Snapperhead IPA - Butternuts Beer & Ale

SFLpunk

Vermont

3/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12oz can thanks to aapp. No date that I could find.

Pours an solid amber with thin light tan head that fades quickly. Nose is dominated by caramel...and a note like copper. Palate is a little biscuity and definitely dominated by caramel and caramel corn flavors. Some faint hops, but really mostly caramel sauce.

Not impressed. Leans British and not nearly enough hop flavor (nor bitterness) for the "American IPA." But then again, who knows how old it is because there's no f*$#ing date!

Serving type: can

08-05-2011 02:03:31 | More by SFLpunk

bark

Sweden

3.88/5  rDev +24.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The colour is pale brown (25 EBC), the liquid is hazy. The two finger head is beige and compact; it sinks slowly leaving some fine lacing.

The smell is smooth and rich. Some cream, mild American hops and a special flavour somewhere between sweet dough and green apples. Hints of oranges, hazelnuts and marzipan.

The taste is smooth with some passing fresh bitter notes. Sweet spicy notes of dough and bread. Some lemon-lime flavours and a growing smooth bitterness. The aftertaste is dough-y with a clean lime-like bitterness.

The carbonation is mid-strong; the mid-sized bubbles fresh. The liquid semi-smooth.

A fresh take on the AIPA style.

Serving type: can

08-02-2011 18:16:08 | More by bark

bpw28

New Jersey

2.75/5  rDev -11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Look: Two finger white soap bubble head, hazy orange/peach (about a hazy 11 SRM), good lacing.

Smell: Holy god, butter. It smells like butter (I don't think thats a good thing. I think if my Randy Mosher serves me right that means the beer has gone bad. We will see if I spit it out.), sour milk, citrus. It smells fowl. I might have a bad can.

Taste: Maybe not. The taste isn't nearly as bad. Sweet, malty, weird buttery taste, hop bite is decent. Nothing much. But I can oddly feel myself getting heartburn or something like it.

Final Thoughts: I'm gonna try to re-review this because they couldn't have put this product out the way it is. If it tastes the same, this will be unchanged. If they changed the smell, I think it would be a lot better. I'm into funk, but this is an obscene nose.

Serving type: can

07-27-2011 01:23:59 | More by bpw28

Brenden

Ohio

3.48/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A nice frothy, creamy very light orange head rests about a finger and a half on a depp, murky brown-orange beer. The head is retained for quite a while. Lacing starts off spotty but is soon being dropped in sizeable patches.
The aroma's quite light. it's good, offering a bit of grains with a steady hops and malts balance. It really could use more and I find this hardly hoppy enough (in the nose, at least) to pass for a good pale ale, much less an IPA.
The flavor is also light, likewise pleasant but lacking in hops character. Fortunately, though, a hops bitterness really pulls through into each sip and through to the finish, a bit of piney and floral flavor complementing a sweet malt that makes for good drinking, if not all that I want from an IPA.
The mouthfeel is smooth with a crisp bite to it in a sturdy medium body with light to moderate carbonation.

Serving type: can

07-22-2011 15:40:39 | More by Brenden

DoubleDown11

Pennsylvania

1.27/5  rDev -59.3%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

This is the inaugural A and J review, and boy, did we pick a doozy to start with.

Thanks to being spoiled by the Oskar Blues Brewing Company, we were lured into thinking that craft beer in a can must be delicious.

First the aroma- A: "It smells. The aroma says stay away."
J: "Hmmm...smells like fish sauce."

Taste: A: "Fermented ass..tastes like somebody brewed a shoe."
J: "I blame my wife...I knew I should have picked up the Dale's Pale Ale instead."

Aftertaste: A: "Mouthful of malt..I need to shave my tongue."
J: "I feel obligated to finish this."

Serving type: can

07-20-2011 20:42:49 | More by DoubleDown11

nukem5

Pennsylvania

3.08/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

A: Hazy like the other (Porkslap) dark murky orange color with a thick white cap.

S: Very little here , small detection of malt and hop, not what I would call an IPA.

T: At least I can taste some hops but not very much some malt flavor but ok taste

M: Watery and thin to taste

O: Nothing super special here but an ok beer just not a great beer

Serving type: can

07-16-2011 23:12:54 | More by nukem5

timster01801

Massachusetts

4.7/5  rDev +50.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

Not your typical IPA by any means...maybe that's why I enjoy it so much. Malt sweetness up front, and a very slight hop bite in the finish. Head retention is great...lacing is all over the place. Nice mouth-feel too..medium bodied. Overall, a tasty brew...definitely not your typical IPA. Cheers!

