Yardarm
Royal Docks Brewing Co. in Canton, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
6.60
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Yardarm, a crisp, 0.0% ABV alcohol-free craft beer designed for a refreshing, classic lager experience. It is brewed to be a non-alcoholic option for those seeking a light and clean, sessionable beer.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, best before 12/2/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with aq fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, passionfruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, honey, lightly toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, passionfruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, honey, lightly toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, passionfruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, pepper, pine, honey, lightly toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, and bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is an excellent session IPA! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Really nice dank/vibrant hop complexity, and a nice Munich malt backbone for the low ABV. Possibly Simcoe, Mosaic, and Columbus hops. Never overly aggressive. A really enjoyable offering, one of the best session IPAs I have had.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jan 2018
at 18:37
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Can, smell of fresh pine. Taste? What else, the typical contemporary IPA taste but it does seem to be more crisp and fresh than many viscous others. Not as mouth coating either. Could be a simple strong APA. Let the session continue...... Just a slight hint of that IPA BO nose in the end.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Sep 2017
at 15:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the taproom. Clear pale orange color with a medium thin white head that recedes steadily to a wispy film. Short strings of lacing. Grassy hops, fruit and malt in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of zesty citrus. hops and bready malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a grassy hop aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 May 2017
at 22:20