Stowaway

Baxter Brewing Co. in Lewiston, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

IPA - West Coast Regular

Score

6.89

ABV: 6.9%

IBU: -

Ticks: 54

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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7.4

Metalchopz (7978) reviewed Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 11 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bought at Shaw’s in Auburn, Maine. Pours a hazy golden-amber colour with a frothy beige head, great retention and dirty lacing. Fruity malt nose with good grassy hops. Same for taste, with some good bitterness in the finish. Beautiful 6-pack of cans with the skull that caught my eye. The beer supports the look.

Tried from Can on 10 Aug 2014 at 17:31

Cooksons (1037) ticked Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 11 years ago

Tried on 01 Jul 2014 at 13:21

7.4

CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 11 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance is slightly hazy amber/orange body with a slowly rising carbonation that is seen. There is a small white one centimeter head forms and lasts for about a minute. The lacing is foamy, spotty and ringy.
The smell is balanced with hops, grapefruit, pine and malts
The taste has a sweet malty character up front with a decent bitterness through the hops, grapefruit and pine in the background, slight caramel malt is tasted in the background as well.
The palate it sits about a light to medium, comes across fairly sessionable with some harshness surrounding the mouth and tongue, no aftertaste, harsh finish.
Overall, I like this for an AIPA, I’d come back to this.

Tried on 18 Mar 2014 at 15:49

Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 12 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Fresh Summer 2011 cans
Darker than a "West Coast" IPA usually is, with deeper orange and ambers. Clear, with a fair amount of white head that shows moderate retention.
Bitter, acidic hops in the nose are immediately joined by bready, earthy, dry malts. The hop pungency is mainly citric, with a touch of pine on the end, especially with warming, where I also get a touch of alcohol. Medium strength of aroma, quite hoppy, but more acidic than aromatic.
Hard crystal malt and acidic, citric hops wash over the palate, with a strong carbonation that does its best to fight the high acidity and maltiness. Citrus and pine and very straightforward, while there is probably more malt depth than hop. Sweet, candied orange is produced from the malt and citric hoppiness, while some dry, earthy flavors linger on the finish, along with a fair amount of pine sap and heavy acid bite. Way too heavy-handed for my tastes, lacking any finesse or subtlety. Seems much more in the vein of the old "East Coast" IPAs.

Tried from Can on 21 Feb 2014 at 13:22

6.9

Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 12 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Canned on 08/19 - thanks JBPortland! Pours hazy butterscotch amber with a medium creamy beige head and nice lacing. Aroma is pretty standard pine and caramel. Flavor is about the same, medium sweet and light bitter. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel. Not too bad despite having a bit of age on it.

Tried from Can on 22 Nov 2013 at 09:53

6.2

TBone (30139) reviewed Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 12 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap @Bukowski, Boston
Amber-orange color, good creamy off-white head. Piney-hoppy aroma. Medium-bodied. Fruity, slightly herbal, piney flavor. Ok average IPA.

Tried from Draft on 17 Nov 2013 at 08:17

6.6

RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 12 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Gravicask, at the American Bar, GBBF 2013, day 3. Orange coloured body, slightly hazy. Citrus hoppy nose. Fine blended flavours of fruity hops, sappy berries and caramel malts followed by a rather solid bitter ending. Well-made IPA, likable (London Olympia 15. 08.2013)

Tried from Cask on 01 Oct 2013 at 01:02

7.4

Beese (811) reviewed Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 12 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Great British Beer Festival 2013. Poured an amber/ yellow colour with a halo of rocky, white head. Aroma of citrus, pine and sherbet. Orange peal and tropical fruit flavours which turn to rounded, increasing bitter hop resin notes with a biscuity malt backbone.

Tried from Cask on 16 Sep 2013 at 12:29

7.3

jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 12 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can at Brewdown. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of citrus bread, white sugar, grapefruit and caramel malt. Medium body.

Tried from Can on 17 Aug 2013 at 19:42

Fergus (31329) reviewed Stowaway from Baxter Brewing Co. 12 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at gbbf 2013. Hazed orange with a loose white head. Faint citrus tea bag berry hedgerow. Some berry flavour slight caramel. Some metal.

Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2013 at 11:08

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