Sunday River Brewpub and Restaurant Reviews

johnnnniee	3.4 Sunday River Black Bear Porter Sample at the source Dark brown in color with light haze and a small short lived off white head. Chocolate and caramel maltiness with light earthy hops some acrid bitterness and light astringency. Monday, August 30, 2021
johnnnniee	3.6 Sunday River Long Haul Lager Sample at the source. Murky dirty straw color with a minimal off white head. Bready crackery maltiness with bits of earthy floral spicy hops. Light green apple not too shabby. Monday, August 30, 2021
johnnnniee	3.5 Sunday River Mountain Mama IPA Sample at the source. Lightly hazy deep gold color with a minimal head. Earthy citrus and pine with bready caramel to counter. Nice old school IPA served very cold. Monday, August 30, 2021
bb	3.5 Sunday River Viper Can. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. Light summer fruit and light grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and summer fruit flavor with light tropical fruit. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and summer fruit linger with light tropical fruit. Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Beese	2.9 Stone Coast Knuckleball Bock 12oz from a shop in Burlington, VT and drunk on 01/04/2008. Pretty drinkable bock, lacking a bit in body, but nice malty flavour. Tuesday, February 18, 2020
GregMooreNH	3.3 Stone Coast Sunday River Jamaican Stout Pours black with one finger, tan head. Aroma is roast, dried fruit and light molasses. Taste is raisin and thin brown sugar, moving to roast. Finish is roast and raisin. Not sure where the 'Jamaican' part of this stout figures in. Sunday, December 29, 2019
mansquito	3.2 Sunday River Mountain Mama IPA Growler from my parents: pours copper with white head. Aroma is malty and piny. Taste is moderately bitter. Sweet malty finish. Not bad. Sunday, January 6, 2019
mansquito	3.2 Sunday River Viper Crowler from my father: pours deep gold with a white head. This is not very NE. Aroma is actually a bit like a NE. Taste is sweet with some modest dryness. Low bitterness. Meh. Saturday, January 5, 2019
dpratt78	4 Sunday River Black Bear Porter Wednesday, December 26, 2018
dpratt78	4.3 Stone Coast Sunday River Jamaican Stout Wednesday, December 26, 2018
casimirthewise	2 Sunday River Black Bear Porter Friday, August 17, 2018
Ron	3.4 Sunday River Viper Erica's last day before going out of town for a new job. She wanted a New England style IPA. This one I've been saving since Maine trip says it's that style. It did not pour as cloudy as other NE IPA's I've had. It was somewhat juicy with grapefruit and other citrus hops and mild bitterness. Sunday, December 31, 2017
johnnnniee	3.6 Stone Coast Sunday River Jamaican Stout Crowler from Tully's Inky black with a full khaki head that persists. Roasty earthy chocolate with a hint of dried fruit and maybe some creamed coffee. Pretty nice stout! Friday, September 29, 2017
DocLock	3.5 Sunday River Black Bear Porter Quart can via PUB'R. Pours hazy deep coppery toward brown with frothy, tan head. Nose is roasty dark malt, resiny hops, cacao. Tastes dark malty, with notes of dark chocolate syrup, hops, and a roasty finish. Like a black IPA/porter hybrid. Monday, September 25, 2017
DocLock	3.3 Sunday River Mountain Mama IPA 32 oz can via PUB'R. Pours hazy straw. Nose is piney hops, citrus. Tastes resiny, hoppy, with a bitter body, notes of grapefruit, tangerine, medium palate heft and complexity. Monday, September 11, 2017
DocLock	3.3 Sunday River Alt Quart can via PUB'R. Pours hazy dark brown with fluffy head. Nose was corn flakey malt, earthy caramel. Tastes earthy, caramel malty, nutty, with a smooth finish and medium body. Sunday, September 10, 2017
dlovell2	3.6 Sunday River Black Bear Porter Pours dark brown with an amber tint and an off white head. Roasted malt aroma. Flavor is roasted malt and chocolate. Earthy hop finish. Thursday, August 24, 2017
dlovell2	3.7 Sunday River Alt Poured from Crowler purchased at brewery. Pours amber with white head. Toasted malt aroma. Flavor is toasted malt with caramel and a bready yeast finish. Really nice lager. Friday, August 18, 2017
Haslinger	3 Sunday River Belgium Wit drunk on a hot Maine afternoon so this went down quick and easy, definitely has a bit of hefeweizen bubblegum wheat in it but not too much. Would drink again Friday, July 28, 2017
Haslinger	3.6 Sunday River Black Bear Porter Drunk straight from a quart can, now thats something you don’t get to say very often, while floating on a Maine pond so I may be projecting a little bias onto this beer but wow this is a good one, coffee but not overly so, tasty rich malty Friday, July 28, 2017
