Finback Brewery |
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Queens, NY
Pete - I went to the Brooklyn location early on a Saturday afternoon with about 8 people on a bachelor party. Pretty small taproom with an upstairs that overlooks the rest of the brewery. Tons of options, beers on tap and to go.
Pete - I went to the Brooklyn location early on a Saturday afternoon with about 8 people on a bachelor party. Pretty small taproom with an upstairs that overlooks the rest of the brewery. Tons of options, beers on tap and to go.
Finback A Thousand Years
Imperial Stout - 10.3% ABV Pete This is extremely good. It is a little bitter in the finish. Going down it's just tons of chocolate and toffee, super rich. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Acid Green
Imperial IPA - 10% ABV Pete Plenty of citrus flavor, but it comes off as too sweet/boozy for my tastes. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Among the Bandits
New England IPA - 7.5% ABV Pete Solid, creamy beer that's ultimately somewhat forgettable. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback AOC
Imperial IPA - 8% ABV Pete Super citrusy, but the dominant experience with this beer is the creaminess. A rich IPA with a citrusy background. Really good, as I expect from Finback at this point (this is my 22nd beer from them 4/22/19). Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Apple Pie
Sour - 6% ABV Pete This literally tastes like apple pie that was made with apples that were on the sour side (Granny Smith maybe). Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Bird God
Imperial New England IPA - 9.1% ABV Pete Super creamy, as you might expect from the color, and tons of citrus, with a tiny hint of earthiness. Really well rounded, except I think it's like 1% ABV too much, as it's on the edge of too sweet. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback BQE '17
Russian Imperial Stout - 9.2% ABV Pete Amazing. Rich, chocolatey, just plain delicious. It's not going to go down too quick, since it's so thick, but it's strong, so it doesn't have to. Savor it. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback BQE '18
Imperial Stout - 10% ABV Pete Bourbon barrel aged imperial stout with sea salt and caramel. It tastes exactly like it sounds. Unreal. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Brainalyzer
Imperial New England IPA - 8% ABV Pete This tastes like tropical candied fruit. On the sweet side, but enough fruity/citrus flavors to make that work in an awesome beer. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Brand New Family
Kölsch - 5.2% ABV Pete This is a nice, very easy to drink beer. It doesn't have a ton of flavor, but it goes down smooth. I drank it so fast that I forgot to take a picture. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Breathing: Conversations
Imperial New England IPA - 8% ABV Pete So much citrus flavor, good old fashioned juice bomb, yet somehow it's super light. It's dangerously easy to drink at 8%. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Canada Spritz
Imperial Brut IPA - 8.5% ABV Pete Really tasty, extremely dry, IPA. Collaboration with Collective Arts. It claims to be a take on a rosé. I get it. A little fruity, and super dry (how I like my rosé). I had this in November though, maybe they should release it in the summer. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Cat Tails
Imperial New England IPA - 9% ABV Pete Ultra hazy/creamy. The flavor comes off a bit too sweet for me, as most IPA's with an ABV this high tend to do. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Cats Are Forever
Imperial IPA - 9% ABV Pete Citrus background. Super super creamy (any more would be too much), with a sweetness that comes from an IPA this strong, and a touch of peppery from the hops. All those things come together in an awesome way. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Chromoscope
Imperial New England IPA - 8% ABV Pete Loads up citrus up front with a dry zesty finish. Excellent beer. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Citra Drip
Imperial New England IPA - 9% ABV Pete Definitely heavy on the citra hops, pretty distinct vegetal flavor too from the cryo. It's also extremely boozy, which detracts from the nice hop flavors a bit. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Condition Green
Imperial IPA - 8% ABV Pete Super creamy but this is lacking in flavor a bit, which allows too much sweetness from the high alcohol to creep in. Still good, but not what I've come to expect. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Coquito
Milk Stout - 8.2% ABV Pete Collaboration with Mikkeller. Delicious sweet stout with good depth of flavor, finishing chocolatey. You get some of the spices to balance out the sweetness. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Crispy Morning
