JoBoy's Brew Pub Reviews

lorquins	4.7 JoBoy's Manheim Red Thursday, December 27, 2018
noodleuser	4 JoBoy's Hopitude Saturday, December 23, 2017
noodleuser	3 JoBoy's Oktoberfest Saturday, December 23, 2017
noodleuser	3 JoBoy's ODIN'S Ale Saturday, December 23, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3.5 JoBoy's Belgian Pale Ale Reviewed from notes. The appearance was a golden/orange sort of color with a small white foamy head that fell off pretty quick. Sly lace. The aroma had some floral to grassy hops, some clove, white bread and a little bit of bubblegum sweetness. The flavor leaned towards the sweet side at first and then some clove lightly entered to make a decent effort to balance. Aftertaste was sweet through all of the prior mentioned tastes. Finish was sweet and floral. The palate was just a touch under medium bodied with a decent sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt good. Overall, pretty good Belgian pale ale, perhaps I could knock this one back again. Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3.5 JoBoy's Honey Badger Reviewed from notes The appearance was a dark red almost brown color with a finger and a half’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a decent pace. Sliding light lace. The aroma had some honey and sweet caramel malt with some dark fruits and some earthy hop bitterness. The flavor leaned towards the malt sweetness with the dark fruits and honey coming back to blend and bring the sweetness just a tad tighter. Aftertaste was malty sweet with a quick semi-sweet finish. The palate was medium bodied with a good sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine and the ABV felt good. Overall, pretty good brown ale that I could come back to. Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	1.8 JoBoy's Grand Smash Grape IPA Reviewed from notes. The appearance was a light red color with a slight transparency about it. No carbonation could be seen rising. Head fizzled out pretty quick. The aroma had way too much vinous/grape notes. Made my eyes quiver. The flavor was sour with the grapes. Vinous aftertaste and finish. The feel was between light and medium bodied. No sessionability. Carbonation was barely there. ABV did feel fine, though. Overall, what a mess of a beer. Wishing brewers would stop experimenting with blending wine and beer. This is a perfect example of why they’re two separate alcoholic drinks and why they should stay that way. Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3.7 JoBoy's Creek Water Reviewed from notes. The appearance was a brown color with a thin white foamy head that fell off at a moderate pace. Light stringy lace. The aroma had some sweet nuts, good dose of caramel clean malts, light earthy hops and a touch of milk chocolate at the end. The flavor leaned towards the sweet side and tried to bring in the hops to balance, but they stayed mostly in the background. Mild aftertaste of the malts. Quick malty finish. The palate was just a touch under from medium bodied with a fairly good sessionability about it. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt good as well. Overall, pretty nice brown ale that I could come back to. Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3.7 JoBoy's American IPA Reviewed from notes. The appearance was a dark pale orange color with a cap of a little white foamy head that fell off at a moderate pace. Light sliding lace. The aroma had some sweet freshly cut grass with a little bit of pine and citrus hoppy notes sliding in underneath. The flavor leaned towards the sweet side running through the prior mentioned aromas fairly nice. Clean hoppy aftertaste yet sweet finish. The palate was almost medium bodied with a pretty good sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine. Overall, pretty nice IPA that I could come back to. Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Ratman197	2.9 JoBoy's Belgian Tripel Poured a clear tarnished gold with a lingering ring of off white foam. Aromas of cookie, spice, light earthiness and light yeast. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of cookie, spice, yeast and light fruitiness with a smooth lingering spiced finish. Sunday, December 11, 2016
