25th Birthday Beer
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.04
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Drake (22938) reviewed 25th Birthday Beer from Smuttynose Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16 ounce can from Beer Run, 12/29/19. Hazy orange, large frothy khaki head, good retention. Aroma of pale malt, pine, tropical fruit. Taste is orange, mandarin, pale malt, grapefruit, melon. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness. Nice old school DIPA (which I miss nowadays).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours clear gold into a tulip. Bright white soapy head with medium retention recedes to mottle surface. Dark caramel and sourdough aromas. Dank sour tropical fruit skin and resin upfront turning to sweet caramel in the medium length finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pour is golden colored. Foam pour. Apricot or peach nose. Orange taste with hop palate. Good birthday beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from a Lazy Dog Pours a slightly hazy deep gold color with decent sized frothy off white head that quickly recedes. Aromas of sweet bread and tropical fruits mostly. Hints of apricot and light earthy spice. Mild warming alcohol decent beer.
CLW (16720) reviewed 25th Birthday Beer from Smuttynose Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Wow, look at the clarity of this beer! Crystal clear gold! Aroma isn’t much; slight grain, weak citrus. For a 25th birthday brew I am surprised on how generic this is. Weak citrus, mild malt backbone and weak herbal. Light bodied and no real character. I was expecting A LOT more for a 25 th celebration.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can pour into nonic pint glass--thanks, Chris! Appearance is clear yellow with greenish tinge with fair sparkle, ring of off-white head with fair retention and trace lacing. Aroma is moderately strong sweet citrus, fruit. Taste is fruit, caramel malt. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, not bad by any means but doesn't stand out in any way and doesn't really make me think of Finest Kind either.