Star Island Single
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.07
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Visitors to Smuttynose Island, peering across the dark waters of Gosport Harbor towards the ragged rocks of neighboring Star Island, are sometimes startled by the fleeting sight of mysterious, alluring creatures swept up from the Atlantic’s cold, inky depths. Or so they tell us.
Our Star Island Single is an eminently sessionable, abbey-style ale offering a beguiling mix of flavor and refreshment. This medium-bodied golden ale features a slight residual sweetness from Honey Malt and hints of citrus and tropical fruits from the unique Belgian yeast it is fermented with, leaving a crisp dry finish. Enjoy it sociably while you savor good times, tall tales, friendly company & life’s unexpected pleasures.
Our Star Island Single is an eminently sessionable, abbey-style ale offering a beguiling mix of flavor and refreshment. This medium-bodied golden ale features a slight residual sweetness from Honey Malt and hints of citrus and tropical fruits from the unique Belgian yeast it is fermented with, leaving a crisp dry finish. Enjoy it sociably while you savor good times, tall tales, friendly company & life’s unexpected pleasures.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Coriander and peppercorn aroma. Clear golden colour. OK stable white head. The flavour is a little watery, has some rough bitterness. Sugary and bitter. Not as spicy as expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2013
at 11:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Home. Pours golden with a white head, loads of lively bubbles. Aroma of malt, yeast, spice, light pepper, grass. Flavor is rather sweet with malt, little honey, yeast, spice. Thin to medium body, lively carbonation. 070813
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2013
at 09:50
5/10
Tried
on 07 Jul 2013
at 15:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. moderate bitter flavor. Week spicy notes. Some fruity esters. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Deasent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2013
at 01:03
6/10
Tried
on 22 May 2013
at 08:02
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330 ml bottle bought @ bierkompass.de. Pours clear golden with a small white head that leaves a small trace and some lacing while dissipating. Smell is stale and tiny sour with cereal, cardboard, lemon juice, lemon zest, white bread, dried apricots, swamp gas and overripe tropical fruits. Taste is sweet, tiny bitter and tiny sour with cereal, white bread, lemon zest, grass, pine needles, pineapple, lemon balm and dill. Mouthfeel is crisp, slightly watery and light bodied. Finish is tiny bitter with cereal, white bread, lemon zest and pine needles. A terrible smell hides an unremarkable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2013
at 17:12
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle. Slightly hazy dark yellow with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop and yeast. Flavour is malt, fruit, yeast, spices, little hop, little sweet, little bitter, little thin and a little citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2013
at 08:45
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Salling, Aarhus. Hazy golden with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light fruity, yeasty and light spicy. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish. Thin. 290112
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2013
at 11:41
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
17th March 2011
Clear gold beer, tiny white head. Semi dry palate. Pale malt and mild citrus hop. The spice is not over done. Like a well brewed English Golden with a pinch of spice.
Clear gold beer, tiny white head. Semi dry palate. Pale malt and mild citrus hop. The spice is not over done. Like a well brewed English Golden with a pinch of spice.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2012
at 05:47
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
355ml bottle. Semi cloudy golden colour with small, fading, frothy, white head. Grainy, minimally wheaty aroma, bread, juniper or other unspecifiable herbs. Taste is queer herbal and grainy. A bad though apposite example of Belgian Ale, even if you exert yourself for the detection of esoteric shades in its (lacking) complexity and take into account the vagaries of natural ingredients.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2012
at 16:12