opaque dark amber with a coarse, persistent head. Initial impression is a surprisingly clean grapefruit, pine, mango, and orange experience. Smells of tropical and citrus fruits and pine. Tastes of pine, grass, pineapple and mango, tangerine, grapefruit rind. Very earthy with a lingering dry and bitter mouth feel. Light to medium bodied and lightly carbonated.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a golden with some white head. Lots of candied tropical fruit and heather on the nose. There's a bit of potpouri to it. The flavor is somewhat of a similar experience. This is truly a classic pale ale with some old world sensibilities, despite the new world hops. The new world hops provide some tropical character, but there is definitively restrained and balanced about this that make it a really solid pale ale that I'd pick up again.

 

Liked it a lot!

This beer comes out very cloudy. The head, while decent for a bar poured pint, is brief, but it leaves great blanket lacing on the glass.

Distinctive pine resin and citrus rind. There's a light fruitiness after the second whiff.

Short lived and relatively dry pale malt start. Strong bittering hop flavor which comes early and finishes the aftertaste. Full bodied with enough carbonation to cut the richness. The swallow features a brief fruity touch. Otherwise, it's all straight up bitterness.

Makes me want to visit this brewery next time we visit Vermont! This is a first class New England style (hazy) pale ale, meaning of course it is not "pale". More like the hazy IPAs in Vermont, and in taste, not far off from Fiddlehead . Very nice!