If You Like Piña Coladas
Sloop Brewing Company in Elizaville, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.97
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Very hazy golden and straw coloured body with a thinnish and very fast-dying off-white head, about two centimetres tall that goes away after a few seconds, above the 80 per cent opaque body. Aroma of coconut, pineapple, light grass, hay, flowers, wheat and hey - just like a beer version of a Pina Colada! Light to Medium-bodied; Crisp coconut and very tropically fresh pineapple flavours show at first with a lot of grass and hay here as well, with some light bitterness coming from the malts and ending with a nice, soft sweetness from the fruits. Aftertaste is crisp, fairly dry and pretty tropically, with some smooth coconut and pineapple notes that contribute to the sweetness, but enough complexity from the above and to be balanced nicely and to have a light hoppiness and some very small bitterness associated to the alpha acids. Overall, very nice to try, as I love real Pina Coladas and this one worked out very well, especially as a lower ABV IPA! Great to have fresh and from Upstate New York! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Wegman's [grocery] in Gainesville (Lake Manassas), Virginia on 19-June-2022 for US$2,33 (part of a mixed six pack), canned on 18-April-2022 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 29-July-2022, a few hours before leaving on Summer Vacation to Peru and Chile with my wife and three kids!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can (4/19/22) pour from The Beer Store, Nashua. It's a cloudy, light brown-dark yellow with light sparkle, finger-width foamy white head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is pineapple and tart fruit. Taste is sweet pineapple, coconut and tart fruit. Mouthfeel is light side of light-to-medium bodied with thin, smooth, frothy texture, soft carbonation and crisp, dry finish with mild bitterness. Overall, given the description, was expecting stronger, juicier aroma and flavor. Thin. OK but disappointing.