puboflyons	3.4 Stone Coast Sunday River Jamaican Stout From the crowler. This pours dark brown to near black with a modest tan head that lingers and laces. I get a dark fruit character and toasted dark malts and a little coffee on the nose. Some earth. The body is acidic and almost medium. The dark malts in the flavor are not so much sweet as they are bitter and I also get a little coffee character. Lingering bitterness. A biting sort of stout. Sunday, March 12, 2017
mansquito	3.1 Sunday River Long Haul Lager Liter can in Portland: pours golden with a frothy white head. Aroma is bread, biscuit, sugars, and a bit of hops. Taste is somewhat sweet. Light bitterness. Easy drinking. Friday, September 2, 2016
Holdwine	3.3 Sunday River Black Bear Porter Good flavor in a big (32oz.) can. Requisite dark coffee notes. Reliable roasting and a bit of bitterness makes for a fun drink. Saturday, August 27, 2016
dlovell2	3.4 Sunday River Mountain Mama IPA Poured from a crowler given to me from my brother in law. Pours copper with an off white head. Aroma is malt with herbal and floral hops. Flavor is caramel malt sweetness with biscuit malt with floral and herbal notes. Earthy pine finish. Tuesday, August 2, 2016
dlovell2	4 Stone Coast Sunday River Jamaican Stout Poured from crowler given to me by my brother in law. Pours black with a brown mocha colored head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, and dark fruit.? Flavor is roasted malt, plums, Roasted coffe, and dark chocolate. Earthy hop finish and roasted coffee. Excellent! Friday, July 22, 2016
puboflyons	3 Sunday River Mountain Mama IPA From the 32 oz. crowler. The pour is a slightly hazy copper-amber. The aroma is floral and spicy mostly with an undercurrent of toasted malts. The body is medium and rather smooth in texture. The taste has a biting herbal bitterness with the same toasted malt presence and a lingering finish. Monday, May 23, 2016
GIJOE	3.5 Stone Coast Sunday River Jamaican Stout Pours black with a thin, tan head. Nose is dark roasted malt and grain with hints of dried fruits. Taste is well-balanced. Nice bitter coffee finish. Medium body. Lively carbonation. Nice brew. Saturday, May 7, 2016
TATE	4 Stone Coast Sunday River Jamaican Stout Can. Pours black with a thick tan head. Chocolate up front with a hoppy dry finish. Lots of flavor. Nice strong stout. Friday, April 29, 2016
AirForceHops	2.7 Sunday River Mountain Mama IPA 32 oz. can purchased at Spruce Creek Provisions. Cloudy dirty Amber color. Aroma shows me herbal and pine cone hints. No date coding on the can. The base is a lot of bready malt with some dirty yeast. The hops come off me astringent without any real flavor other then weak pine. The brew doesn’t have a nice mouthfeel, chalky. Based on this it would be difficult to go out of my to try anything else from this place. Sorry, pass. Saturday, January 23, 2016
WillRunForBeer	2.9 Sunday River Mountain Mama IPA Crowler shared by AirForceHops. Thanks, Chris! Aroma is wet cardboard, multigrain bread, a bit of grapefruit citrus.This is just too malty. Flavors of multigrain bread, caramel, raisin, grass and grapefruit pith bitterness. Saturday, January 23, 2016
smcolw	3.4 Stone Coast Sunday River Jamaican Stout Very nice beige head that starts four-fingers and fades into a rocky, glass clinging froth. Deep dark brown which allows the faintest of light to pass. This has the smell of chocolate milk. Creamy consistency. Lots of dark cocoa flavor. Only negative is the slightest flavor of boiled vegetables. Nice aftertaste of a balanced stout; this is the first time I notice the hop. This is an easy stout to enjoy. While it may not beat the big papas from Ireland, it is easily quaffed. Saturday, October 31, 2015
smcolw	3.4 Stone Coast 840 IIPA Pours a cloudy light brown. The bottle overflowed when opened. Unfortunately this did not translate into potent long lasting head. In fact, there was very little lace after the head died down to an incomplete single layer of bubbles. The smell is decent combination of mellow round malt and peppery hop. The taste is all hop...another extreme beer. The body is okay. Basically, if you like sucking on a hop pellet, you’ll like this beer. If not, it may be a case of the chef over salting the broth. Saturday, October 31, 2015