Pilsner - 5.2% ABV Pete There's a limit to how good a pils can be, but this is up there with the best of them. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Crush Together
Imperial New England IPA - 8% ABV Pete I'm always hesitant to get a coconut beer that isn't a stout, and I'm usually hoping I can't taste it. Well, in this case, I can taste it, but it's mellow, and it is the perfect complement for the strong pineapple and orange flavors. Incredible flavor bomb. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Deluxe
IPA - 8% ABV Pete Collaboration with Civil Society. Unreal beer. Tons of mango and overripe melon. Creamy texture with lots of flavor. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Dematerialize
New England IPA - 7.8% ABV Pete Color is lighter than the picture implies. Super juicy. Smells like it's going to be ridiculously creamy, but it's not overpowering. Just a big ole juice bomb with a slightly peppery bite. Awesome. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Detachable
New England IPA - 7% ABV Pete Dry, zesty, creamy, and tropical all at the same time. There's also a tiny bit of coconut. The zestiness dominates the flavor as it warms, though I only know that because my first one was kind of warm already - it goes down super fast. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Doggo
Imperial New England IPA - 9% ABV Pete Sweet candied citrus on the way down, with a peppery finish that balances it out perfectly. I usually don't love IPA's this strong, but this one is about as good as it gets. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Double Something Cashmere
Imperial IPA - 8.5% ABV Pete This is solid, but Cashmere is more of an accent hop for me. I like the dank-ness of it, but as a feature hop it imparts too much coconut-like flavor for me. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Double Something Citra
Imperial New England IPA - 8.5% ABV Pete Tastes like a ripe to slightly overripe melon. It has a little bit of a sugary aftertaste like you didn't quite finish chewing your bite of melon. Really tasty. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Double Something Mosaic
Imperial New England IPA - 8% ABV Pete Smells like candied orange. The flavor is similar with some peppery at the end. It's good, but it is definitely a bit too sweet for me. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Ecosphere
Berliner Weisse - 5% ABV Pete Really refreshing beer. Just a hint of cherry with a mild tartness and above average carbonation. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Fat Mango
American IPA - 7.6% ABV Pete Described as a "mango sticky rice IPA", and boy does it nail that flavor. It's just wayyyyyyy too much coconut for me. I do like beers with a hint of it, but it's dominant here. Definitely stay away if you don't like coconut. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Foamies
Imperial IPA - 8.2% ABV Pete Collaboration with Humble Sea (haven't had any of those as of 3/11/21). This smells a lot better than it tastes. Flavor is citrus with a bunch of coconut, and I don't like coconut in my IPA's. I must not like Lotus hops. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Finback Frothy
Imperial IPA - 8.5% ABV Pete This has a lot of the things I want: a little dank, creamy, and peppery, but for some reason it didn't blow me away. Good, not great, but I can't put my finger on why. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Grapefruit Crush
Imperial IPA - 8% ABV Pete Ultra ripe melon flavor, and it's pretty amped up, especially for melon. Delicious. I don't get grapefruit at all, but that's fine. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Hang About
IPA - 5% ABV Pete Impressible amount of flavor especially given low-ish ABV. It tastes like a lime creamsicle. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Harambe
Imperial Stout - 8.6% ABV Pete Awesome beer with a lot going on. Dark chocolate flavor stands out the most, but there's also some toffee in there, and maybe a little coffee flavor too. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Heliopause
Sour Saison - 5.8% ABV Pete I was pretty hammered when I had this, but this is what I wrote: "That's damn good. Sour but not crazy. Fruity but not girly. Alcohol but not boozy. I'm not funny" Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Highlighter
American IPA - 7.2% ABV Pete Really good IPA. Was hoping for more guava up front. It's definitely there, but doesn't dominate. Just a very well made IPA with a slight guava edge. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback I Feel The Universe
