BlueTarp Brewing Company Reviews

Cybercat	4 BlueTarp Light Skinned Taps coffee brown with a good buff head. Aroma produces roast malt, chocolate, resiny hops, a citrus hint. Flavor offers piney hops, chocolate, roast malt, orange, coffee - now this is a black IPA! Texture finishes with nice body and peppy fizz. Light skinned, but not thin skinned. Monday, September 11, 2023
Cybercat	4.4 BlueTarp Oak Aged Last Place Taps dark chocolate with a good tan head. Aroma gives bourbon, woody, roast malt, earthy and mocha tones. Flavor brings bourbon, woody, earthy, roast malt, chocolate and subtle coffee notes. Texture presents good body and lively fizz. No loser this one - better oak aged! Monday, September 11, 2023
Cybercat	3.4 BlueTarp Aloha IPA Taps clearish old gold with a nice buttermilk head. Aroma features resimy hops, juicy sweet orange and tangy pineapple. Flavor provides piney hops, juicy and sweet pineapple, zesty orange with a bit of tart grapefruit. Texture yields nice body and peppy fizz. Aloha, y'all. Monday, September 11, 2023
Cybercat	4.2 BlueTarp Hawking Radiation Taps hazy, translucent papaya with a fair ivory head. Aroma features resiny hops, tangy tropical, zesty citrus and raw malt notes. Flavor offers piney hops, rich and zesty tropical and citrus, mainly mango and grapefruit, along with raw malt and a little passionfruit. Texture gives good ragged body and lively fizz with a happy and grapefruit finish. We miss you, Stephen Hawking. Sunday, March 28, 2021
erikaraeb	3.9 BlueTarp All I Want For My Birthday Is a Big Booty Baltic Porter Pretty impressive for a local American Baltic. You get the typical toffee and toast with that kind of cooling cigarette butt aspect that Baltics have. Not sweet at all, which I prefer, though you can taste the high ABV. Solid one for sure. Sunday, April 5, 2020
Imaena	3.4 BlueTarp All I Want For My Birthday Is a Big Booty Baltic Porter Sunday, February 17, 2019
solerunner	1.2 BlueTarp Juicin' No aroma and no juice. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Friday, November 2, 2018
chinchill	3.9 BlueTarp All I Want For My Birthday Is a Big Booty Baltic Porter From a can at the 2018 Decatur Beer Fest. Pours with a dark, black-brown body topped with a decent head. Moderately strong, hoppy aroma. The flavor is moderately strong and has a load of dark roasted malts. Medium-full body with medium carbonation. Sunday, October 21, 2018
crossovert	3.1 BlueTarp All I Want For My Birthday Is a Big Booty Baltic Porter 355ml can. Nice artwork, pours a dakr brown black, raisiny and robust, cocoa, not bad, not tooo strong for abv. Sunday, October 14, 2018
Cybercat	3.1 BlueTarp Bloodmoon Pours semi-transparent raspberry with a pinkish head. Aroma features vegetable, fresh malt, subtle resiny hop tones. Flavor offers beet, malty and faint hoppy tones, surprisingly enjoyable. Texture yields fair body and fizz. And the beet goes on. Sunday, September 16, 2018
BubbleMaster9	4.2 BlueTarp All I Want For My Birthday Is a Big Booty Baltic Porter Friday, May 4, 2018
EvilGoat	3.5 BlueTarp Fünk Weisse From a can. Pours a slightly hazy gold, medium sudsy head that dissipated very quickly, very slightly tart. Seems to be begging for some fruit flavors. A bready / wheat after taste. Some hints of lemon. Sunday, April 1, 2018
BubbleMaster9	4 BlueTarp Juicin' Friday, December 22, 2017