books_n_brews	3.3 Joboy's Gose Hazy pale pour, thin white head. Smells a bit like briny wheat. Flavor of salty spiced banana bread. Which isn’t as bad as you’d think. Finish has a little brine kick. Sunday, August 14, 2016
italianjohn	3.3 JoBoy's Hopitude Clear copper pour with a thin white soapy head and bands of lacing ..... Aroma of citra hops, grapefruit/orange, rindy and lemons with a floral and biscuity malt ..... Taste is of citra hops, grapefruit orange and definitely rinds and lemon zest with a biscuity malt backbone and a floral hop ... Bitter dry hopped in the finish with lingering citrus rind flavors ..... Solid and sessionable with a bitter hop bite from start to end Saturday, June 18, 2016
reberiii	3.3 JoBoy's Grand Smash Grape IPA Smash IPA. Not a big fan of grape must beers. They usually have a touch of that butter like feel...but unlike Dogfish’s 61, which is abhorrent, this suffers only slightly. I can drink a glass of this, I just wouldn’t choose to. 3.3. Sunday, January 31, 2016
BillKismet	3.6 JoBoy's Dunkelweizen Chocolate brown body with a ring of head. Lovely clovey chocolate wheatyness in the bouquet with just a hint of banana. Robust body of flove and chocolate. Quite a heft spicey and musky character. Tannic roast barley and clovey finish. Friday, November 20, 2015
BillKismet	3.3 JoBoy's Harvest Amber Amber body topped by a decent, flush head. The nose is of stone fruit hop and of a nice cool bitterness. Slightly complex hop flavor that flaunts cool bitterness, stone fruit, pine, and even a minty character. The easy maltyness provides a solid backbone for the hops to play off of. Bitter forward with great balance. Friday, November 20, 2015
BillKismet	3.2 JoBoy's Oktoberfest Flat-bodied amber brew. Feint malt nose with a touch of cigar box. Cigar box infused malt flavors on the palate along with some freshly milled caramel grains and lingering tannins. Friday, November 20, 2015
BillKismet	3 JoBoy's German Wheat Blonde to bronze body with slight head and a flat looking body. Dry banana and clove bouquet with a similarly clovey and banana wheat flavor. Quite robust phenols on the palate. Stale wheat and clovey finish. Perhaps a bit too heavy on the clove. Friday, November 20, 2015
BillKismet	2.3 JoBoy's Manheim Red This one was drain pout. Brassy red body with a full head. Wet shoe and burn sugar and caramel aromas emanate off the glass. The taste is not much better. Burnt sugar, burnt caramel, bubblegum, and shoe on the palate. Burnt caramel and bubblegum lingering finish. Friday, November 20, 2015
BillKismet	3.5 Joboy's Gose Hazy blonde with a decent head. Salty sea air nose punctuated by coriander. The body is also salty to accompany the doses of wheat, fruit, and coriander. Salty coriander finish. Easy drinking and decent balance throughout. Friday, November 20, 2015
stangger	3.8 Joboy's Gose On tap at Joboy’s. Hazy golden/orange. Banana esters, wheat, bread on the nose. Salt, coriander, wheat. banana. very light and refreshing. This is closer to a salted wheat beer for me than a gose ,as the typical gose characteristics are very understated. Monday, August 17, 2015
BroadestTom	3.3 JoBoy's Manheim Red Aroma caramel, cereal, Appearance amber, red, white foam, Taste medium sweetness, lightly bitter, malt forward Palate light body, thin feel, average carbonation, Overall good but not great beer. I would not suggest this beer to a friend. Monday, July 6, 2015
Travlr	3.7 JoBoy's Dunkelweizen Draft at the source. Hazy maroon brown color, thick beige head. Aroma of cocoa and clove. Taste is lightly spiced, slightly sour and roasty. Nice. Sunday, January 11, 2015
Travlr	3.7 JoBoy's Porter Draft at the source. Clear maroon color. Chocolate and roast aroma. Taste is cocoa and coffee grounds. Sunday, January 11, 2015
Travlr	3.1 JoBoy's German Wheat Draft at the source. Clear yellow color. Big clove aroma with banana. Taste is spiced sour banana and citrus. Sunday, January 11, 2015
