Strange Arrangement
Castle Island Brewing Company in Norwood, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - India Style Regular|
Score
6.65
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can, no date, drunk 8/16/17.
Clear, brass-golden. White head fades to nothing quickly.
Kinda smells like every single one of their other mid-gravity beers; spicy and a bit of bubble gum, with melon and wax. Honestly not very different from the Chuck I just had, despite being very different on paper. Some sweat, dry nectarine, cracker-biscuit. No resin or alcohol but very muted overall.
Weird in flavor. Lightly dry, with a good malt texture, at least, but on top of that comes nectarine, twiggy, earthy, vegetal notes. More dry leaves, sourdough-laden specialty malts and spicy potpourri on the finish. Strange arrangement indeed. Not doin much more me. Kinda bath soapy as it wears on, with too much floral character. Traces of pine, resin, sharp ester and alcohol on the end. Some redeemable fruitiness and interesting spicy character but too much acid and resin, ultimately. Did not finish the can.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours hazy gold into a shaker. Soapy white head with little retention recedes leaving gloppy lacing. Dark caramel and overripe fruit aromas. Soft with dark caramel and banana peels and dry citrus peels before the lasting pith finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
16 oz can with a date of 6/29/17. Purchased at One Stop Market in a four pack. Aromas of citrus, pine, and mild lager yeast. Taste shows me a steady amount of citrus with pine as an undercurrent. Mouthfeel never gets thin but has a subtle lasting pine. Bitterness is not over the top. Good.