dokushin	3.6 BlueTarp Last Place Stout Pours black with brown head, maybe a bit weak. Smells like an imperial stout; alcohol and ruin. Body is on the heavier side of stouts but nothing surprising; maybe even a bit thin for the style. I was a huge fan of the flavor profile here, though; there's an aggressive hop component over a really serious fruity chocolate bittersweet base. The fruity taste is tart, almost unripe -- that will be divisive, but I really like. The notes remain somewhat distinct (they're too strong to really blend) so it could be described as clashing, I guess, but they do somewhat work together, and ride out the boozy finish. Bit of a ride, really. I really enjoyed it; probably my favorite Imperial, if I had to pick one. Sunday, December 10, 2017
BubbleMaster9	4 BlueTarp Go Funk Yourself Saturday, December 9, 2017
Cybercat	3.7 BlueTarp Juicin' Taps hazy, translucent apricot with a nice eggshell head. Aroma features tropical, citrus, resiny hops and fresh malt notes. Flavor offers more hops and a little bitterness. Mouthfeel delivers fair body and lively fizz. Get your juice on! Saturday, November 4, 2017
Mr.Spooks	3.3 BlueTarp Last Place Stout Rough around the edges for a big imperial stout, heavy on the boozy warmth with an aggressive sweetness lacking nuance. Bittersweet chocolate and coffee dominate, with a sturdy bitterness on the back end that keeps it from growing cloy. The dark fruit notes lean too tart, though, with an unripe cherry tang clashing with anise and raisin notes. Abrasive finish comes mostly from the alcohol. Probably will improve with age, but a bit harsh now. Friday, September 29, 2017
SpringsLicker	2.8 BlueTarp Grapefruit Funk Weisse Can. Cloudy yellow with a fizzy white head that disappeared immediately. Fruity, sour funky acetic aroma. Tart sour fruity mess. Next. Friday, September 8, 2017
SpringsLicker	2 BlueTarp Fünk Weisse Wednesday, August 23, 2017
jbruner	3.3 BlueTarp Novemberfest Pours a nice copper brown on tap with fluffy off-white head that leaves moderate lace. Aroma of nice malty sweetness, hint of lager yeast esters, and a mild earthiness. Taste follows, a well done marzen lager. My only thing is it was on tap in July, is that from last year? Sunday, July 23, 2017
jbruner	2.6 BlueTarp Grapefruit Funk Weisse Pours a hazy golden yellow on tap with bubbly white head that leaves light lace. Aroma of mild acetaldehyde, hint of fruit citrus notes in the middle, mild lactic funk at the end. Taste follows, unfinished fermentation, but the fruit and acidity is there to a mild extent. Maybe the pH was too low for the yeast to do it’s thing effectively? Sunday, July 23, 2017
jbruner	3 BlueTarp Juicin' Pours a hazy yellow on tap with fluffy white head that leaves moderate lace. Aroma of nice juicy fruit forward hop notes and a hint of biscuit malt. Taste follows, but it seemed to fall off as I drank it, almost like the hops were in the keg and it made them oxidize in the the glass. Tasty enough, but it needs a little more work I think. Sunday, July 23, 2017
jbruner	2.7 BlueTarp Mother Hoppin' Double IPA Pours a slightly hazy golden brown on tap with fluffy white head that leaves moderate lace. Aroma of big oxidized caramel malt and piney hop notes with a hint of booze behind. Tastes like a light struck beer with loads of oxidation, but not sure how that happened, booze on the back end. This may have been solid at some point but it’s just super oxidized now and the booze makes it assertive. Sunday, July 23, 2017
jbruner	2.9 BlueTarp Go Funk Yourself Pours a hazy golden yellow on tap with fluffy white head that leaves light lace. Aroma of farmhouse funk up front and a hint of fruity hop notes on the back end, but overwhelmingly oxidized. Taste is more of the oxidation, dry bretty farmhouse notes abound, hops are lost. Decent, but could be a bit old. Sunday, July 23, 2017
jbruner	3.3 BlueTarp BantamWeight Ale Pours a hazy copper red on tap with fluffy tan head that leaves moderate lace. Aroma of nice toasty malts and a mild fruity ale yeast on the back, taste follows with a hint of roast. One of the better ones of the day for sure, super drinkable. Sunday, July 23, 2017