Gose - 5% ABV Pete Pretty sour on the lips with a salty finish. That finish sounds bad but really it's just enough to get you past the initial sourness and make you ready for more. I don't really taste the passion fruit, but there is a hint of general fruitiness. Great sour. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback I See You
Imperial New England IPA - 8% ABV Pete Super creamy texture. The flavor is obviously melon and a hint of sweetness. It's somewhat mellow, because cantaloupe is mellow, but it's very good. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback IPA
American IPA - 7.2% ABV Pete Incredible "old school" IPA. It's bitter, with a touch of malt, and a ton of hoppy flavor. I also detect a tiny bit of funk, but not much. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Knife Party
Imperial Sour IPA - 8% ABV Pete This is a lot. A sour double IPA with cherry, vanilla, and sumac. I think there is too much vanilla, not enough cherry. I don't really get any spiciness. Pretty weird. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Finback Koselig Øl
Imperial New England IPA - 8.2% ABV Pete Collaboration with LERVIG. It's exactly what you'd expect from an imperial NEIPA. Juicy, hazy, no bitterness. A little bit of creaminess. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Lexicon
New England IPA - 6% ABV Pete Creamy and a blast of hoppy flavors that's especially impressive at this relatively approachable alcohol level. Mostly citrus (can't really pinpoint any specific fruits) with some earthiness to it also. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Life Form
Imperial New England IPA - 8.2% ABV Pete Another great NEIPA. Good amount of citrus comes through, and a ton of creaminess. I think there's a little too much creaminess to it, as it distracts from the citrus flavors a bit, but it's still delicious. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Me
IPA - 6.8% ABV Pete Incredible IPA. Overripe tropical fruit flavors combined with some creaminess really makes it seem like you're having a super soft mango that happens to get you drunk. Plus, just look at it, looks glorious. In the poll, please rate the beer, don't actually rate me, I'd rather not know. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Micro Plastics
Imperial New England IPA - 8.5% ABV Pete Super super creamy, like eating super-ripe fruit. It sticks with you for awhile after putting it down. Usually this much creaminess doesn't work for me, but this one does. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Moiré
Sour IPA - 6.2% ABV Pete A little tart, a lot of vanilla, and not much hops. Doesn't really work for me. Vanilla and IPA is a weird mix. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Finback Monoculture
New England IPA - 7.1% ABV Pete This is exactly what you'd expect from the style. Slightly under ripe tropical citrus. Plenty of fruitiness going down with a refreshingly dry finish. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback No Fun
New England IPA - 7.5% ABV Pete Juice bomb that's a little on the sweet side, but not overwhelming by any means. Dangerously easy to drink. My favorite Finback so far (10/1/19 - 29th one I've had). Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback One Giant Leap
Imperial New England IPA - 8% ABV Pete Collaboration with Other Half. Nicely balanced between citrusy and zesty. Really tasty and pretty drinkable too despite the high ABV. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Open Eyed
IPA - 6.5% ABV Pete Incredible beer. Dank and peppery. It's a little bit creamy, but not too much to detract from its drinkability. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Orange Crush
Imperial New England IPA - 8.3% ABV Pete Collaboration with RAR. It's exactly as described. Some tropical hoppy citrus and plenty of orange. Delicious. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Oscillation 013
Imperial IPA - 8% ABV Pete Not a ton of flavor, finishes creamy. It's not bad, but not really worth the premium price it'll run you. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Oscillation 029
Imperial IPA - 8.5% ABV Pete Solid with some nice citrus flavors, but it's on the sweet/boozy side. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Out To Lunch
New England IPA - 6.5% ABV Pete This is awesome. It has an intense citrus flavor that's even more impressive given that this isn't an imperial. The cryo hops really get the job done. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Polyphonic
Imperial IPA - 8.6% ABV Pete Absolutely incredible beer. Smells of mango, and the flavor backs that up. Texture is super creamy and leaves you with a creamy aftertaste/sensation on the tongue. Pretty expensive (I paid about $20 for a 4 pack of pints), but totally worth it, especially when you realize that 4 pack has as much alcohol as 11 Bud Lights (and infinitely more flavor). Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Rainbow Cookie
