Rock Hound
Little Willow Brewing Company
- From:
- Little Willow Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,546 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #12,092 - Avg:
- 4.13 | pDev: 6.54%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 19, 2026
- Added:
- Apr 03, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Double Dry Hopped Double New England IPA hopped with Nectaron and Citra.
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Reviewed by WillieThreebiers from Connecticut
3.78/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a solid peach orange with two fingers of foamy head that slowly settles to a thin cap with some lacing. Aroma of pineapple, citrus, and a touch of pine. Taste is mildly bitter with bready malt and a refreshing finish.
May 19, 2026
Reviewed by johnnnniee from New Hampshire
3.51/5 rDev -15%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev -15%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Can pour at River Road Tavern
Somewhat hazy dark straw color with a good sized frothy white head that slowly recedes. Bready grassy gritty with plenty of citrus and earthy notes. Decent.
Apr 12, 2026Somewhat hazy dark straw color with a good sized frothy white head that slowly recedes. Bready grassy gritty with plenty of citrus and earthy notes. Decent.
Reviewed by harrypowers from Massachusetts
4.35/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a light milky orange color with a 1F head and moderate filmy lacing.
Smells of piney , tart citrus and sweet fruit.
Tastes of tart grapefruit, pineapple , lemon and cantaloup with a moderately spicy bitter boozy warm finish.
Medium body with light carbonation. Oaty smooth mouthfeel.
This is a very tasty brew that might be a bit too bitter for some. It does sweeten some as the glass warms.
Anything this brewery puts out is worth a try.
Apr 08, 2026Smells of piney , tart citrus and sweet fruit.
Tastes of tart grapefruit, pineapple , lemon and cantaloup with a moderately spicy bitter boozy warm finish.
Medium body with light carbonation. Oaty smooth mouthfeel.
This is a very tasty brew that might be a bit too bitter for some. It does sweeten some as the glass warms.
Anything this brewery puts out is worth a try.
Reviewed by cttreehousefan from Connecticut
4.25/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From a 16 oz can packaged 2/25/26, poured into a Sensorik goblet.
Light straw-to-orange color, full-on haze but slightly translucent when held up to the light. About an inch of white head that settles to a thin ring around the glass. Some nice beads of lacing here and there.
Aromas of stone fruit and citrus, perhaps I also picked up a bit of melon in the back. A bit of mild hop spiciness is there too.
Tastes like stone fruit and orange, grapefruit zest, a bit of pineapple perhaps. Very mild hop bitterness up front and lingering into the finish.
Medium body, nice softness on the palate.
Very flavorful, enjoyable. Very good rendition of a Hazy DIPA from a not too well known brewer. I plan on trying more from Little Willow.
Mar 12, 2026Light straw-to-orange color, full-on haze but slightly translucent when held up to the light. About an inch of white head that settles to a thin ring around the glass. Some nice beads of lacing here and there.
Aromas of stone fruit and citrus, perhaps I also picked up a bit of melon in the back. A bit of mild hop spiciness is there too.
Tastes like stone fruit and orange, grapefruit zest, a bit of pineapple perhaps. Very mild hop bitterness up front and lingering into the finish.
Medium body, nice softness on the palate.
Very flavorful, enjoyable. Very good rendition of a Hazy DIPA from a not too well known brewer. I plan on trying more from Little Willow.
Reviewed by GratefulBeerGuy from New Hampshire
4.1/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Rock Hound
Little Willow Brewing Company
IPA - Imperial / Double New England /...
Notes:
First sip is crisp and then very smooth going down. Pine sap and pineapple flavor's meld together seamlessly with a tangy citrus and mild grapefruit. The Citra hop is obvious, but the Nectaron is the wild card. Complexity of hop flavor is very high. Peaches, oranges and cream in the nose.
Purchased at Colonial Spirits of Acton >
Apr 03, 2023Little Willow Brewing Company
IPA - Imperial / Double New England /...
Notes:
First sip is crisp and then very smooth going down. Pine sap and pineapple flavor's meld together seamlessly with a tangy citrus and mild grapefruit. The Citra hop is obvious, but the Nectaron is the wild card. Complexity of hop flavor is very high. Peaches, oranges and cream in the nose.
Purchased at Colonial Spirits of Acton >
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