smcolw	2.9 Stone Coast 420 IPA Fairly thin head with staying power, spotty lace. Light amber/dark golden in color, barely perceiptable haze in the liquid. Dark earthy hops is the predominant aroma, no real floral touch. Slightly yeasty, malt is present with a caramel sweetness. Overly hoppy even for an IPA--not that I’m complaining, my tastes lean this way. Very astringent aftertaste, really bitter, long lasting. Malt flavors are brief and fleeting. Full bodied with good carbonation. This would be a great beer to try last in a flight of IPA’s. Too bitter for regular consumption. Saturday, October 31, 2015
Bulk_Carrier	3.1 Stone Coast Sunsplash Golden Ale Reviewed from old notes. This was poured into a pint glass. The appearance was a decent golden color with a film of thin white head. The smell had an ample amount of sweet corn lightly dosed with a slight caramel edge. The taste was pretty much the same adding a light biscuit-esque glaze over my taste buds. On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a decent sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed ok for the style and for me. There’s a nice carbonation about it. Overall, this was a decent golden/blonde ale I could do again. Saturday, September 27, 2014
Bulk_Carrier	3.1 Stone Coast High Rollers Wheat Reviewed from old notes. This was poured into a pint glass. The appearance was slightly hazy/cloudy a golden yellow color with a substantial two and a half fingered white foamy glossed over level sort of head - "nice" is just a decent word to use. Good, hell yeah, definitely good on this one. The smell had a super nice half hefe-esque, grainy to wheaty to a fairly nice sweet gritty, earthiness just running all around under my nose. The taste took those smells to the flavor and just combined fairly nicely. On the palate, this one sat at/about a light to medium on the body with a decent semi-sweet to wanted-to-be spicy glossy on the palate. Overall, I can’t necessarily endorse this beer, but will say it’s okay and leave it at that. Saturday, September 27, 2014
Bulk_Carrier	3.2 Stone Coast 420 IPA Reviewed from old notes. This was poured into a pint glass at the brewpub. The appearance was a fairly nice looking glossy/hazy and somewhat golden to amber-ed orange color. There was a light foamy stringy lacing sticking and then sliding into the beer. The smell had a super nice aromatic citric/slightly piney aromas. The taste was there. It took the citrus with the pine to make a fairly nice bittersweet combination to taste. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was somewhat there but honestly, nothing overbearing and nothing far out. Overall, I say this was a good IPA I could bang again. Saturday, September 27, 2014
Bulk_Carrier	2.7 Stone Coast 840 IIPA Reviewed from old notes. This was poured into a snifter from the bottle that I obtained. The appearance was a fairly nicely looking amber to glossy orange with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a filmy sort of minute. The smell had a fairly nice sort of fresh pine to citrus to earthy to grapefruit to encapsulated glossy citrus sort of smell. Okay, is this what it is meant to be? Okay, well by all means, I accept. The taste took all of those previously mentioned flavors and combined to taste. On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a somewhat sessionable to sipper quality about it. The carbonation was somewhat there but there was nothing overbearing, good DIPA. Overall, decent DIPA, nothing to go bonkers about, but an acceptable means to an end of a night. Saturday, September 27, 2014
Bulk_Carrier	3.7 Stone Coast Sunday River Jamaican Stout Reviwed from notes. This was poured into a pint glass. The appearance was a semi-light to dark brown color with a slim fingered white to off white foamy head that dissipated within a light lacing. The smell had a light chocolate to roast. Coffee? Uh...it really comes super underneath. The taste was mainly bitter with a nice roasty to sweet cocoa. On the palate, this one sat at/about a nice light roasty sort of body to a nice smooth to rolling sweet palate. Overall, I say this was a nice sweet/milk stout that I would have again. Saturday, September 27, 2014
