Palmside
Castle Island Brewing Company in Norwood, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
6.79
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tfontana (7150) reviewed Palmside from Castle Island Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can (3/24/21) shared by Jason. It's a hazy, dark brown-mahogany with nice sparkle, 2-finger width light brown head with good retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong balanced roasted malts over coconut with mild cocoa. Taste follows aroma with coconut higher in the mix. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, average carbonation and finish as taste with lingering mild bitterness. Overall, given the previous reviews, I wonder if this was reworked to be less burnt/ashy and dry. Not the most complex thing but pleasant and coconut didn't whack you over the head.
CLW (16720) reviewed Palmside from Castle Island Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
16 oz Nitro pour at The Ale House, Amesbury. Deep, deep brown color. Aroma is mild roast, easy chocolate, and a nice level of coconut. The mouthfeel is enhanced by the nitro. Coconut plays real nice with the roast and Chocolate tones. Easy to drink.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Palmside from Castle Island Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draught at Canary Square, 11/11/16.
Black body shows light clarity and a beige head atop with good retention.
Dry, roasty and very much given to the baker’s chocolate sort of stout character. Burnt caramel, ash, dry vanilla; you get the point, it’s dark. The coconut is there in the nose, but adds only one aspect instead of dominating. No alcohol or flaw.
The dryness from the nose certainly speaks to the flavor/body as the beer is incredibly dry itself, heavily influenced by the roasted barley, with zero sweetness from the base malts. So you could definitely call it thin, though there is some very light softness to the texture. The coconut is mild, thank God, as I hate coconut in beers. Bitterness is moderate, with tons of ash, roast, char, black chocolate, cocoa powder, etc, etc...lingering.