Big Beer Series: East Coast Common
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
California Common / Steam Beer Regular|
Score
7.13
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We originally brewed East Coast Common at Smuttlabs with our friends and neighbors Stoneface Brewing Company and Great Rhythm Brewing Company, to commemorate 2015’s Portsmouth Beer Week. We’re pleased to bring it back for a wider, hop-hungry audience.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Weird pour and aroma but man this was good. The cloudy gold was hiding some citrus. It worked
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Hazy amber orange color. Small creamy beige head. Toasted malt nose has earthy, fruity notes. Bittersweet malt flavor has notes of pineapple and rustic bread. Sharp, spicy notes in middle. Slightly sticky mouthfeel. Citrusy, herbal hop finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Not really a common at all, strictly speaking, in flavor. Probably why it’s good. Lots of orange flavored hops. Relatively bitter. Bottle.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught @ Albion. Clear rich yellow with small frothy off-white head, malt aroma with a hint of hops, medium carbonation, medium bitter hoppy malt taste, thin body, long bitter dry finish. Interesting brew, felt like an extra hopped Dortmunder.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass from Hannaford, Bedford NH. Appearance is hazy orange-yellow with mild sparkle, 1/2-finger width fizzy white head with poor retention and light splotchy lacing. Aroma is strong citrus, tropical fruit, malts. Taste is sweet lemon, orange, light bitter resin over malty backbone. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with slick texture, average carbonation and mix of sweet and bitter finish, as taste. Overall, this delivers the hops as advertised--tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Spuyten Duyvil, Brooklyn tap: pours copper with a white head. Aroma is piny, grapefruit, general fruitiness, and sugar. Taste is moderate bitterness. Some sweetness. Lingering aftertaste. Interesting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bomber. Sightly hazy amber, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of caramel, toasted malt, floral hops, bits of raisin. The taste is lemon, caramel, toasted malt, raisin. Medium bodied, low carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Caramel, pine, grapefruit in the nose. Pretty, hazy orange-amber. Piny, spicy flavor, good solid malt, but smooth body. spicy, peppery finish. Fun beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Hay and rye bread nose, somewhat vegetal. Hazy orange, medium yellow head, little retention. Hay and orange. Rye finish. Persistent yet subdued vegetal notes. Medium body, easy carbonation. Sampled two weeks after best buy date.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Apple, orange, caramel malt, and orange peel aroma. Hazy amber with small head. Sweet apple/orange, caramel malt, and moderately bitter grass/orange peel flavor. Nice body. A very good beer.