Stowaway
Baxter Brewing Co. in Lewiston, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.86
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Dry-hopped with close to 500 lbs of hops for every 240 barrels brewed, Stowaway’s bitter character is enticing for any veteran hop head, but also approachable enough for any beer drinker to tackle. This beer offers a balanced finish virtually unheard of in the style category. Stowaway IPA has a bold hop profile synonymous with a West Coast IPA that is balanced out with a deep malt backbone. Stowaway has become an icon of Maine IPAs and today, we continue Baxter’s tradition of innovation by improving our process to lock those fresh, game-changing flavors into every can and keg we produce.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at GBBF 2013, day 3 - London. Pours clear gold with a light white cream head. Super floral on the nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with more flowers, pine needles, tangerine. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, lightly resinous, lots of lightly spicy floral notes. OK.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2015
at 16:09
2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
I should have known from the start since I was pouring this viscous liquid from a black can with skull & crossbones on it that it was going to be a terribly on style IPA or even DIPA. Bouquet is capricious olfactory waves of influence. What a predilection in the piehole, and a piquant experience at that; immense revolting dreadful yuckie concentrated in yer face IPA swill. If you like this style, it’s all you. Go shamble your taste buds. Deez nuts – it’s just a moment of impulse, that’s all. 0.1 point for the buzz.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Oct 2015
at 16:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF ’15, day 1, 11/08/15. Golden amber with a decent off white covering. Nose is melon, tangerine, straw, hop pangs. Taste comprises citric pith, mandarin, tangerine, straw. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, juicy hop bitterness in the close. Decent enough IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Oct 2015
at 02:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Baxter Stowaway IPA (by Baxter Brewing Co.):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
17/VIII/15 - 12Fl. Oz. can @ home - BB: n/a (2015-1094) Thanks to Elmanana+1 for sharing the can!
Clear orange beer, creamy irregular beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet, lots of caramel, malty, soft fruity notes. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet malty start, caramel, honey, pretty bitter, fruity, hops, bit metallic. Aftertaste: fruity, citrus, bit grassy, malty, alcohol, marzipan, little oxidized.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
17/VIII/15 - 12Fl. Oz. can @ home - BB: n/a (2015-1094) Thanks to Elmanana+1 for sharing the can!
Clear orange beer, creamy irregular beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet, lots of caramel, malty, soft fruity notes. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet malty start, caramel, honey, pretty bitter, fruity, hops, bit metallic. Aftertaste: fruity, citrus, bit grassy, malty, alcohol, marzipan, little oxidized.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Aug 2015
at 14:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Location: 12 oz can from Nikki's Liquor, 4/5/15
Aroma: The aroma is citrus, pine, and resin, with a good amount of caramel malt.
Appearance: It pours an amber color, murky, with an off-white head and rather heavy lacing.
Flavor: Medium-plus bitter, citrus, pine, resin, and a strong caramel malt backbone for the style.
Palate: Medium-plus body, soft-to-average carbonation, and a clean, dry finish.
Overall Impression: This is a pretty nice one. It has a bigger than expected malt backbone, and plenty of hop bitterness to hold up to it. Good beer.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2015
at 16:04