Almost Famous
Torch & Crown Brewing Company
- From:
- Torch & Crown Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
- ABV:
- 6.6%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 9.56%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 18
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 08, 2026
- Added:
- Jan 14, 2019
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 9
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
New England style IPA double dry hopped with Citra, Citra Cryo and Mosaic. Juicy citrus flavors with notes of orange, peach, and grapefruit.
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Rated by SheepWBY from New Jersey
3/5 rDev -26.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -26.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
not sure if it is this, sure it is hazy.
Apr 08, 2026
Reviewed by FLima from Brazil
3.86/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Slightly Hazy golden color with a thick thin head.
Aroma with notes of tangerines, peaches and grapefruit.
Flavor with notes of pine, grapefruit, faint peach and melon, lime peel and something tangy. Dry and bitter aftertaste.
Light towards medium body with appropriate carbonation.
Different NEIPA predominating zesty and tangy grapefruit notes. Not very complex.
Sep 06, 2025Aroma with notes of tangerines, peaches and grapefruit.
Flavor with notes of pine, grapefruit, faint peach and melon, lime peel and something tangy. Dry and bitter aftertaste.
Light towards medium body with appropriate carbonation.
Different NEIPA predominating zesty and tangy grapefruit notes. Not very complex.
Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.15/5 rDev -22.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.15/5 rDev -22.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Jun 16, 2025Reviewed by izraelc from New York
3.25/5 rDev -20.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -20.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours a pale yellow. Big foam. Soapy aroma. Sour hop body. Slightly fruity. Light bitter finish. It's not that good. Sour muddled flavor. Not easy to drink. I'll finish it but I won't enjoy it.
May 04, 2025
Reviewed by PlutonowyManiek from Belgium
3.99/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.99/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Iridescent yellow colour. White foam, medium-high, made up of small and medium-sized bubbles, with a short reduction time. It leaves no decoration.
Aroma very intense, sweet, hoppy, fruity (tropical), with a malty background.
The taste is dominated by a zesty, grapefruit bitterness, pronounced, long, a little sharp, harsh.
Medium saturation. Full body. Texture smooth, slippery. Aftertaste long, bitter, grapefruit-like.
Apr 19, 2025Aroma very intense, sweet, hoppy, fruity (tropical), with a malty background.
The taste is dominated by a zesty, grapefruit bitterness, pronounced, long, a little sharp, harsh.
Medium saturation. Full body. Texture smooth, slippery. Aftertaste long, bitter, grapefruit-like.
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.98/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
On tap at Jeremiah’s Tavern in Rochester, NY.
This one pours a fairly hazy pale orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This smells like juicy grapefruit, stone fruit, melon, and grassy hops.
This is pretty straightforward, but done well, with lots of grapefruit and peach, no malt character, and just a hint of piney bitterness.
This is light bodied, but creamy and sits well on the palate. It’s pretty drinkable.
I always kind of forget about Torch and Crown – I almost always enjoy their beers.
Oct 23, 2023This one pours a fairly hazy pale orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This smells like juicy grapefruit, stone fruit, melon, and grassy hops.
This is pretty straightforward, but done well, with lots of grapefruit and peach, no malt character, and just a hint of piney bitterness.
This is light bodied, but creamy and sits well on the palate. It’s pretty drinkable.
I always kind of forget about Torch and Crown – I almost always enjoy their beers.
Reviewed by Neelbeer from New York
4.47/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Had it on tap. Look: A pale, opaque orange, low on foam.
Smells very full and warm, wheat and bread, honey, lemon, grapefruit, ginger.
Taste: Yum. I didn’t perceive it as a NEIPA, on the dry side for one. But the hops are very well balanced with breadiness and mellow fruit flavors. It reminds me of a Eastern European lager/light honey mead-type beer. Very elegant IPA. Pleasant carbonation
Feels nice, a little creamy even.
Overall: definitely want to try more from this brewery
Jan 18, 2023Smells very full and warm, wheat and bread, honey, lemon, grapefruit, ginger.
Taste: Yum. I didn’t perceive it as a NEIPA, on the dry side for one. But the hops are very well balanced with breadiness and mellow fruit flavors. It reminds me of a Eastern European lager/light honey mead-type beer. Very elegant IPA. Pleasant carbonation
Feels nice, a little creamy even.
Overall: definitely want to try more from this brewery
Reviewed by Shiredave from New York
4.29/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I honestly don't care enough to squint at the smeared stamp on the bottom of this can to know the package date.
Unique, grainy, sweet malt profile shines through the citrus hop notes - truly an IPA as it was meant to smell - malt forward with aggressive late boil hop note nose of citrus and crushed flowers.
The flavor reflects the nose with firm caramel malt sweetness up front in excellent balance with both hop flavors of apples and berries with subtle bitterness behind.
Body is medium but a bit thin, and the finish is sharp and grassy.
A rare and tasty NEIPA.
Jan 12, 2023Unique, grainy, sweet malt profile shines through the citrus hop notes - truly an IPA as it was meant to smell - malt forward with aggressive late boil hop note nose of citrus and crushed flowers.
The flavor reflects the nose with firm caramel malt sweetness up front in excellent balance with both hop flavors of apples and berries with subtle bitterness behind.
Body is medium but a bit thin, and the finish is sharp and grassy.
A rare and tasty NEIPA.
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