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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Finback Brewery, German Pilsner, USA

Finback Crispy Morning

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Brewery: Finback Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 5.2%
Style: German Pilsner

Brewer Description: (from can) Pilsner dry hopped with Tettnanger, Blanc and Citra.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.04
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 15th June 2022. Poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A slightly hazy golden orange colour with a just over one finger white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Grains, bready malt, lemon zest, honey, with light mango and grassy notes.
Taste: Cracker malt, grass, lemon zest, white grape, with a light but lasting bitter finish.
Mouthfeel: Slightly crisp, light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Easy to drink and very crushable with nice aroma and flavours.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Finback Brewery, IPA - New England / Hazy Double, USA

Finback Social Fabric

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Brewery: Finback Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 8%
Style: New England / Hazy Double IPA

Brewer Description: (from can) Double IPA double dry hopped with Mosaic and 007.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.27
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 1 pint can, with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange colour with a two finger white head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Tropical fruit, mango, pineapple, orange rind, grapefruit zest, with light piney notes.
Taste: Moderately sweet, with light bitterness. Tropical fruit, mango, grapefruit rind and zest, with a touch of melon and pine.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Nice aroma and flavours, just full of fruit, makes it really easy and enjoyable to drink.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Finback Brewery, IPA - New England / Hazy Double, USA

Finback Oscillation 030

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Brewery: Finback Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 8.5%
Style: New England / Hazy Double IPA
Other Notes: It happened before and it will happen again. Cyclical, multiple, infinite. This is a series of DIPAs, vibrating over and over and over again. Each one different. Each one the same.

Brewer Description: New England DIPA DDH with Simcoe, Mosaic, Zappa, Nelson Sauvin & Strata.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.89
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A 1 pint can, with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A hazy light orange colour with an almost two finger white head that had decent retention while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Candied tropical fruit, pineapple, mango, pine, and a touch herbal.
Taste: Tropical and citrus fruity, candied fruits, pineapple, mango, papaya, melon, orange, grapefruit peel, light bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Good flavours and aromas, but a touch on the sweet side for me.

5 - Excellent (must buy), Beer Reviews, Hudson Valley Brewery x Finback Brewery, IPA - Sour, USA

Hudson Valley x Finback Everyday Spirits I

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Brewery: Hudson Valley Brewery x Finback Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 8%
Style: IPA – Sour

Brewer Description: (from Untappd) Sour DIPA w/ raw wheat, flaked & malted oat, milk sugar, strawberry, peach & vanilla; hopped w/ Citra, Strata & Galaxy. Brewed in collaboration with Finback Brewery.

My rating: 5
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.63
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.5

Intro: A 16 fl. oz. can with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A dark pinkish orange colour with a two finger very slightly pink head that had pretty good retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Sweet jammy, strawberry, vanilla, milkshake, with a hint of peach.
Taste: Sour candy, sweet, tart, strawberry puree, vanilla, peach.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Super enjoyable and the kind of aroma and flavours that are among my favourites. Just like sour candy meets strawberry milkshake. Yum!

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Mikkeller San Diego x Finback Brewery, Porter - Baltic, USA

Mikkeller San Diego x Finback Black Tide

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Brewery: Mikkeller San Diego x Finback Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 9%
Style: Baltic Porter
Other Notes: Collab Series

Brewer Description: (from can) Baltic style Porter brewed with barrel aged maple syrup.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.08
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can, with a Julian canned on date of 18059, meaning that it was canned on 28th February 2018. Poured into a MBCC 2018 stemmed tasting glass.
Appearance: Dark dark brown to black colour with a half finger mocha head that dissipated fairly quickly, but left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Smokey, char, roasted malts, dark chocolate and milk chocolate.
Taste: Roasty malts, bitter dark chocolate, smoke/ashy, followed by creamy milk chocolate, with only a very small hint of maple and maybe even some dark fruit.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium to full bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: A nice and enjoyable Baltic Porter, but I’m not getting much of the maple that it is supposedly brewed with.