Smuttynose Brewing Company Big Beer Series: East Coast Common

Big Beer Series: East Coast Common

 

Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸

  California Common / Steam Beer Regular
Score
7.13
ABV: 7.4% IBU: 82 Ticks: 17
East Coast Common is a nod to those uniquely American lager beers – fermented warm, in the San Franciscan-style. One sniff of the heady aroma tells you this isn’t a utilitarian, washing machine-variety beer. Our brewers infuse significant quantities of late-in-the-boil and post-fermentation dry hops to make sure you know East Coast Common is a New England original.
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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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. from notes. Hazy golden amber color, white head. Nice aroma of mixed citrus and light pine. Taste has juicy grapefruit. Hoppier than I expected. Refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2016 at 06:56

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours clear amber into a shaker. Bright white head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Citrus and resin aromas. Dry with sweet caramel and dank pine resin upfront turning to earthy hot caramel in the lasting finish.
Tried on 24 May 2016 at 17:08

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle: Pours slightly hazy, amber, with a thick off-white head. Grapefruit, sweet orange, caramel scent. Taste is strong....orange malt, grapefruit-peel, caramel malt.....pretty heavy resiny hops.... Comes across like an "Imperial APA".....(if there was such a thing....) Very good...but not very CC-like.
Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2016 at 15:49

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Smutty killing it with a bunch a different styles. Orange pour sudsy head. Nose is resinous hops some toasted caramel. Tastes of pine, grains, light honey, grapefruit, earthy, some herbal notes. Fine palate.
Tried on 05 Apr 2016 at 22:54

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Dark orange, 1 finger head. The aroma is great. citrus, some piney notes but a little sweetness. Really good citra and pineapple. More of those beers with a sweet finish but the tropical fruits here are nice. not much else.
Tried on 15 Mar 2015 at 12:50

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from the Lazy Dog and at a decent 4.99 as well. Lightly hazy pale golden color with a huge frothy white head that persists forever. Spicy earthy floral hop aroma with a bit of bready caramel to back it up. Solid bready caramel base with an almost minty earthy hop flavor. Medium body with moderate to high carbonation. Nice brew, if only I didn’t have to play chase the beer truck to find a store in my area that hadn’t already sold out of its one case allotment.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2015 at 19:13

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
22 oz. bottle purchased at a great price at Cigarette City, Seabrook. Could u gold with lasting head retention. The aroma is more like a hopped APA, deep floral notes with a mild pine on top of some sweet beard.

Mildly sweet malt upfront with a nicely light lingering floral and pine hops that was found in the aroma. The body is lighter but has a nice crispness and a secondary citrus rind dryness. I paid $4.99 for this bottle, what a hell of a bargain! For the flavor and price I had to bump it up let a tad. Very nicely worked.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2015 at 19:38