Lost Sailor

A golden ale with a thin white head. A light caramel malt, with very herbal hops, light Belgian ale notes. In mouth, a crisp malt with pungent hops, light caramel, slight signs of oxidation. Medium bodied. Tasted around Jan 2007.

Growler bought in Newburyport, MA. Murky dark amber body with a large creamy tan head. Sweet floral and citrus hop aroma. Dry bitter flavor with a floral and earthy hint and a dry caramel ending. Bitter finish with moderate carbonation.

Growler from a store, was skeptical at first because the neck was empty but when I opened there was plenty of carbonation hissing. Pours with a frothy medium head into this small hotel scotch-type glass. Leaves a sticky-icky lacing all over the sides of the glass. Aroma is lightly oily tangerine-citrus. Light sweet biscuit and caramel maltiness. It melds nicely with nothing being too strong and the most standout aspect is the tangerine hoppiness, which is really nice. Taste is very nice as well with a well mixed tropical fruitiness and English like biscuit. It really seems like a mix between British IPA and APA. Leaves an effervescent hoppy earthiness. Lightly bittered. A very soft mouthfeel. Overall a very nice IPA in a different direction than most breweries go nowadays. A nice thirst quencher that turns into a good sipper, returnable and recommendable.

Cloudy golden with a copper tint and moderate lacing - quite a sweet, fruity, almost candy-like aroma, with a medium aromatic hop profile - almost none of this sweetness is in the flavor - it is actually quite dry and bitter, with a hint of bready malt I associate more with ESBs - medium-bodied, with an almost creamy mouthfeel - finishes floral and almost spicy - not terrible, but nothing special.

Pours cloudy gold into a shaker. Nice, full head of microbubbles. Bread and yeast aromas. Flat and stale with long, bitter medicinal finish. Let down.

[Cask at GBBF 2005] An orange beer with no head. The aroma is sweet with pirmary notes of caramel, but also light notes of hops. THe flavor is sweet and again with primary notes of caramel - it is so sweet, that the mouthfeel is sticky, and there is not enough hops to balance the sweetness, but it is still OK.

Cask @ GBBF Some hop and fruit, bit of tea, dryish hoppy finish intensifies. Amber colour, not bad, but after half a dozen USA IPAs the sickly cloying nature of them becomes a bit much

Growler, Julio’s Spring Beer Fest, 4/02/05. A dark copper-amber, with dark yellow and light brown notes, slightly hazy, small white head, mostly dissipating to a small ring. Aroma is very fruity, but there is also some citric bitterness, though it is greatly toned down from a West Coast IPA. A bit of soap detracts, but there is some grassiness, cara-pils like malt sugariness, a bit of crystal malt and slight sour-like yeast. Odd aroma. Flavor is floral and lightly minty, with a relaxed hops bitterness. Dry pale malt proves to be a bit too papery, while the yeast adds a note of sour-fruit, very light. It wants to be malty, pale and a little caramel, but ultimately gets VERY watery and loose (very low carbonation) in the middle and finish. Dry hops bitterness on the aftertaste.