Pineapple Milkshake
Urban Family Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.92
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle drunk 3/6/17.
Absolute chicken soup here with a medium-sized, beige head showing moderate retention.
Moving past the ridiculous appearance, the nose shows fresh pineapple juice, rich honey from the malt and a very fruity hop profile of tangerine, red grapefruit and some (thankfully) more austere, woody, green pine-like notes (not resinous). The lactose combines with the pineapple to add an almost coconut-like character to the nose and it finishes with long, juicy pineapple notes mixed with the rich honey.
In the mouth it’s sweet and juicy up front but quickly becomes balanced by light lactic notes and a fresh, green, spicy hop character. Low but tight carbonation helps focus the bitterness and I think fully balances the beer. Definitely sweet and juicy up front but very well-balanced with really interesting tropical fruit flavors, as well as more classic IPA flavors throughout. Much better than any Tired Hands Milkshake I’ve ever had....
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draft. A- Pineapple, mild bitterness, slightly sweet. A- Yellow color, hazy liquid, white head. T- Bitter, piney, citrus. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, bitter finish. O- Definitely not milkshake like. I figured it would be a lot creamier and fruitier and sweeter. Like the Omnipollo/Tired Hands Strawberry Milkshake IPA, this fails to deliver what the mind expects. Basically another IPA, not too special.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Milk and Hops, Chelsea. Pours hazed gold, bright white head, light, spotty lace. Aroma is grapefruit zest, lactose, and citrus juice. Flavor is along the same lines. Plenty of sweetness, but with a plus amount of rind style bitterness as well. Nice beer, bit of a gimmicky one that I wouldn't want more than one bottle this size of in a night, but still, one I rather enjoyed.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft pour pint at Urban Family. Golden yellow pour with a soft film head. Tropical fruit, pineapple specific aroma. No surprises here. Flavor is a sweet pineapple, paired with a good hop profile and bitterness to pair. Was really hoping for this to be a touch sour, but it’s still quite tasty the way it is. Creamy, refreshing. A total summer beer, enjoying in the winter time. The only thing that seems off about this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a murky squeezed pineapple to orange juice color. A finger’s worth of white foamy head sits atop of the beer and evenly dissipates leaving no lacing.
The aroma seems to distribute well between the Calypso hops to the pineapple juice. Sweetness of the lactose even blends well allowing some bitter to sweet lemon rind-like hops to hit nicely. Subtle grassiness. Lactose is far underneath.
The flavor smoothly blends the previously mentioned aromas to the sweet creamy lactose. Aftertaste leans to sweet pineapple and blends the bitterness from the hops. Quick dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Good carbonation feels good. Bitterness is there but does present itself well between the lactose smoothing it all out well.
Overall, so much sweet pineapple juice with the likings of an AIPA. Very good hybrid, in my opinion.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Figurehead, pours an opaque cloudy golden yellow with almost no head. Aroma brings out pineapple upfront, with subdued lactose, and citrus dry hopping. Flavour is a pineapple bomb, with nothing much but pineapple. Maybe a hint of dry hopping showcasing later in the palate, with an astringent finish. Decent.