Waterboys
Champion Brewing Company in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.12
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Very clear deep copper and even orange coloured body with a nice three to four centimetre tall off-white head that stays afloat for a while. Aroma of deep spice notes with a ton of lemongrass, ginger, grapefruit, citrus and floral notes without much malt or alcohol coming through at all. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong grassy, herbal and floral hop bitterness cuts through and leaves a nice dryness with some very small malt components and almost no sweetness at all. Mild and relatively easy-drinking at first. Aftertaste shows a dry, very herbal and slightly spicey hop kick showing some lemongrass and floral, almost sorrel or spinach flavoured with a lot of bitterness, especially at the end. Overall, a relatively robust IPA with a nice bitterness and dry profile, but the malt, complexity and especially the sweetness are off kilter here with not enough of all of those noticeable throughout in this beer, but still, not a bad option. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from the Department of Beer and Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 21-August-2020 for US$2,24 sampled at my house here in Washington on 11-September-2020, Patriot Day, here especially a few feet from the Pentagon.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2020
at 06:47
3.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Black $2 can can from vintage. Big bitter bite, almost astringent. Terribly on style flavor, just one big nasty. The eye is cloudy pale. The nose is mild hop anything, just mild. Taste is like I said, big nasty on style IPA, what else can be said? There are a million of them out there. Mouth coating bitter pine sap mixed with spruce tar all mixed together in a blender with green grapefruit rinds, there you have it.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Apr 2020
at 21:49
6/10
can in hotel room Orlando feb 2020... golden amber... thin white lacing.. soft sweet metallic crystal fruit nose... bitter fruits... long crystal.. soft Caramelised fruits
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2020
at 01:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce can thanks to hershiser2! Clear amber, large white head, good retention. Aroma of resin, melon, onion, pale malt. I really wish people would stop using Mosaic. Taste is melon, dank, thyme, dandelion, tropical fruit, melon rind, pale malt. Medium bodied, juicy, mild bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2019
at 02:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
$2.00 can from Beer Run. Pours clear golden with a small white head that laces nicely. Pine, honey, orange peel, grapefruit, floral hop aroma. Flavor is pine, bread crust, resin, citrus peel, slightly burnt malt.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2019
at 23:30