Honest Town Brewery Reviews

Ungstrup	3.1 Honest Town Southbridge Ordinary Bitter (SOB) Cask at GBBF 2010. A golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of citrusy hops and malt. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of citrusy hops, leading to a bitter finish. Saturday, July 16, 2011
Ungstrup	3.2 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout Cask at GBBF 2010. A dark brown beer with a red shine under a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with lighter notes of wood and roasted malt. The body is light. Saturday, July 16, 2011
anders37	3 Honest Town Southbridge Ordinary Bitter (SOB) Cask gravity @ GBBF 2010. Pours a clear yellow color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity weak hoppy and slightly yeasty aroma. Fruity malty hoppy flavor with some yeasty hints. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish. Wednesday, January 12, 2011
anders37	3.3 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout Cask gravity @ GBBF 2010. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish. Thursday, January 6, 2011
fonefan	3 Honest Town Southbridge Ordinary Bitter (SOB) Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 10, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England. Clear medium yellow orange color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, peach, apricot, light vanilla. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light to light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100803] Sunday, December 26, 2010
fonefan	3.6 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 10, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England. Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, cold coffee, dark coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, coffee bitter, vanilla notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100803] Thursday, December 16, 2010
harrisoni	2.6 Honest Town Southbridge Ordinary Bitter (SOB) Cask gravity at GBBF 2010. Gold, haze, no head. Ugh. Bit of pineapple/melon on the aroma. But then it falls away. Saturday, October 23, 2010
cgarvieuk	3.1 Honest Town Southbridge Ordinary Bitter (SOB) cask at GBBF 2010 ... golden amber ... dull lemon toffee hop nose ... dull soft llemon hop. Sunday, September 12, 2010
harrisoni	2.8 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout Cask gravity at GBBF 2010. Ashtray roasty stout. Too ashy for me. Not great. Touch of liquorice Saturday, September 11, 2010
DJMonarch	3.2 Honest Town Southbridge Ordinary Bitter (SOB) Cask Stillage at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 03/08/2010 Hoppy aroma. Golden coloured floral hoppy and pale with a hint of dryness and bitterness in a malt finish. Saturday, August 28, 2010
DJMonarch	3.8 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout Cask Stillage at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 03/08/2010 Chocolate aroma. Black smooth on the palate hoppy and fruity with a hint of dryness in a burnt roast finish. Thursday, August 26, 2010
oh6gdx	3.6 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout Cask@GBBF2010. Quite much pitch black colour with small off-white head. Aroma is liquorice, vanilla, roasted malts, some slight smoked wood and mild chocolate. Flavour is chocolate, liquorice, some mild cocoa, roasted malts and mild hoppyness in the finish. Tuesday, August 24, 2010
oh6gdx	3.8 Honest Town Southbridge Ordinary Bitter (SOB) Cask@GBBF2010. Golden colour with not too much head. Aroma is fruits, sweet nectar, floral hops and some mild tropical fruit juice. Flavour is quite similar. Quite sweetish, with not all that much bitterness, but still very nice. Sunday, August 22, 2010
madmitch76	2 Honest Town Southbridge Ordinary Bitter (SOB) 3rd August 2010. GBBF. Hazy gold beer with no real head. Light sweet lagerish malt, a hint of bubblegum. Finishes dry. Sunday, August 22, 2010
madmitch76	3.3 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout 3rd August 2010. GBBF Opaque black beer. Light dry palate. Low carbonation. A little lactose sweetness. Tangy dark malt. Finishes dry - not bad! Sunday, August 22, 2010
cgarvieuk	3.5 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout CASK at BSF GBBF 2010 ... dark brown ... thin bubbly head ... light coffee roast nose ... good solid roast ... liught toffee ... light bitter. Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Gary	3.1 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout (cask GBBF) Resiny hops dance in the nose....with roast coffee and choco roast. miky chocolate ashy malts dance on the palate. they all end up doing the conga......... Monday, August 9, 2010
