Harvest 2014 Calypso
Carton Brewing in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale Regular|
Score
6.83
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Each autumn’s hop harvest presents an opportunity to assess yearly variation in flavors. Some are broad across all the plants in a region, others are specific to unique clones and certain farms. Each fall we choose two different varieties to add to our Harvest Ale. The first we receive straight off the bines and add it wet in the whirlpool. The second we add whole cone as a dry hop. Our base is a simple pale with a touch of rye spiciness to be seasonally appropriate with enough heft to support the selected hops while otherwise existing to flaunt the year’s crop’s nuances. Harvest 2014 was wet hopped with Calypso from Golden Gate Hop Ranches and dry hopped with Mosaic from B.T. Loftus Ranches. Drink Harvest because it is a fresh taste of things to come.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at City Beer Hall. Orange beer with a muddled nose of hoppy things. Tastes of spruce, medicinal, earthy bitters, dank wet hops. Very light bodied slightly cream ale feeling. Not all that memorable.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2014
at 12:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Growler from high Spirits in Middletown, NJ. Hazy light golden color. Small creamy white head. Faint light grassy hop nose with a hint of citrus.upfront, flavor is crisp and bitter with peppery notes. Hints of light grain, perhaps rye? Bitter grapefruit rind in mid taste. Citrus hops in finish. Refreshing and very drinkable.
Tried
from Growler
on 25 Oct 2014
at 20:10