Travlr	3.7 JoBoy's Hopitude Draft at the source. Crystsl clear golden color. Florsl lemon aroma. Taste is bitter herbs and fruit. Tasty. Sunday, January 11, 2015
Travlr	3.8 JoBoy's Scotch Ale (Heavy) Draft at the source. Clear deep ruby maroon color, tan head. Aroma of burnt toffee. Taste is sweet butterscotch, cocoa, vanilla, port wine. Very tasty. Sunday, January 11, 2015
Travlr	4 JoBoy's Barleywine Draft at the source. Clear amber color. Aroma of port wine. Taste is rich vinous butterscotch. Delicious. Sunday, January 11, 2015
Travlr	3.3 JoBoy's German Dark Lager Draft at the source. Clear maroon brown color, thick tan head. Toasty aroma. Taste is lightly burnt caramel biscuit. More of an amber lager than a schwarzbier. Sunday, January 11, 2015
Travlr	3.6 JoBoy's Bitter Boy ESB Cask handpull with sparkler. Crystal clear amber color. Aroma of caramel. Taste is lightly tiasted biscuit. Decent. Sunday, January 11, 2015
Travlr	3.3 JoBoy's Red X Cask. Clear amber color. Aroma of caramel. Taste is lightly fruity caramel. Not bad. Sunday, January 11, 2015
Travlr	3.4 JoBoy's Creek Water Draft at the source. Clear amber color. Aroma of toasted caramel. Taste is very chocolatey. Nice. Sunday, January 11, 2015
Travlr	3.4 JoBoy's The Fuzz Draft at the source. Clear golden color. Light fruity aroma. Taste is mild cheery, citrus, berries. Sunday, January 11, 2015
bubbleflubber	3.7 JoBoy's Barleywine On tap at Joboy's in Lititz, PA. This pours dark prune into the glass, with a light eggshell cap sitting atop the pour that leaves webbed lacing. The nose has lots of sourdough and tart citric sours. Flavor are tart black cherry, yeasty sour esters, a balanced hop profile and finishes with a sourdough and whiskey barrel essence. The ABV complements well, but never detracts from the pull. A definitively different take on the English barleywine, this is rare and quite nice. Almost reminiscent of a subtle Flemish sour. Excellent. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Monday, December 29, 2014
bubbleflubber	4.1 JoBoy's ODIN'S Ale On tap at Joboy's in Lititz, PA. This pours amber-brown into the glass with a tiny ring of suds that trail the liquid down the pour. The nose is sweet and of holiday spices. Very sweet and malty with lots of pie spices, sweet potato and pumpkin, a hint of well-integrated alcohol warmth and finishes sweet and spiced. The silky mouthfeel and full body really warm one up for the cd weather.... and deliciously, I might add. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Monday, December 29, 2014
orangesol	3.8 JoBoy's Russian Imperial Stout Served on-tap at JoBoy’s into a goblet. This one has been aged for 10 months. A - Pours jet black with a creamy one finger tall mocha colored head leaving light streaks of lace down the glass. S - Smells of coffee, vanilla, dark chocolate, dark roasted malt, and some dark fruits. There is a tiny sherry twang at the end of each sniff. Not too bad. T - Starts off with plenty of chocolatey sweetness slowly giving way to hints of coffee, caramel, vanilla, raisins, and dates. The sherry twang is present here as well but it does not intensify. The finish is a mix of dark roast and sweetness, lingering on the pallet for some time. M - Heavy body and flavor with moderate carbonation. Smooth, rich, feel with a bit of booze creeping in as it comes up to room temperature. O - Not too bad. I like the flavors this one is offering but it never really wow’ed me. Glad I got to try it. Thursday, September 4, 2014
djaquay	3.6 JoBoy's Hopitude Dark amber pour under a thin light tan head. Delightful hoppy strength, well balanced citrus against a little bit of sweet. Will be going back for the ribs, as well as this IPA. Monday, September 1, 2014
djaquay	3.6 JoBoy's Porter Rich dark pour under a thin tan head, light sweet aroma, sticky sweet palate with a very nice rich malt flavor, light warmth in the finish. Will be going back for both the ribs and this porter. Monday, September 1, 2014