maeib	3.4 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout Cask conditioned Gravity Dispense GBBF 2010. A black beer with a small off-white head. A good roasty smoky aroma with a bit of fruit. A bit of roast and a touch of smoke in the mouth but it’s thinner than you’d want and lacks oomph. Not bad though. Monday, August 9, 2010
yespr	3.2 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout From cask. Pours dark black with a small off-white head. Aroma is dark malty, slight smoked and roasted. Sweet, mild roasted acidic and dark breadish. Bitter and slight roasted. Slight acidic and fruity into the far finish. Thursday, August 5, 2010
yespr	3.3 Honest Town Southbridge Ordinary Bitter (SOB) From cask. pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and mild peachy. Bitter and mild fruity. Bitter and malty. Fruity and mild citrusy finish. Ends medium dry. Thursday, August 5, 2010
renffisch	3.1 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout Cask at GBBF pitch black, no head. Harsh roast barley nose, but surprisingly smooth in flavor and palate. One of the smoothest American stouts in a while. Strong smoke oak and meat flavors with a good steely kick in the end. Nice Wednesday, August 4, 2010
leaparsons	3.1 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout Cask, GBBF 10. Dark brown with a thin head. Aromas are chocolate and caramel with molasses and liquorice. Roast coffee with some vinous notes. Flavours are sweet and sour fruitiness with dry coffee. A bit "flabby" on the palate. Average. Wednesday, August 4, 2010
JoeMcPhee	3.3 Honest Town IPA Cask at dba Brooklyn. Pale golden pour. The nose is a bit sweet and lightly hoppy. A little bit of orangey citrus. Light lemon and a bit of odd astringency. Chewy though in spite of that. Assertive hopppiness that helps to cut the sweetness, but it would have helped to have been less sweet to begin with. Saturday, February 20, 2010
chriso	2.6 Honest Town Blueberry On tap at the Dark Horse Tavern, Southbridge MA, 13 November 2009. I’m not generally a fan of blueberry beers but the completist in me insisted I try this. Pale gold colour. Quite gentle whiff of blueberry in the aroma, remaining quite subtle on the palate. Light mouthfeel. Doesn’t fall into the trap of piling in the artificial blueberry flavouring but, subtle and drinkable as it is, there isn’t a whole lot going on. Wednesday, February 10, 2010
chriso	3.4 Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout On tap at the Dark Horse Tavern, Southbridge MA, 13 November 2009. Black in colour. A good dry, dark stout. Plenty of roast malt and coffee ground notes. Quite mellow, but firm, mouthfeel. Decent, drinkable stuff. More than the sum of its parts. Wednesday, February 10, 2010
chriso	2.4 Honest Town Padraig's Irish Red On tap at the Dark Horse Tavern, Southbridge MA, 13 November 2009. Reddish and very murky. Sweetish and fruity. Low hop presence. The sweetness lingers longer than anything else. Not my thing. Wednesday, February 10, 2010
chriso	3.5 Honest Town IPA On tap at the Dark Horse Tavern, Southbridge MA, 13 November 2009. Clear ginger colour. Not a massive, blockbusting IPA but tasty and well balanced. Just a good, well put together, hugely drinkable IPA. Very fresh. Wednesday, February 10, 2010
PilsnerPeter	3.4 Honest Town IPA Cask at Brooklyn dba: Hazy amber with a fading off white head. Fruity hop aroma- some mild specialty grains (crystal) under a soft peachy and resiny presence. Slick oily body. Fruity resiny hop flavor- along with a peachy presence. More crystal malt graininess comes though towards the back which is dry, long and has a lingering bitterness. A simple but solid IPA. Thursday, January 14, 2010
chriso	2.5 Honest Town Southbridge Ordinary Bitter (SOB) Cask (handpump) at NERAX North, Haverhill MA, 7 November 2009 @ 4.1%. Hazy straw/gold colour. Not much head. Some condition but rather flat on the palate. Sweetish and slightly malty with fruity touches - hints of orange. Fairly soft mouthfeel and rather short of hop bite. Seemed a touch tired. Marked for re-rate when the opportunity arises. Monday, November 9, 2009
Duhast500	4.2 Honest Town Imperial Sturbridge Coffee Roasters Stout Poured into tasting glass from the tap Color is a very dark black, with a foamy light brown head. The smell is of roasted coffee beans and a slight dark chocolate flavor. The taste is a coffee flavor, is a bit of a cappuccino flavor with hint of hazelnut. This beer was a surprise for me. I am not a fan of coffee and have not liked a coffee flavored stout before. This beer being more in the flavor of a cappuccino was what won me over. This beer would be great in the morning as well as in the evening. Would go well with a doughnut or two as well. Thursday, July 30, 2009