Serving type: can

07-15-2011 02:09:55 | More by timster01801

jadpsu

Georgia

3.48/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours a cloudy orange with an off white to tan head that has superior lacing and average retention.
Aroma: some sweet malts and bitter floral hops. Neither over the top but fairly well balanced.
Taste: A good bit of bready maltiness. Very dry going down and mildly bitter, both of which I like.
Mouthfeel is creamy and medium to thick on the tongue.
Pretty good IPA and at the conclusion of my second one I can attest to the 6.8%. The fairly high ABV was not earlier noticable.

Serving type: can

07-12-2011 22:40:06 | More by jadpsu

deaconoflove

Pennsylvania

3.05/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Ap. Deep hazy golden brown with frothy head...nice.
Sm. Fairly light; nothing bold. Sweet caramel and some light citris.
Ta. Some vague malt, light caramel with a latent very lightly bitter finish. The lightly bitter finish lingers a long time.
Mf. Some body here, fills and is smooth. No bite.
Dr. Good, drinkable. Not much like any other IPA I've had...but it's a decent beer, and a cool can.

Serving type: can

07-10-2011 12:41:01 | More by deaconoflove

drabmuh

Maryland

1.93/5  rDev -38.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

Beer is amber and hazy with an offwhite head of small bubbles that leaves some lacing on the glass, some carbonation.

Aroma is odd, slightly vegetal and mildly hoppy, mostly earthy. Not exciting.

Beer is medium in body, low carbonation on the palate and tastes like boiled onions mixed with feces. This beer is disgusting, I couldn't choke down more than a few ounces before it met my sink. Never ever again.

Serving type: can

07-05-2011 04:50:10 | More by drabmuh

CHickman

New York

2.68/5  rDev -14.1%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Pours cloudy amber color with a 2 finger foamy off white head full of bubbles that faded slowly and left good spotty lacing.

Smells of sweet malt, grains, light floral hops, grass, caramel and bread; pretty bland and not very hoppy at all for an IPA.

Tastes of sweet malt, biscuit, wet bread, caramel, grains, light floral hops, light grapefruit or lemon, earthy notes and cardboard; tastes malty and like a pale ale, not an IPA as it's too sweet and bready to be an IPA.

Mouthfeel is creamy and smooth, with a medium body, average to light carbonation and a finish that's dry with toasted grains and sweet malt.

It's decent and drinkable, but this is not even close to an IPA and will disappoint hopheads that get fooled by the label. If they repackage this as an English Pale Ale it would fit the beer’s taste and aroma much better.

Serving type: can

06-26-2011 04:36:12 | More by CHickman

bristei

Rhode Island

2.98/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Poured from can to pint glass

A: Pours dark amber, caramel, hazy

S: Sweet, caramel, candy?

T: Mild hop flavors, slightly bitter, smokey

M: Somewhat bland, slight hop bitternes, quickly fading aftertaste

O: Strange for an IPA. I was expecting much more hoppiness but still a very approachable beer, especially for someone who may not be into heavy hops.

Serving type: can

06-21-2011 00:11:20 | More by bristei

mvanaskie13

Pennsylvania

3.3/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a standard pint glass, nice light tan head about 1 inch thick, light clinging on the glass; color is slightly transparent dark copper.

Smell is mild hop bitterness, piney notes, followed a mild malt sweetness, hint of breadiness.

Taste is kinda thick for an ipa, a bready earthy malt taste upfront with a mild bitter finish. Caramely sweet notes in there as well. Definitely more on the english ipa side than american as the hops provide the bitterness but less fruity flavors. Hop flavors are on the piney side, but very mild.

Mouthfeel is smooth, mostly on the tongue, with flavors hitting cheeks as well, light carbonation.

Overall, an interesting take as the bready malt flavors provide a different mouthfeel for an ipa.

Serving type: can

05-24-2011 23:01:36 | More by mvanaskie13

9InchNails

New Jersey

3/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A frothy white head that erupted on the pour. Light golden copper color. I don't see any bubbles at all but after I give it a swirl they seem to wake up a little bit. Creamy lacing sticks to the glass.

Not much of the way of smell. I get some slight citrus, grain and bread.

This is a IPA? This has to be one of the weakest tasting IPA's I have ever tried. It's not horrible tasting, it just should not be considered a IPA. I get mostly bready malt upfront, slight citrus and barely bitter hops.

Light body that is approaching the medium side. Watery as far as carbonation goes. Feels okay going down.

