Maui Gold
Around the Bend Beer Co. in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
6.14
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Dogbrick (24210) ticked Maui Gold from Around the Bend Beer Co. 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
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Rennat42 (5616) reviewed Maui Gold from Around the Bend Beer Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can. A- Citrus, melon, mild pine. A- Gold color clear liquid, white head. T- Bitter, pineapple, citrus, caramel. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, bitter finish. O- I always forget session IPA is for ABV not necessarily IBU. This was fairly bitter and forward for a session. Lots of pineapple and some pine and caramel malt as well. Okay.
superspak (10160) reviewed Maui Gold from Around the Bend Beer Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, no can dating. Pours lightly hazy medium golden yellow yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of juicy pineapple, tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, light pepper/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of pineapples, citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, and moderate bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of juicy pineapple, tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, light pepper, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of pineapple, tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of pineapples, citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, and moderate bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance. Moderately increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is good. Some lingering hop astringency, but not too overwhelming. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a very nice fruited session IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of pineapples, citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink; despite the increasingly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Not overly aggressive. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Nice balance of juicy pineapples/Citra hops, some dank/earthy notes; with a nice malt backbone for the ABV. No residual sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.
cheap (9533) reviewed Maui Gold from Around the Bend Beer Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
Ok, another stupid IPA in a can, must be a billion of them. Pale yellow with big creamy head. Veggie off sweet hop nose. Taste is big and bitter. Who wants to put up with big and bitter with out alky? Yes, big veggie fest going on with these stronger hopped low alky so called IPA. All the bad attributes of IPA without the buzz and i'm not going to drink another, thank you. Not a drain pour. Tastes just like any other IPA. Terribly astrigently on style. So, like IPA? Interpretation: Put this on your bucket list. BTW, I didn't even know it had pineapple in it! hehehehehhh.