Maine Beer Company Wolfe's Neck

Wolfe's Neck

 

Maine Beer Company in Freeport, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - West Coast Rotating
Score
7.49
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 41
A gift to the people of Maine and its visitors, Wolfe’s Neck reminds us of the importance of protecting land for future generations to experience and enjoy.

“We’ve dropped a pebble, now we have to see where the ripples go.” –Eleanor Smith

Flavor Profile: Aromas of pineapple, mango, guava, coconut, and orange. Notes of onion and garlic. Underlying toasted bread and pine.

Hops: Mosaic, El Dorado, Sabro

Malt: American 2-Row, Maine Malt House Mapleton Pale, Maine Malt House Red Wheat, Caramel 40L, Carapils
 

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Ever so slightly hazy golden and peach coloured body with a thick, three centimetre tall nice off-white head that leaves an odd, lopsided head on top and on the sides. Aroma of bright oranges, light grass, some citrus fruit, a good deal of sugars and some more tropical fruit notes - very nice in the nose. Medium-bodied; Assertive orange and mango flavours show up at first with a big bite of sugars and tropical fruit notes and a light touch of grassiness and some floral aspects, but this is purely fruity, with a good kick of malt to provide balance. Aftertaste shows a lot of fruits, especially the mangoes and the oranges with a light grassiness and a good balance of sugars to couple with the malt and heavy hops. Overall, a very nice and fruity beer with a good hop kick, but no real bitterness nor alpha acids that come from the mix, with a nice balance from the plentiful malts and some light herbal notes as well, but this is pretty fruity and enjoyable throughout. Overall, a nice and fruity, balanced IPA with some nice hops, but no pungency at all and no real bitterness, coupled with a good malt smoothness to get it all down. I sampled this 50 cL bottle, purchased from MOM's Organic Market in Alexandria, Virginia on 19-October-2021 for US$7,49 sampled in my hotel room here in Hampton, Virginia on 26-November-2021 after seeing Christmas Town here in Busch Gardens with my family.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2021 at 04:08

7/10
Tried on 28 Oct 2021 at 21:58

After work beer. Fruity, light, good finish. Villa blew it today.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2021 at 17:56

7.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Tap. Pours lightly hazy golden orange, small creamy white head, good lacing. Aroma is light, pine. A bit of tea, leafy, floral. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter. Lightish body.
Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2021 at 21:42

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Draught at Proletariat: pours orange with a white head. Aroma is citrusy and piny. Old school IPA-like. Taste is fairly bitter, with a nice citrusy juiciness. Well made. Low sweetness. Very dry.
Tried on 04 Sep 2021 at 20:01

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at As Is. Pours orange brown. Orange, strawberry, grapefruit, toffee, blackberry, white chocolate. Medium body. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 21 Aug 2021 at 00:31

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottled 6/29/21, drunk 7/13/21.
Just a touch of haziness in this light maize-golden beer. White head is small-to-medium and shows moderate retention.
Light pine blending with mango, and earthy, fresh herbs. Sweet tangerine juice on the finish with honeyed malts balancing and no alcohol or hop twang noted.
Piney-citrus in the mouth with soft, sumptuous malts. I hate to say it, but it tastes like most of their other IPAs. Vaguely piney, with some mango, lots of honey and moderate bitterness. Very safe, very soft. It's weird. It has the softness and lower bitterness of an NEIPA but the hop flavors of a West Coast. Which is fine.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2021 at 22:40

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
500 ml bottle from Metuchen Buy Rite, 6/9/21. Bottled 3/2/21. Drink within 90 days...I'm close, but not quite there. Clear golden-orange color with a white head and strong lacework that almost coats the glass. Melon, floral, and pine. Lemon and grapefruit notes as well. Bright and grassy. Mildly sweet. Drier spice-forward finish. Flavorful beer. I quite like it, and while I'm not getting the profile I'd expect from two dominating hops like mosaic and sabro, I don't consider that a bad thing at all, as it is coming through as unique. Really nice. The further I get into the glass I like it even more. A 500 ml of this goes quick! Nothing coming through as old here at all, I think this one could hold up well beyond the 90 days.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2021 at 20:14

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle (3/2/21) pour from Table and Vine, W. Springfield. It's a lightly hazy gold with mild sparkle, finger-width off-white head with good retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong citrus, pine, grapefruit, whiff of herb. Taste follows aroma with citrus pith, pine, grapefruit and hint of pineapple at the tail end; cracker malt base. Mouthfeel is light side of light-to-medium bodied with thin texture, soft carbonation and crisp, dry finish as taste. Overall, consistent with Maine's brewing stable. Sabro is a nice outreach but not strong in the beer. Probably best to have fresh.
Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2021 at 18:26

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
500 ml bottle shared by tfontana. Thanks Tom. 2 March 2021. Aroma is very citrus based. Soft malt. Flavor of grapefruit, soft herb, weak floral. Balanced. Good drink but Sabro isn’t found. Old school.
Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2021 at 18:21