nearbeer	3.4 BlueTarp All I Want For My Birthday Is a Big Booty Baltic Porter 12 oz. with no canning date. Mild gusher is an opaque ebony pour with a giant spongy foam that finally settles to a sticky cobweb. Aroma is oxidation, blackberry, soy and molasses. Tastes of toffee, raspberry, earthy spice mix and dark toasted bread. Finish has some toasted walnut, banana and coffee. Medium-plus body has a nice balance and a medium carbonation. Extra overall point for uniqueness, but not something I would seek out again. Seems like one of my early home brew attempts that got infected but was drunk early and turned out OK. Tuesday, May 30, 2017
jb	3.9 BlueTarp Cherries Jubilee En Fuego This stuff rocked. Everyone in the place loved it. Perfect sour. Nice body, cherry nose, not a super sour blast. Well sometimes I really like that. These brewers really seem to get ’it.’ Hope they have much success. Tuesday, May 9, 2017
jb	3.6 BlueTarp Go Funk Yourself Pretty nice, was described as a Wild by the brewers, brett adds a bit of a farmhouse edge funk, not used to sour/lower the pH, not that I understand the how or why. Dry, and funky with tropical notes. Tuesday, May 9, 2017
jb	2.8 BlueTarp Hopsided IPA Bland by the latest standards, either the West coast blast stye or the vermont juice bomb style. Had a bit of dankness, that did not help. None of us thought that much of it, but I like that this did not remind me of every other IPA on earth. Monday, May 8, 2017
jb	3.3 BlueTarp Fünk Weisse This was pretty good, tart with a dry finish, way less fruity than I am used to for a berliner but I’ll admit I have no idea what true to style is in this category. A bit of lemon. Only negative to us was a corn-adjunct taste. Monday, May 8, 2017
jb	3.1 BlueTarp BantamWeight Ale Listed elsewhere as an Irish Red, this was different than a typical amber, lots of roasted stout-like character. Very very light as it was a session ale. Enjoyable. Monday, May 8, 2017
jb	3.9 BlueTarp All I Want For My Birthday Is a Big Booty Baltic Porter Pretty solid, true to style. Monster palate, nose, body, but does not overwhelm, big whiff of roasted goodness and chocolate. On tap at the brewery. Monday, May 8, 2017
nimbleprop	2.8 BlueTarp Fünk Weisse 12oz can, foamed hard, then poured a lightly hazy yellow with some sudsy white head. Nose is lemon, a little industrial, yogurt, a little white wine vinegar. Flavor is simple, lemon, light vinegar, a little butter. Tart finish. Saturday, May 6, 2017
jrob21	3.7 BlueTarp All I Want For My Birthday Is a Big Booty Baltic Porter Single from Ale Yeah. Quickly dissipating tan head. Milky creamy texture with a touch of toasty malt on the finish. A little bitter and acidic finish as well. Good body, well done from these guys. Friday, May 5, 2017
Itzjerm	3.2 BlueTarp Cascade Killa Nice lasting head. But not much flavor for a dipa. Malty chewy and not very deep. Nice carb. But not very exciting. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Friday, March 10, 2017
Whrlwnd13	2 BlueTarp BantamWeight Ale Friday, January 6, 2017
djd07	3.7 BlueTarp Fünk Weisse Can thanks to Adam. Pours a clear gold with small white head. The aroma is apple skin and wheat. Thin, apple, lacto, nice tartness, very good. Sunday, September 18, 2016
bytemesis	3.3 BlueTarp Hopsided IPA Tap. Pours hazy golden, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is a bit buttery, pine, grapefruit. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter. Medium body. Thursday, September 8, 2016