MartinT	3.1 Honest Town Padraig's Irish Red My Bottom Line: This very fruity Irish-style Red Ale focuses on raisiny and caramel malts to build a healthy body and a decent session. Further Personal Perceptions: -A veil of foam tops the dark red. -The day I visited, I thought this was the most complex of their brews. -This was underhopped, as were most of their brews. -The soft carbonation increased drinkability. On tap at the Dark Horse Tavern. Tuesday, July 21, 2009
MartinT	2.7 Honest Town American Pale Ale My Bottom Line: Floral and citrusy hops adorn this forgettable Pale Ale’s light honeyed cereals, leading to a clean but utterly storyless quaff. Further Personal Perceptions: -A ring of foam circles the nearly clear golden. -The malt profile is not developed. -The finish is really soft; could definitely use more hops. -It’s not that this isn’t well-made, it’s just that the macros would do the same for an APA and I wonder why they bothered to brew this. On tap at the Dark Horse Tavern. Tuesday, July 21, 2009
MartinT	3.1 Honest Town Uberaschen Hefeweizen My Bottom Line: Banana and pear esters provide most of the flavors in this smooth and approachable Hefeweizen. Further Personal Perceptions: -A veil of foam covers the cloudy blond. -While the body is well rounded, the flavor profile and aroma are too timid for my tastes. -Carbonation is rather soft, which makes this really drinkable. -Wheat does offer some citrus notes. On tap at the Dark Horse Tavern. Tuesday, July 21, 2009
MartinT	3 Honest Town Southbridge Ordinary Bitter (SOB) My Bottom Line: Fruity esters, hay-like pale malts and mild herbal hops create a balanced and drinkable Bitter. Further Personal Perceptions: -A veil of foam covers the hazy blond. -Banana esters in a Bitter? Alrighty then... -The body is slim, but not thin. -Smooth carbonation increases drinkability. -This is not hoppy enough, especially in the flavor profile. On tap at the Dark Horse Tavern. Tuesday, July 21, 2009
jcwattsrugger	3.6 Honest Town Uberaschen Hefeweizen on tap-pours a white head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is soft clove, banana, wheat/bready. Taste is clove, spice hops, banana, light malt/wheat/bready. Creamy then dryish finish. Medium body. Good effervescence. Monday, June 22, 2009
jcwattsrugger	3.6 Honest Town IPA on tap-pours a rich off white head that laces and hazy amber color. Aroma is mild sweet medium malt. Taste is lots of medium malt-toffee, tea-herbal/resin hops. IPA meets ESB? Monday, June 22, 2009
jcwattsrugger	3.3 Honest Town American Pale Ale on tap-pours a rich off white head and gold color. Aroma is medium malt-some sweet, secondary floral/herbal hops. Taste is medium malt-some sweet, secondary spice/floral/herbal hops. Monday, June 22, 2009
ajm	4.5 Honest Town Padraig's Imperial Red Really quite outstanding. I imagine it’s the clear all star of a small brew house. Very sweet aroma like apple, apricot, aged hop and sweet creamy malt. Flavor is the above, but unifies in a distinct candy apple flavor, caramel ad all. This is nicely balanced with slightly oxy malt and of course stalwart alcohol. Really choice offering, and likely the best example of the sub-style since Decadence 06. Monday, February 16, 2009
jcwattsrugger	3 Honest Town Southbridge Ordinary Bitter (SOB) on tap-pours a thin white head and amber/gold color. Aroma is medium malt, some honey/fruit. Taste is medium malt, some honey/fruit-apple, some perfumy hops. Monday, December 8, 2008
jcwattsrugger	3 Honest Town Hefe on tap-pours a white ring for a head and yellow color. Aroma is banana, some spice. Taste is banana, wheat/grain, some spice, perfume. Slightly syrupy mouth feel. Monday, December 8, 2008
jcwattsrugger	2.7 Honest Town Padraig's Irish Red on tap-pours an off white head and red color. Aroma is medium malt. Taste is sweet medium malt-some peat, metallic hops. Monday, December 8, 2008
jcwattsrugger	2.6 Honest Town Blueberry on tap-pours a white head and gold color. Aroma is blueberry. Taste is blueberry, grain, some metallic hops. Monday, December 8, 2008
jcwattsrugger	2.8 Honest Town Imperial Sturbridge Coffee Roasters Stout on tap-pours a light brown head that laces and black color. Aroma is dark malt-roasty/chocolate/molasses. Taste is dark malt-roasty/chocolate/molasses/some coffee, some acidic hops. Monday, December 8, 2008
jcwattsrugger	3.2 Honest Town Antul's 80 Shilling on tap-pours an off white head and copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-caramel, peat. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, peat, secondary earthy hops. Monday, December 8, 2008