Overall, not a horrible tasting beer. I wouldn't exactly call it a IPA since the bready malt seems to take over any real hop bitterness. It is refreshing in a weird way. I guess it would be a good start if someone wanted to try a IPA, since it isn't too bitter.

Serving type: can

05-23-2011 23:15:50 | More by 9InchNails

GratefulBeerGuy

New Hampshire

3.95/5  rDev +26.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

A hazy, murky golden amber color and a 1" high, whipped-foam looking head and it's slow moving.

A very big English-style IPA aroma with sweet toffee malt, musty earthiness, sweet fruitines like mandarin oranges...nice effect.

Whoa! big complexity here, lush and smooth malty mouthfeel with a dry-bitter and very earthy hop punch. Pineapple and acrons with hearty flavor's galore, wheat, sweet corn, fruity hops later on...nice balance. The malt and hop flavor's seem to change and groove on the palate for a long time. A crisp, snappy light to medium feel that doesn't relax and the hops linger long!!

I don't know, this is one of my favorite IPA's in a very long time.

Serving type: can

05-21-2011 20:53:49 | More by GratefulBeerGuy

TangTKE402

New York

3.05/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A: Poured from a 12oz. can into a pint glass. Tan/brown in color with an off-white, 1-finger head, a touch of haze, and a little lacing.

S: Malty. Barley, toasted malts, corn, oak, grass.

T: Malty up front and through with a slight bitterness on the swallow. If someone were to hand me this blindly and ask me to guess the style, I would guess amber lager or pale ale. This beer might have an identity crisis, because it says "Farmhouse Ale" along the bottom with a big "IPA" stamp right above it. Now I typically don't associate those two styles together, but maybe I'm misinformed. Anyway, flavors of sweet corn malt flavor, with some woodiness, some barley, a hint of grass and leaves, and the faint hot taste of alcohol.

M: Creamy, light, watery, with a fain overall presence, and a hot swallow.

O: This beer doesn't have much going for it, flavor-wise, but isn't terrible and would make an alright session beer. However, for its style, this is a poor excuse for an IPA. It even says "All Malt" on the can, with no mention of hops.

Serving type: can

05-19-2011 23:38:47 | More by TangTKE402

Kinsman

New Hampshire

3.33/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Hazy orange body and a big white head with plenty of stickiness too it. Dropping the beer on the floor before I opened it certainly helped add to the head. A shade or two darker than expected though.

Aroma is lightly hoppy with faint piney notes and a stronger fruity ale yeast presence.

Caramel malts and fruity esters make this IPA sweeter than most. Hops enter in second with a bit of a citrusy flavor and some herbal notes. Not super bitter for an IPA either.

Mouthfeel is smooth and rather full bodied malty feel for an IPA. Overall, Snapperhead is certainly not a bad beer but it doesn't quite stand out as an IPA. Malt presence suggest more of a Pale Ale, which makes up for the fact that Butternuts Porkslap Pale Ale lacks the hop presence to be a good APA.

Serving type: can

05-19-2011 19:36:59 | More by Kinsman

nezelrac

New York

3.45/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

12oz can into shaker pint

A - cloudy/hazy medium amber; initially fluffy off-white head that fades quickly to a mere half finger; moderate lacing

S - fairly reticent; not much going on hop-wise - a little muddled citrus and pine; very malty and sweet smelling

T - initially this is barely a pale ale; bread dough, toffee and caramel up front; there is a faint hop presence beginning mid-palate and rising towards the finish but it has no bite; there are some hoppy flavors on the palate that echo the nose - again, quite muddled and muted; good length - after 30 seconds or so there is a noticeable bitter edge lingering

M - perhaps the best thing about this beer; nice texture and weight; moderate CO2;

O - it isn't that it is bad beer, just not a very good IPA, I'm not married to the over-the-top/West Coast style, but this tastes like they forgot a hop addition; I will enjoy the beer, and would have another, but not what I am going to turn to for an IPA

Serving type: can

05-18-2011 01:28:54 | More by nezelrac

surprenant1138

Connecticut

2.95/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours a hazy amber with good creamy white head and fair retention of lacing. Aroma is of, well pretty much nothing. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, with some carbonation and creamy. Taste is of some hops, vanilla, cherries, grassy, and breach. Refreshing, medium bodied ale that I can drink anytime, pretty much because it is very bland.