callmemickey	3.5 JoBoy's Porter Brown-black body with a medium sized light tan head and soapy lacing. Roast, leather, some dark fruits, and a gentle vinous character. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, a lingering semi-sweet finish. Solid, almost Baltic-like porter. Friday, August 15, 2014
callmemickey	3.3 JoBoy's Smash IPA Pale golden-orange body, thin white head, spotty lacing. Floral with some citrus showing a mellow Chinook profile and pale crackery malts. Medium to light bodied, moderate carbonation, mild bitterness in the finish with a semi-sweet character throughout. Friday, August 15, 2014
callmemickey	3.3 JoBoy's Hopitude Hazy golden-orange body, thin white head, sparse lacing. Floral’d out with light citrus and grainy pale malts. Medium bodied, with mellow carbonation, semi-dry finish, moderately bitter finish. Friday, August 15, 2014
callmemickey	3.2 JoBoy's Pale Ale Golden-orange body, medium to thin white head, spotty lacing. Light citrus and florals, pale crackery malts, light grainy character. Medium bodied with moderate to light carbonation, gentle sweetness and mellow carbonation. Friday, August 15, 2014
callmemickey	3.3 JoBoy's Belgian Pale Ale Lightly hazy golden-orange body, medium to thin white head, spotty lacing. Bubblegum, citrus, light Belgian yeast spice and dough. Medium bodied with moderate to lively carbonation, lingering semi-dry finish. Friday, August 15, 2014
bubbleflubber	3.2 JoBoy's Pale Ale On tap at the brewer, this pours dark golden-orange into the glass with a wispy head that leaves light lacing. Raisin Bran to the nose. Cereal flavors meet a malty hop back. A bit uninteresting, this feels blah to the palate; not very exciting. Just ok. Meh. Monday, July 21, 2014
bubbleflubber	3.9 JoBoy's Sandy Ass Ale On tab at the brewery, this pours clear golden with a light wispy head that leaves wispy lacing. The nose is of strawberries. Lots of strawberry citrus flavors, a little cracker, finishing with a light grassiness. Smooth and quaffable, this stands apart from most blonde ales, providing lots of flavor, complexity and substance (and honest interest) in an immense (and largely uninteresting) style that many beer geeks like me try to avoid. Monday, July 21, 2014
bubbleflubber	3.8 JoBoy's German Wheat On tap at the brewery, this pours a hazy straw into the glass, with a frothy head that leaves window-wash lacing. The nose is of bananas and circus peanuts. Unripened banana flavors with lemon and coriander, finishing with light circus peanuts, grains and cloves. A round citric mouthfeel with active carbonation makes for a nicely complex summer brew. Monday, July 21, 2014
bubbleflubber	3.6 JoBoy's Porter On tap at the brewery, this pours the deepest of Ruby with mahogany fringes. The thick tan head leaves thick lace all down the glass... a beautiful site. Barnyard and vinous notes to the nose. Dark cherry, roasted malt and finishing with a nice bitter in the mouth. Silky mouthfeel and a round palate are very inviting as an aperitif. Nice example of style. Monday, July 21, 2014
bubbleflubber	4 JoBoy's Oatmeal Stout On tap at the brewery, this pours the deepest mahogany with Ruby fringes. The tan ample head reduces to nice ring lacing. A grainy chocolate nose ensues. Sweet chocolate malt upfront with oatmeal and grains in the mid-palate, and some cherry to finish. Very nice. Smooth palate and an easy quaff with a round palate, this is superb. Monday, July 21, 2014
bubbleflubber	3.1 JoBoy's Lititz Springs Lager On tap at the brewery, this pours clear golden into the glass with a wispy head that leaves wispy lacing. The nose is of crackers. Crackers in the mouth, with some grains and a grassy bitter finish. The mouthfeel is a tad seltzery. For a pale lager, it's pretty run of the mill. Meh. Monday, July 21, 2014
hiltbeer	4 JoBoy's Hopitude Saturday, February 1, 2014
closey22	3.7 JoBoy's Porter Nice brown with tan head; aroma of chocolate and roastiness; flava is nice blend of roasted malt and choc and fruit; feels medium; finishes dryish Wednesday, August 14, 2013