Night Shift Brewing Whirlpool

Whirlpool

 

Night Shift Brewing in Everett, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
7.28
ABV: 4.5% IBU: 50 Ticks: 60
Explosively juicy, Whirlpool is Night Shift's flagship New England pale ale. It pours hazy blonde with a nose of ripe peach and clementine, and sips citrusy and vibrant. With minimal bitterness on the finish, it's a remarkably crushable sipper.
 

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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can - Bright citrus, grass and cat pee. Cloudy light yellow with a decent white head. Sweet nice bright citrus, light cat pee and nice grassy bitterness. Refreshing and pretty nice.
Tried from Can on 11 Feb 2015 at 19:44

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 9
Pours clear yellow, no real head . Smell is Nelson forward , Taste is very full , nelson , peaches a bit . Bitterness is rather soft . Nice
Tried on 11 Feb 2015 at 19:37

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from Redstone Slightly hazy lemon straw color with a decent sized long lasting bone white head. Huge pine and citrus on the nose with just a touch of stone fruit. If there’s malt in the nose my smell is too distracted. The flavor does hold some crackery bready maltiness and a lot more of the pine and citrus hop flavor. Very smooth bitterness. Medium to light body with a moderate level of carbonation. Very nice light flavorful brew!
Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2015 at 23:19

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours pale, hazy yellow into a shaker. Bright white head with good retention recedes leaving trailing sheets. Yeast and tropical fruit aromas. Soft with lemon joy and yeast upfront turning to grapefruit in the lasting finish.
Tried on 22 Jan 2015 at 17:39

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
12 oz. can thanks to WillRunForbeer. Super hazy gold with ample carbonation. Lasting fluffy head. Aroma is citrus, orange and a grassy hop note.

Flavor is about the spot on the aroma. Nice grassy characters throughout the sip with a nice amount malt level to even the grassy notes. Even at three months after canning this is drinking really nicely. Nice body with a refreshing, grassy finish. Maybe this could swing me back to trying a few more fro this brewery again. Tasty.
Tried from Can on 01 Nov 2014 at 20:07

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12 oz can from a trade with WillRunForBeer. Pours cloudy pale yellow color with white head. Grassy and floral aroma with with some biscuit malt. Slightly sweet pineapple and grassy flavors with some mildly tart citrus. Medium body with average carbonation. Crisp annd refreshing. Thanks Brian.
Tried from Can on 17 Oct 2014 at 17:52

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Draft at the brewery taproom. Pours lightly hazy yellow with a white foam head. Lots of vibrant hops in here, zippy lemon zest, grapefruit, pale bread. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Moderately sweet to finish with tons of juicy citrus, melon, tangerine, grapefruit, lemon. Great stuff. Incredibly refreshing. Outstanding. I hope to have this again.
Tried from Draft on 17 Oct 2014 at 17:24

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Hazy pale white yellow looking with tangerine and peach overtones smooth drinking with a balanced hop finish.
Tried on 19 Aug 2014 at 18:35

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can. Pours cloudy yellow with white head. Nose/taste of lemon, peach, citrus, light malt and touch of grain. Medium body.
Tried from Can on 19 May 2014 at 09:16

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8
Batch #1, draught at the brewery on 3/8/14
Lightly hazy, pale golden body is topped by a small white head, with low-moderate retention.
Not too much in the nose, just some spare citrus and spicy hop notes, with very clean yeast and honeyed malt notes. Dry. Low acidity and quite reserved overall.
The flavor is a different story, however. The light vanilla-like maltiness betrays the reserved nose, balancing nicely the very hoppy floral, spicy, almost earthy flavor. Never a touch of pine or even grapefruit here, with soft, dry white bread like maltiness keeping things quite easygoing. A pinch of perfume and some chewy, almost wheat-like notes help with the deliciously medium body. Just a phenomenal, delicious, flavorful beer. What it lacks in pure hop flavor it makes up for in the fact that it has literally no pine or resin burn and no alcohol. Almost as if youre drinking a 2.5% abv golden ale but with an outstanding hop profile. Perhaps just a touch sweet. 8/4/8/5/16

Batch #2 on draught at the brewery, 3/29 and 4/3/14
This one got attenuated a bit too much, unfortunately, and comes out VERY dry, borderline astringent, but thankfully the same lovely hop profile saves it. Like an extremely dry, hoppy small beer or bitter, it’s still delicious and possibly even more drinkable, but just dosent have the malt softness that the first batch had. Pretty minor complaint though. They’ve got another batch in secondary as we speak. Excited for that. Rating is an average of the two batches thus far. 8/4/7/4/14

Multiple batches, 2015 I think they’ve managed to improve this, which is impressive, as this is already a great beer. Recent batches have been consistently incredible. On par with the best pale ales I’ve had. I believe the late March cans show tons of tropical fruits, with a juicy yet attenuated and balanced malt body with none of the astringency issues I’ve noted before. Upping the score a little and hoping that from here on out the consistency keeps this a 4+ beer.
Tried from Can on 08 Mar 2014 at 16:51