Captain Lawrence Brewing Company Effortless Grapefruit Session IPA

Effortless Grapefruit Session IPA

 

Captain Lawrence Brewing Company in Elmsford, New York, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Session Regular
Score
6.57
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 86
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7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: orangey/copper color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely and left some light lace
Aroma: grapefruity to orangey hop tones with a touch of pine and lemon; light malty tones
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet quality; finishes grapefruity with a touch of lemon
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; some smoothness but also a light dryness on the tongue
Overall: nice enough session IPA, I see why they call this "Effortless" - makes sense.

Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2026 at 20:24


6.5

Older Beer52 tick

Tried from Can on 08 Aug 2025 at 18:58


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can from Beer Republic. Lots of grapefruit candy with fruity hops, orange, touch of pine, more grapefruit. Flavour is medium bitter with low sweetness. Light to medium body. Heavy on the artificial grapefruit, some pine and hoppy notes to make things a bit more interesting.

Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:58


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Canned (from Systembolaget, Umeå). Orangeish amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is nutty, biscuity and nicely fruity. Very pleasant and fresh actually. Flavour is fruity, floral, some grassy and nicely nutty and slightly toasted notes. Very fresh and easy going Session mango/apricot beer.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2022 at 01:19


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(Can) Hazy pale amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity nose with notes of grapefruit (grape tonic), mango, pineapple and honey. Fruity taste with grapefruit, some mango, pineapple, pine needles, honey, toffee and a generous citric bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Tasty and refreshing, but doesn't really lift above the grapefruit. Quite enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 19 Apr 2022 at 20:43


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Golden with a large foamy white head that left excellent lacing. Dry with grapefruit candy. Medium finish and body

Tried from Can on 31 May 2021 at 17:32


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

33cl can from beer52.
Medium white head. Very hazy golden pour. Lovely grapefruit bitterness. ..

Tried from Can on 08 Jan 2021 at 19:43


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Can from Beer 52. Well, I can get the nose of this one even from arms length ! Very powerful grapefruit aroma. Pours a clear golden orange with a small transient white head. Initial taste gives an overwhelming hop-centric bitterness. Subsequent sips / swigs give more of a juicy texture with grapefuit to the fore. Finish is dry and sweet. A lot nicer than I expected it would be.

Tried from Can on 21 Oct 2020 at 19:37


5.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Thin off white head left a spotty cover on an unclear amber body. Sweet melon aroma. Medium bodied, nicely carbonated with a full back. Grapefruit, melon, sweet, confectionery & lightly hopped tastes with a bitter pithy finish. Standard

Tried on 24 Sep 2020 at 19:31


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

355ml can, via Beer52; BBE Sep 2021. Drank while 'doing' a BBQ on 18th Sep 2020. Light haze to the golden/amber body, fast fading white crown. Grapefruits rule both the nose and taste although there are other citrus fruit esters and flavours within this pleasant brew. Went well with Cumberland Sausages.

Tried from Can on 19 Sep 2020 at 08:10