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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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Refrigerated 12 oz. aluminum can poured into a cup. Clear small head. Aroma is herbal hops, medium body, lower carbonation, and little lacing.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2017
at 18:42
7/10
Tried
on 25 Oct 2016
at 11:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
This brew is a clear dark copper color with a medium off-white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Stringy lacing. Citrus, hops and malt in the nose. Medium body with flavors of grapefruit, hops and caramel malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a fruity hop aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2016
at 20:31
6/10
Assertive hop presence. Malty, tad fruity.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2016
at 19:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Crisp, slightly hazy golden and lightly copper body with a thinnish, two centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of fresh hops, pine, citrus, resin and dank hops all with a touch of sweetness noticeable in the nose. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive fresh hop flavour with a lot of grass, hay, pine, grapefruit and very pungent citrus flavours, all with a well supportive malt backbone and some sweetness from apricot and peaches. Aftertaste is well-balanced with a great fresh hop flavour, but an equally present malt and sweetness that shows very well throughout. Overall, a very nice IPA with a great profile and amazing balance - surprising and delicious! Great to sample, given this is my first trip to Maine and I was able to find this at a 7-11! I sampled this twelve ounce can next door to my hotel at a 7-11 in Portland, Maine, available as a single can for US$2,29 sampled in my hotel room a few minutes later on 28-July-2016.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2016
at 13:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
16oz at Mei Mei pours a clear amber with some frothy, white head. Nose has the classic IPA character, orange rind, grapefruit, mild herbs, a little grist. Flavor has orange and grapefruit, herbs, some cracker, biscuit. Dry finish.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2016
at 21:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
12 oz can shared by a friend, thanks Mike! Canned in October 2015 if I read the dating correctly, must have been sitting in the liquor store. Clear amber orange with off-white head. Aromas of caramel, malt, floral notes, toasty notes. Tastes of malt, caramel, toast, biscuit, light citrus. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2016
at 22:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Julio’s Liquors. Aroma is strong fruit and citrus. Appearance is beautiful, clear, dark copper with minimal attractive sparkle, two-finger width fluffy white head after aggressive pour and nice sudsy lacing. Taste is surprisingly forward sweet malt (mainly caramel) with fruit and citrus with bitter ending. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin, slightly sticky texture, average carbonation (could be a tad more) and bitter, dry, crisp finish. Overall, this is a nice IPA. Good West Coast flavor without getting overly bitter. Surprising amount of malt in the flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Mar 2016
at 19:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2015. Pours a hazy orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Nov 2015
at 09:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
LSAT Freedom Trip #155. 12 ounce can from Whole Foods Portand, ME. Clear copper, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of earthy, piney hops with a bit of citrus in the back end. Grainy and caramel malt. The taste is caramel malt, piney hops. Medium bodied, decent balance.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Oct 2015
at 22:09