Broken Promises
Greenbush Brewing Company in Sawyer, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Wheat / White Rotating|
Score
6.69
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Poured from a bottle dated 6/23/3015. Aroma is fairly malty with some caramel and toasted bread. Some medium light grapefruit, pine resin and floral hop notes. Pours a hazy, reddish copper color with a medium sized, fairly thick, off white head that exhibits solid retention as it slowly recedes. Moderately high lacing and medium legs. Flavor is moderately sweet with quite a bit of caramel and toasted bread. Some light burnt sugar and cracker malt notes as well. The sweetness recedes and a moderately strong bitterness takes over. Medium resin, woody and floral hop notes with some light grapefruit. A hint of alcohol. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Wheat adds a nice creaminess. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, this is a pretty disappointing IPA. I don’t understand how a wheat IPA can be so dark and malty. Lots of bitterness but where are the hop flavors and aromas?
shrubber (15804) reviewed Broken Promises from Greenbush Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draft. Bready orange malt and orange peel aroma. Hazy amber with moderate head. Sweet orange malt and strongly bitter metallic orange peel flavor. Rough.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 6/30/2014. Pours slightly hazy reddish copper color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice foamy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, floral, grass, light pine, caramel, toffee, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/tropical hops and moderate dark malt sweetness; with solid strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, floral, grass, pine, caramel, toffee, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, floral, grass, pine, caramel, toffee, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity and robustness of juicy citrus/tropical hop and moderate dark malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, crisp, sticky, and lightly slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice wheat IPA. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate dark malt sweetness; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.