Imperial Stout - 10.2% ABV Pete Collaboration with Great Notion (haven't had any from them as of 4/18/19). Literally smells like a cookie. Hides the booze well. It's very flavorful, but extremely sweet. This would probably be amazing in a 5oz serving, but it became a bit of a chore to finish 12 ounces due to that sweetness. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Randomly Assembled
IPA - 7.5% ABV Pete A lot of dry zesty flavor to this one. Not your typical citrusy creamy NEIPA, and it's a great change of pace. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Red Shift
Sour - 5.4% ABV Pete This claimed to be cranberry and yuzu. I believe it, but I couldn't pinpoint those flavors, just generally a little fruity with some mild sourness to it. It had a little saltiness that balanced it quite nicely. Really really good sour. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Replenish
IPA - 6% ABV Pete Soft, somewhat mild hazy IPA with a zesty finish that lingers. really good. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Rhythm of Existence
Sour - 6% ABV Pete Salty, sour, and fruity. This is unreal. It's really, really tough to make a beer with both passion fruit and guava that isn't incredible. |
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Finback Rolling In Clouds
American IPA - 7.1% ABV Pete Really excellent. Pillowy texture, with aromas of grapefruit and lemon that are backed up in the flavor. It's a touch bitter, but in a grapefruit and lemon kind of way, not in a punch you in the face with hops kind of way. Well balanced. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Shadowless
Stout - 7.4% ABV Pete Extremely dark, pretty rich chocolate flavor with a subtle spicy undertone, presumably from the sesame and matcha (not that I could pinpoint those flavors while drinking it). Awesome. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Simultaneously
IPA - 6% ABV Pete Incredible beer. Huge blast of under-ripe tropical citrus flavors, which gives it a slightly dry edge in the finish in addition to the fruitiness. Extra impressive amount of flavor given that it's not an imperial. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Something Citra
New England IPA - 6% ABV Pete Really citrusy with a little bit of creamy/haziness, but still crisp and drinkable. Great beer. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Sorta Queens
Imperial New England IPA - 9% ABV Pete Tastes like candied lemon. Sweet and citrusy, but not cloying. Not as hazy as most of this style, making it extra drinkable. Sorta dangerous at this ABV. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Space Case
Berliner Weisse - 3% ABV Pete This is a pretty sour beer, but still drinkable. It's ok, and it would get a higher rating, but 3% is ridiculously low alcohol. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Finback Spaced In Time
Imperial New England IPA - 8.3% ABV Pete Pretty creamy texture, but not much else going on. I was hoping for more citrusy/earthy flavors, but it fell a little flat. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Stellar Waves
Imperial New England IPA - 10% ABV Pete Very tasty. Creamy with a pretty dry finish. I was shocked to learn that this was 10%, because this doesn't have the characteristic sweetness of IPA's that large. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Tropical Nightz
Black IPA - 5% ABV Pete This is a bit odd. It's a little creamy, but still somehow light in body. Really, there's just something off about it. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Finback Wander On
Session IPA - 4.5% ABV Pete Ultra zesty dry finish. Impressive flavor for this ABV. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Finback Whale Watching
Imperial New England IPA - 8.5% ABV Pete This beer grew on me as I drank it. It started quite boozy, but that faded as it warmed a bit. Creaminess sticks the whole time. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Finback Yellow Cake
Lactose IPA - 7.3% ABV Pete Smell is ultra vanilla-y. The taste is basically the lemon cake at Del Frisco's (a must-have IMO). It's a little odd at first because it really is a liquid dessert, but once you accept that, it's glorious. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Finback Yuzu Mandarin Crush
Imperial New England IPA - 8% ABV Pete Delicious. Tastes like orange and lemon/lime. There's a tiny hint of booziness, but not enough to detract in any way. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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