Serving type: can

05-12-2011 04:14:43 | More by surprenant1138

Chaney

District of Columbia

3.48/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A: Looked about the same as "Porkslap," yet with a much cloudier disposition. Burnt amber/copper, and with a two finger head that stayed pillowy for a long time.

S: Not much... faint would almost be an understatement. I managed to get a few puffs of citrus and yeast, but in reverse order of prevalence.

T: Sweet, almost fruit juice-like. Pretty skimpy on the hop front, but I didn't think it was too bad on the aftertaste. The fruit of choice here was apricot.

M: Carbonated enough, with INSANE lacing, and pretty sweet... if there was more bitterness on the overall taste profile, I think we would have a pretty decent IPA.

O: I think this should be the Pale Ale (Porkslap), and they should create West Coast-style, grapefruit explosion for their IPA. I could tune into that!

Serving type: can

05-07-2011 21:16:17 | More by Chaney

IronLover

Pennsylvania

3.68/5  rDev +17.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Sampled from a can with no freshness date. Dark, golden yellow in color with a heavy haze. Started with a fluffy white head that reduced to a sturdy white cap with nice sticky lacings. Medium bodied with pleasant carbonation. Light , lemony citrus aroma with hints of bread or biscuit. Fairly balanced light citrus hop and malt flavor. Citrus hop in the beginning, tangy lemon citrus in the middle and a smooth finish. Malty backbone throughout with a hint hoppy pine at the end. Drank more like a robust pale ale than an IPA, but good nonetheless.

Serving type: can

04-29-2011 17:24:34 | More by IronLover

ngeunit1

California

3.68/5  rDev +17.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Pours a fairly clear light amber-red color with a finger of frothy white head. The head fades slowly down to a thin layer leaving behind some nice lacing on the sides of the glass.

S - Aroma is a mix of some heavy bread malt aroma and some light pine hops. There is also some light fruit and banana flavors in the background. Overall a bit too subtle.

T - Starts off with some sweet caramel malts with just a hint of piney hops in the background. Touch of light fruits also mixed in. Through the middle, some bready flavors and a touch of yeast come through. The finish is a mix of sweet caramel malts and some light fruit flavor with some background bitterness.

M - Medium bodied and moderate carbonation. Smooth and crisp and the finish is even a touch dry. Feels just a touch watery.

D - Very drinkable. Could have used a bit more punch in the flavor and maybe a bit more hops, but it is still fairly good and not too empty.

Serving type: can

04-24-2011 23:38:51 | More by ngeunit1

webbcreative

Oklahoma

3.18/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Shout out to cmmcdonn for hooking me up with this beer. Thanks homeskillet!

Poured a light amber color with a 2 finger head that left nice lacing.

S=Hard to pull much out actually, not much malt of hop presence, but some fruity aromas, not sure if its from hops or yeast or what exactly.

T= Weird - right up front its like popping a sour war head candy in your mouth, yanno right when you break through the shell and start to get to the sour part in the middle. And has a sharp finish to it. Finishes more sweet then dry, but still I would call it candy sour. It has a sharp bitterness about it, it kinda tastes like hop extract, or at least, what I imagine straight hop extract might taste like.

M=Is actually nice and creamy, nice medium mouthfeel.

O=Even though the flavors are a bit unusual, this is actually not a bad beer, its just a bit different, just about like every other beer I have had from Butternuts so far.

Serving type: can

04-16-2011 04:05:26 | More by webbcreative

mntlover

Tennessee

3.25/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pours a copper color with 2 finger light tan head on an aggressive pour. Leaves some decent lace behind.

Aroma is malty bread hints of banana bread like aroma more so then hops some light grassy pine notes with nose stuck in glass.

Taste is some orange on top of bready malts with caramel hints. Very strange thing going on here some light hops in the finish grassy/herbal, more lingering caramel malts but not very IPA like at all. Not really bad per say but an IPA don't think so.

Mouthfeel is medium with lightly peppy carbonation going on, feel is good.

Drinkability is well actually not a bad beer, don't even know if this is hoppy enough for a pale maybe call it an Amber Ale?

Serving type: can

04-01-2011 21:15:31 | More by mntlover

nickthetick

Maryland

3/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A: pours an amber mahogany into my DFH signature snifter with maybe a quarter finger of khaki head that leaves spotty lacing.

S: some flower and pine hops with a light malt.

T: pine and grass, some sweet light malt backbone.
MF: medium body with a good amount of effervescence.

O: overall an overly average beer, one I would pass on to craft initiates at the beginning of their craft experience to ease them into it.

Serving type: can

03-31-2011 22:51:44 | More by nickthetick