No Use for Smugglers
Brick & Feather Brewery in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
6.79
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stevoj (18327) reviewed No Use for Smugglers from Brick & Feather Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
16oz can from Tavour. Hazy orange golden color, thick, fluffy white head, floaties. Light fruity, citrus aroma. Taste brings in citrus peel astringency, grapefruit. Feels thick in body, but thin on the palate. Feels like something's missing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at the brewery, 5/27/17.
Soupy, though not chunky, bright apricot and canteloupe orange with a small, white head showing moderately-low to low retention.
Very orange creamsicle-like in the nose, with layers of various citrus in between pineapple, guava and mango. Low spiciness, little/no pine and displaying some very lightly caramel-tinged honey-like malt notes that further sweeten things. For the strongest beer abv-wise of the four I had while there, this might seem like the softest/mildest. A touch of dough and mild ester with no alcohol or flaw noted. Quite juicy.
Juicy again in the mouth with light pine, grapefruit and spicy, almost herbal bitterness creating a reasonable amount of balance. Malts are pillowy-soft and the carbonation is low but reasonably engaging. Dough, biscuit, honey and tropical fruits linger lone with just a touch of piney resin on the very end. No alcohol or flaw. I actually would prefer it have more carbonation, to disperse some of the sweet, doughy and juicy notes more evenly, but I guess not everyone prefers that. Melon building up somewhat with a touch of sourdough character as you get near the end.