bytemesis	2.7 BlueTarp BantamWeight Ale Tap. Pours clear Amber, large off white head, dissipate slowly, nice lacing. Aroma of dust, caramel, root beer. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, dusty. Light body. Odd. Thursday, September 8, 2016
after4ever	3.4 BlueTarp Fünk Weisse 12-oz can. Thanks, M! Pours a hazy medium gold with a loose white head. Mild funky egg yolk and mineral nose. Creamy medium body with lively carb. Funky egg yolk and mineral mid palate, long dry finish. Monday, August 22, 2016
BCMike22	2.9 BlueTarp Cascade Killa Maltiest IPA you’re likely to have in a while. Tons of caramel as others have said. Unbalanced IPA’s are the norm; however this pendulum swung to the other side. Not a bad thing necessarily. Sneaky ABV. Good beer, wouldn’t go out of my way to have it again, however. Saturday, July 9, 2016
Cybercat	3.8 BlueTarp / Ale Yeah Durty South Pours translucent chocolate brown with a nice buff head. Aroma presents toasted malt, cinnamon, caramel and nutty notes. Flavor features all that the aroma promises and then some. Firm body has OK fizz. Get down and "durty." Saturday, June 11, 2016
Zarf	4 BlueTarp Fünk Weisse Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Suttree	3.2 BlueTarp BantamWeight Ale So, it a session amber? Isn’t that kind of redundant? I mean, I just usually assume an amber is a session ale, unless they call an "Imperial Amber" or something goofy like that. Anyway, this was a little malty, with hints of toast and chocolate, and and subtle, woody hops. Monday, May 2, 2016
ordybill	3.7 BlueTarp BantamWeight Ale Poured from a 12 OZ can into a pint glass. The appearance is a reddish brown color with a giant thick tan head. The aroma is hops and malt. The taste is a heavy on grain and has a metallic aftertaste. If the metal taste was removed it would have a much higher score. Friday, April 29, 2016
chinchill	3.2 BlueTarp Last Place Stout On tap at 2016 Hogs and Hops. Near black, opaque body that looks thick and is topped by a short head that’s not very durable. Thick, viscous full body with appropriate light carbonation. Excellent aroma with admirable complexity. Dark bread, dark dried fruits and vanilla. Flavor is disappointing after this great aroma. It lacks balance, has strong sweet and bitter notes that don’t counterbalance, is too boozy, and has too much char. Overall: OK for style. Saturday, April 16, 2016
drowland	3.6 BlueTarp Last Place Stout 4/5/16. 12oz can from Hop City. Black pour under a small tan head, but loads of lacing, basically coats the glass. Rich aroma, loads of chocolate, some church basement coffee, a metallic tinge. Good flavor, loads of chocolate again, almost reminds me of Hersey syrup, but the roasted malts balance it out with a roasty dryness and a touch of pennies. Not bad. Tuesday, April 5, 2016
rdixon77	3.2 BlueTarp Cascade Killa Average ish malty IPA. Great can though. Brown orange colored. Heavy syrupy. Floral hops. Too sweet. Just okay. Tuesday, April 5, 2016
drowland	3.1 BlueTarp Cascade Killa 4/4/16. 12oz can from Hop City. Amber pour with a nice khaki head, good lacing. Floral aroma, citrus, lemon peel, loads of caramel. Floral flavor, caramel, citrus, orange and lemon peel, more caramel. Eh. Monday, April 4, 2016
mixmasterob	3.8 BlueTarp Last Place Stout Can. Listed as 12.5%. Black pour with a thin dark brown head. Aroma was charred malt, burnt marshmallow, dark cocoa, touch of coffee and smoke. Flavors were slightly astringent, bits of dark cocoa, licorice, roasty malt, lingering, slightly bitter smoky finish. Mouthfeel was surprisingly on the medium side given the ABV. It’s certainly more dry than I was suspecting. Overall a nicely attenuated, big, roasty stout. Wednesday, February 10, 2016