Bloom
Peak Organic Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.84
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jgb9348 (11734) reviewed Bloom from Peak Organic Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Relatively crystal clear golden coloured body with a fairly large five to six centimetre tall pure white head that stays afloat for a long time, but the most noticeable here are the thousands of large floaters that twirl around - crazy looking and not so great! Aroma of oranges, bitter grapefruit peel, dry grain, herbal hops, some alcohol and grainy, biscuity notes and finished with a light sweetness - in the nose - at least. Medium-bodied; Incredibly drying, grassy and very grapefruity and especially herbal, astringent metallic and super bitter pungencythat shows a lot of the hop bitterness still noticeable with a slight balance of light malts and perhaps a tiny dose of the blood orange notes here as well, but those don't seem to add to the sweetness. Aftertaste is nice and robust, fairly one-dimensional (dry) but at least with only one major direction - there is some complexity, as fruits, hops, malt and especially grassiness all seem to contribute to the astringency, dryness and bitter quality from this one. Overall, a nice, but super dry, bitter and incredibly pungent, orangey (without any of the sweetness) IPA that shows closest to a Brut style, but this has notes of West Coast as well, but enjoyable to me, very bitter and astringent, but that's the way I like them - great to have, pretty fresh, as well! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Laurel, Maryland on 06-December-2022 for US$3,79 sampled at my house here in Washington on 03-February-2023.
Leighton (34888) reviewed Bloom from Peak Organic Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can shared in London - picked up in the US. Pours unclear gold with a creamy, white head. Has some crackery, dried pale malts, dried apricots. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly warming finish, more crackers, dried citrus peel. Drinks alright.
Theydon_Bois (45766) reviewed Bloom from Peak Organic Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can split at L6, thanks to Leighton, 'Farewell New Ken' tasting 18/09/19. Lightly hazed golden orange with a decent off white cap that dissipates edgeward. Nose is melon, grass, airy malts, orange peel, floral wave, tangerine. Taste comprises bitter citric shreds, pine needle, sweet malts, grass, orange pith. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with grassy hop bitterness. Not bad … clean drinking just stuck a little twixt 3rd and 4th gears.
Fergus (31281) reviewed Bloom from Peak Organic Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can shared at the Columbus tasting 18/09/2019. Many thanks! A translucent golden orange coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is rounded, orange, pineapple, peach, semi sweet base malts. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, woody orange, midget gems, sticky orange. Palate is medium sweet, woody, moderate carboantion.
madmitch76 (40205) reviewed Bloom from Peak Organic Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
18th September 2019
Level 6 bottleshare. Thanks to Leighton for the can. Hazy orange gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Light creamy sweet malts. Light pine, light citrus, light spice. A little citrus peel, a bit tangy. Slightly awkward but okay.
WingmanWillis (38005) ticked Bloom from Peak Organic Brewing Company 6 years ago