Examen #19
Barnstable Brewing in Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
6.52
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Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Examen #19 from Barnstable Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can drunk 8/31/18.
Heavily hazy, "lime"-tinted, brass-golden. White head atop is medium-sized, slowly fading to cover/ring.
Nose is lightly juicy showing pineapple, light mango and lots of bubble gum and fruity esters from the yeast. Malts are extremely sparse, with cracker stretched pretty thing, yet only light lemon and very minor grapefruit needing balacing. Smells pretty much like an NE IPA, though it's extremely yeast-driven and the hops aren't exactly overly aromatic.
In the mouth it's very dry, somewhat thin, though showing better/fuller textures than their "Amerihop" pale ale. Perhaps that's just the sheer amount of yeast in solution, though? Some lemon, tangerine and mango mixing with fruity ester and bubble gum, and being joined by pine and perfume notes on the end. The hops and yeast are along the lines of where they need to be, but it's still dangerously thin of texture and overly dry, without much, if any, juiciness. No alcohol or flaw.