Boat Session Ale
Carton Brewing in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
7.20
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Boat Beer is designed to be complex enough to merit drinking a few without being crippled by alcohol. Kolsch yeast and German malts are combined to be crisp and refreshing, while a generous amount of American hops have been added to keep it remarkable. Expect it to dance out of the glass with a whack of grapefruit and open into a crisp, stony tangle of white and yellow fruit with pine and moss notes. An IPA for everyday drinking, drink boat beer when you are thirsty from softball, fishing, or explaining why your team is best.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a 12 oz can. Pours a cloudy orange gold with an off white head. Fruity aromas. Flavors are bitter citrus. lots of flavor for a session ipa.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Dec 2021
at 17:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy gold into a shaker. Bright white head with good retention recedes leaving soapy lacing. Pineapple and tangerine aromas. Crisp with orange pith and peel upfront turning to dry, sour grapefruit I the lasting finish.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2020
at 23:07
5/10
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2019
at 09:43
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Got in a BIF from MacMalt. 16 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 2/22/2018. Pours moderately hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread, biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread, biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance. Touch of lingering hop astringency though the glass, but not overwhelming. Moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balance mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.2%. Overall this is an awesome American pale ale! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink; despite the aggressively bitter/drying finish. I really enjoyed the aggressiveness anyways. Very flavorful for the low ABV. Insanely dank and vibrant hop complexity; with a solid malt backbone and no residual sweetness. I could definitely drink a few. The kolsch yeast works well providing subtle tropical notes. A really enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2018
at 00:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Carton Boat Session Ale (by Carton Brewing):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
11/XII/17 - 1Pt. can from a trade @ home - BB: n/a, canned: X/24/17 (2017-2193) Thanks to ElManana for setting up the trade!
Clear pale blond beer, big irregular creamy solid broken white to yellowish head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: pretty fruity, oranges, grapefruit, mandarins, bit malty, hint of sulphur. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty bitter start, slightly fruity, very distinguishable malt profile, slightly sweetish, fruity touch. Aftertaste: hits quick and hits hard, with a very harsh bitterness, resinous, bit medicinal, very bitter grapefruit skin.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
11/XII/17 - 1Pt. can from a trade @ home - BB: n/a, canned: X/24/17 (2017-2193) Thanks to ElManana for setting up the trade!
Clear pale blond beer, big irregular creamy solid broken white to yellowish head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: pretty fruity, oranges, grapefruit, mandarins, bit malty, hint of sulphur. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty bitter start, slightly fruity, very distinguishable malt profile, slightly sweetish, fruity touch. Aftertaste: hits quick and hits hard, with a very harsh bitterness, resinous, bit medicinal, very bitter grapefruit skin.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Dec 2017
at 19:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
keg at blind tiger. .. amber..Thin white lacing.. Soft sweet floral custardy fruits nose.. Dry bitter passion orange
Tried
on 20 Oct 2017
at 06:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz can thanks to Ed’s FBW contest. Aroma is grapefruit, mango, SweeTarts, floral, lotion. Pours hazy yellow with a medium off-white head with decent retention. Taste is medium bitter with lots of citrus and tropical fruit character. A little thin, but that’s expected with this style. Prickly carbonation. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Mar 2017
at 18:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Growler from Shrewsbury Liquors in Shrewsbury, NJ. Pours a hazy pale gold color with a moderate sized frothy white head with nice lacing. Fresh citrus hop aroma is right there. First sip yields a tart bready malt flavor. Notes of lemon peel and white grapefruit burst out in the hoppy middle. This is a full flavored session IPA that doe not disappoint.
Tried
from Growler
on 16 Sep 2016
at 19:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can. Pours a clear orange color with a medium white head. A nice floral and perfume nose. A really flavorful brew, huge hop cones, oranges, pine. Very nice bitter finish. 4.2% wow! Tastes like 7%. Awesome. I’d drink a growler of this.
Tried
from Can
on 31 May 2016
at 00:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
16 oz can poured, shard by Maxxdaddy. Huge thanks for helping my state tick quest with this one. Rating from notes. Pours a cloudy pale yellow color with a thin sandy head. Hop forward, citrus grapefruit aroma. Cool flavor, with soft straw, lemon peel bitter, and a light mint finish. Nice hop profile throughout. Solid session. Shame I don’t have more.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Aug 2015
at 20:43