Bulk_Carrier	2.5 Sunday River Blonde Reviewed from old notes. This was poured into a pint glass at the brewpub. The appearance was a semi-hazy golden yellow color with a slim bar pour’s kind of filmy white head. The lacing, uh...not exactly there, but yeah, okay, sure if one wants to think its there. The smell was somewhat mineral / maybe somewhat herbal with a weird earthy quality of sweet corn. Does that make sense? Hmmm...I’m not exactly sure if it makes sense to me. The taste was mainly mineral / earthy / herbally sweet. Sweet Corn - def yes, it pounds my taste buds into a sweet submission. On the palate, this one sat about/at a light to medium on the tongue. Sessionability was slightly there...not bad... Overall, for a blonde ale, okay, for me, uh...just plain different...I want to say weird, but I won’t...its just different and I’ll leave it at that. Saturday, September 27, 2014
Bulk_Carrier	3.4 Sunday River Mountain Mama IPA Reviewed from notes. This was poured into a pint glass at the brewpub. The appearance was an Amber / Red color with a bar pour’s kind of slim white head that dissipated within seconds. The smell had a sharp pine bittersweetness coating some light citrus sweet hops. The taste was mainly sweet but allowed a fairly decent blend to the bitter citrus side. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was there and somewhat sharp but was good for the style and for me. Overall, good AIPA that I would have again. Sunday, August 31, 2014
Bulk_Carrier	2.9 Sunday River Black Bear Porter Reviewed from old notes. At the brewery, this was poured into a pint glass. The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a bar pour’s kind of slim white head. There wasn’t any lacing. The smell had a dark roasty coffee aroma with a robust quality to it. The taste was basically the same. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it. Carbonation seemed somewhat subdued but mainly good for the style. I have to admit there does seem to be a fair amount wateriness about this. Overall, not a bad Porter, I’d have this again. Saturday, August 30, 2014
argo0	2.8 Sunday River Mollyockett IPA Draft. Medium off-white head with crystal clear amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, grapefruit/orange, light bread. Taste is moderately sweet, orange, grapefruit rind, some caramel/bread, light lime. Medium body, light resin. Wednesday, July 16, 2014
argo0	2.8 Sunday River Saw Wheat Draft with lemon wedge, called Rapid River Wheat, presume it’s the same thing. Cloudy apple juice body with small white head. Aroma is medium sweet, orange, some lemon, light clove. Taste is medium sweet, orange, light bubblegum, lemon. Light body, light acidity. Wednesday, July 16, 2014
argo0	2.8 Sunday River Mountain Mama IPA Draft. Medium off-white head with clear amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit/orange, some bread, light spicy. Taste is medium sweet, orange, grass/lemon. Light-medium body. Wednesday, July 16, 2014
argo0	2.9 Sunday River Alt Draft. Crystal clear copper body with small beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, some bread, milk chocolate, light spicy. Taste is moderately sweet, orange, bread, caramel, some spicy. Light-medium body, light stickiness, low carbonation. Wednesday, July 16, 2014
argo0	2.2 Sunday River Pilsner Draft. Crystal clear body with minimal white head. Aroma is medium sweet, bread, some orange, light spicy. Taste is moderately sweet, bread, some corn, light orange, spicy. Light body, lo carbonation. Wednesday, July 16, 2014
hmoreida	4 Stone Coast 420 IPA Saturday, April 19, 2014
TaktikMTL	3.2 Stone Coast Redstone Ale En fût. Verre de dégustation directement à la brasserie. Arôme: Légère odeur de caramel. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée. Présence d’un mince col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de caramel avec une pointe d’houblon. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement onctueuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement houblonné. (Rating #5164) Tuesday, October 8, 2013
TaktikMTL	2.7 Sunday River Saw Wheat En fût. Verre de dégustation directement à la brasserie. Arôme: Légère odeur de banane. Apparence: La couleur est blonde pâle légèrement voilée. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de banane et d’épices. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement onctueuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de banane en arrière goût. (Rating #5163) Tuesday, October 8, 2013
TaktikMTL	2.7 Sunday River Alt En fût. Verre de dégustation directement à la brasserie. Arôme: Légère odeur de caramel. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de caramel avec une pointe fruitée. Courte durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps et la texture sont mince. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de caramel en arrière goût. (Rating #5162) Tuesday, October 8, 2013